Alabama Christian College of Berry was located on this site from 1912-1922. The College was coeducational and was composed of Primary, Intermediate, Academic, Collegiate, Music Expression and Art Departments. Emphasis was placed on the teaching of . . . — — Map (db m163756) HM
Town of Berry Established 1883
Thompson Berry settled in this area in the 1840s. Berry devoted
most of his time to raising cattle and farming. As time passed, he
became the owner of a gin and gristmill and several thousand
acres of land . . . — — Map (db m163759) HM
Fayette County was created in 1824. The town of Fayette, once known as Frog Level due to being located in swampland, got its name from the incessant croaking of bullfrogs. In 1883, the Georgia Pacific Railroad was located trough this swamp after . . . — — Map (db m51203) HM
Berea Church of Christ was established in 1829 when John Taylor
preached the ancient gospel to a large gathering at the
nearby home of David Thornton; the baptism of forty souls
was the result. The church assembled in the homes of members . . . — — Map (db m168060) HM
This County, created by Acts of the Legislature May 15 and December 24, 1821, is named for the Marquis de LaFayette, famous French General who came to this country to fight under General George Washington in the Revolutionary War. After returning to . . . — — Map (db m42534) HM
Erected by the citizens of Fayette County in honor of our veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America and as a lasting memorial to these gallant servicemen who gave their lives that we may live in peace. World War . . . — — Map (db m114288) WM
To Honor Our VeteransThis area is dedicated to the brave men and women of Fayette County who, throughout time, left their homes and families to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, in order that our freedom be preserved and our . . . — — Map (db m114369) WM
Today’s Flat Rock AME Church originated in 1854 as a place of worship for slaves on nearby Spears Plantation, and it is believed to be the oldest African-American congregation in Fayette County. Originally known as Rocky Mount, the church moved . . . — — Map (db m22973) HM
Hugh Manson Dorsey was born in Fayetteville, and was admitted to the Georgia bar at the Fayette County Courthouse in 1894. After practicing law at his father’s firm, Dorsey became solicitor general of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit in 1910. In this . . . — — Map (db m10074) HM
Dedicated To The Memory Of Grady L. Huddleston 1923-2001 Past Master: Fayetteville #711: 1958 Past Master: Tyrone #644: 1953 State House of Representatives: 1947-1960 Magistrate Judge: 1987-2000 — — Map (db m114296) HM
Hopeful Primitive Baptist Church Est. 1825 The oldest church in Fayette County. The cemetery is the final resting place of veterans from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, WWI & WWII. Placed by Thomas Wingfield Chapter National . . . — — Map (db m120067) HM
Just before dawn, July 30, 1864, during a daring cavalry raid to cut the last two railroads supplying Atlanta, Union Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook ordered the 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry to halt near the Asa Mitchell house at Shakerag. While two . . . — — Map (db m42332) HM
Built in 1855 by Doctor John Stiles Holliday this house has ties to important Georgia personalities such as the legendary “"Doc” Holliday, Georgia Governor Hugh Manson Dorsey, and famous author Margaret Mitchell. In the mid 1850’s the house served . . . — — Map (db m44344) HM
Removed from Fayette County Courthouse during reconstruction and modernization of interior
1965
Hand hewn, heart pine center beam
Used 1825 to 1965
58 feet long — — Map (db m61011) HM
This church was organized in 1897 near the banks of Camp Creek in an unincorporated area of western Fayette County. Until the first sanctuary was constructed here on land and with building materials donated by Flem Arnall, services were held under a . . . — — Map (db m22971) HM
The property that became Starr’s Mill was owned by Hananiah Gilcoat who built the first mill here before his death in 1825. This site, on Whitewater Creek, was less than a mile from the boundary between Creek Indian lands and the State of Georgia. . . . — — Map (db m10073) HM
This family cemetery was established October 24, 1845, when Barbara Jane, the infant of John and Barbara Morris Palmer, was buried here. John Palmer acquired the property - lot 116 in the 7th District of Fayette County, Georgia, in October, 1844. . . . — — Map (db m14563) HM
Nearly 100 years before Brownstown businesses offered fuel, food, and lodging to motorists following US 40 across America, there was Ezra Griffith and Twin Pumps.
A New York native, Griffith followed the National Road to Fayette County, Ill., . . . — — Map (db m144228) HM
Dedicated in remembrance
of our veterans
Memorial Day 2001
by
their friends and families
Conceived by
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post #9770
Brownstown, Il.
Killed in Action
L.H. Foley · M. Forbis · R.O. Cortelloni · C. . . . — — Map (db m59628) WM
St. Elmo's history is rooted in the dust of a settlement named Howard's Point. Hamlets like Howard's Point relied on the National Road to sustain their businesses.
Some of these small settlements grew into cities. Others faded as their . . . — — Map (db m144229) HM
We dedicate this memorial
to the men and women
whose names are listed on
the tablets before you.
They left this community to
serve with honor and dignity
and to preserve freedom
around the world.
"Never in the course of history . . . — — Map (db m59624) HM
Born in Pennsylvania. First store keeper in Vandalia for owner, William Kinney. House of Representatives 1828-29. Registrar of Vandalia Land Office. State Bank Commissioner 1835. — — Map (db m42410) HM
Vandalia was the western terminus of the Cumberland or National Road which extended eighty feet wide for 591 miles from Cumberland, Maryland through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Illinois construction by the Federal Government began in 1811 and . . . — — Map (db m42345) HM
The store of Ebenezer Capps was located just north of this site at the northeast corner of Main and Fourth streets.
The location of Main street is not the same today as when Lincoln was here. Vandalia existed long before the coming of . . . — — Map (db m42486) HM
Born in Kentucky. Father of James W. Berry. Territorial Auditor. State Auditor of Public Accounts 1819-31. Co-Editor of "Illinois Intelligencer", Kaskaskia 1817-20. President of State Bank 1837. Black Hawk War soldier. Father-in-law of Gov. W. L. . . . — — Map (db m42383) HM
Dedicated to all veterans
of Fayette County who
served their country
in the Armed Services of
the United States of America
Dedicated May 30, 2002 — — Map (db m42538) HM
Born in Hanover. Leader of Colony from Hanover, Germany. Came to Vandalia in 1819 with Frederick Hollman, who remained to build houses. Bearing all expenses, Ernst returned with colonists December, 1820. Director of State Bank, 1821. Trustee of . . . — — Map (db m42380) HM
On December 1, 1834 Abraham Lincoln entered the State Capitol that stood on this site. This was his first term as a state representative and the first time he held elective office. The Abraham Lincoln that began his political career on that . . . — — Map (db m42510) HM
At the beginning of Lincoln's second term as a state representative, several southern legislatures were concerned that the Federal Government would abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Most of the members of the Illinois Legislature . . . — — Map (db m42490) HM
The first capitol building owned by the State was erected on this site. It was a thirty by forty feet two-story frame structure. The Second and Third Illinois General Assemblies met here, the House on the first floor and the Senate on the second. . . . — — Map (db m42366) HM
In 1836 Colonel Abner Flack took over the large three-story frame building which stood here and operated it under the name Vandalia Inn. In 1853-1854 it was the headquarters for Chief Engineer Charles F. Jones, in charge of construction of the . . . — — Map (db m42347) HM
Born in Hanover. Member of Ernst Colony. Merchant. Paymaster in Blackhawk War 1832. Division Quarter Master in Illinois Militia - Colonel 1834. House of Representatives 1846-48. — — Map (db m42411) HM
Born in Hanover. Died Feb. 3, 1847. Member of Ernst Colony. Builder and operator of Vandalia Hotel. Merchant. Daughter, Olivia Whiteman, friend of the Abraham Lincoln family, unveiled Madonna of the Trail statue. — — Map (db m42384) HM
Half an acre of this Old State Burial Ground was laid off for state officials in 1835. Although exact location is unknown, it is thought to be in this area. In 1874 the monument and remains were moved to South Hill Cemetery. Four Representatives . . . — — Map (db m42421) HM
The Illinois General Assembly donated five lots in Vandalia to promote the construction of a church for the use of all denominations. The forty-five by sixty feet one-story frame structure erected in the summer of 1823 was used primarily by the . . . — — Map (db m42340) HM
John B. E. Canal
A representative from
Madison County in the
General Assembly of Illinois
Born at Baltimore
June 24, 1809
Died at Vandalia
December 31, 1830
Benjamin A. Clark
Representative of the
General Assembly . . . — — Map (db m42627) HM
In Lincoln’s first campaign speech on March 9, 1832, he expressed support for internal improvements.
“Time and experience have verified to a demonstration, the public utility of internal improvements. That the poorest and most . . . — — Map (db m42512) HM
Born in Kentucky. Circuit Clerk of Fayette County 1826-56. Adjutant General 1834-39. First talented artist of Illinois. Portrait painter of state officers and legislators. Commissioned by General Assembly to copy portraits of Washington and . . . — — Map (db m42381) HM
Dr. Morey was born in Erie Co. Penna. but moved to Illinois when a young man. He was nearly 50 yrs. old at his death and had been engaged in the practice of medicine for nearly thirty years.
He graduated from the Physio-Medical College of Ohio . . . — — Map (db m42700) HM
The delegation from Sangamon County for the 1836-1837 Session of the legislature quickly became known as the "Long Nine."
The seven representatives and two senators were all six feet or taller. Five were lawyers, three were farmers, and one . . . — — Map (db m42485) HM
On December 5, 1836 Abraham Lincoln attended the opening session of the Tenth Gereral Assembly in Vandalia. This session was held in a new building just recently completed by the citizens of Vandalia to serve as the State Capitol. It was . . . — — Map (db m42517) HM
On June 12, 1823, the Third General Assembly, meeting in the newly formed city of Vandalia, conveyed one and one-half acres of land to the city of Vandalia, with the proviso that the land be used as a burial ground. This is the location of that . . . — — Map (db m42428) HM
Abraham Lincoln traveled past this spot while he served as a state representative in Vandalia. This location marks the route of a road that ran from Vandalia to Springfield, Illinois. Traces of the roadway are still visible today. The roadway . . . — — Map (db m42527) HM
N·S·D·A·R Memorial
to the
Pioneer Mothers
of the
Covered Wagon Days
The Cumberland Road.
Built by
the Federal Government.
Was authorized by Congress
and approved by
Thomas Jefferson in 1806.
Vandalia marks the . . . — — Map (db m42341) HM
Wife, born in Kentucky, and son of James Hall, first Man of Letters in Illinois. State Treasurer 1827-31. President of first state historical society 1827-33. Author of first book of literary style in Illinois 1828. Trustee of Illinois College . . . — — Map (db m42388) HM
The Illinois General Assembly authorized Governor Edward Coles in 1823 to convey to Vandalia one and one-half acres for a state burial ground. Here were buried four members of the legislature and several state officials who died while in office. . . . — — Map (db m42371) HM
This is the site of a two-story frame building occupied by Robert Blackwell, State Printer 1818-1832, and publisher of the Laws of the United States. In 1823 he became publisher of the Illinois Intelligencer newspaper. The first periodical in . . . — — Map (db m42348) HM
Born in Kentucky. State Printer. Publisher of Laws of United States. Editor of newspaper "Illinois Intelligencer" 1825-32 and Co-Owner with James Hall 1829-32. House of Representatives 1832. Senate 1838-40. Black Hawk War soldier. . . . — — Map (db m42376) HM
Born in Virginia. State Treasurer 1819-23. Trustee of Vandalia appointed by Legislature 1821. House of Representatives 1826-28. Senate 1828-32 and 1836-38. State Bank Commissioner 1835-37. Registrar of U.S. Land Office. Isabella, niece of Shadrach . . . — — Map (db m42423) HM
On this site lived Robert K. McLaughlin, State Treasurer 1820-1823, State Senator 1828-1832, 1836-1837, and Register of the United States Land Office 1837-1845. Here the Governors of Illinois resided when the Legislature was in session. The . . . — — Map (db m42339) HM
The second state capitol owned by the State was a two-story brick building erected here in 1824, using the walls of the first State Bank which burned January 28, 1823. Abraham Lincoln was a member of the House in the 1834-1835 and 1835-1836 . . . — — Map (db m42351) HM
Colonel Robert Blackwell's new two-story frame store and boarding house opened on this site in time for the convening of the Ninth General Assembly on December 1, 1834. He advertised board and lodging for 'thirty or forty.' — — Map (db m144303) HM
John Charters operated a large tavern on this site from the late 1820's to November 1835. Under the name, "Sign of the Green Tree," it was operated by Thomas Redmond until 1838. — — Map (db m144133) HM
Here stood a two-story log building erected in 1819 for Ferdinand Ernst who brought the German colony to Vandalia. Named Union Hall, it was operated as a hotel. After Ernst's death in 1823 it was managed by E.M. Townsend, and from April 1825 by . . . — — Map (db m42363) HM
Young Lincoln said of his own ambitions, "...I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed by my fellow man, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem."
This representation of Lincoln in bronze at the time he served in the state . . . — — Map (db m42532) HM
Wooten Harris • Henry Ginger
John Morrell • Thomas Mahon
John Diamond • Isaac Martin
Joseph Evans • Benjamin Todd
Michael Tedrick • James Virden
James S. Carson • Rev. Henry Walker
James Cheshier • Thomas Craig Sr.
Harris Reavis • . . . — — Map (db m42536) HM
The Charters Hotel stood on this very site. It was built around 1820 and operated by John Charters until November 1835. At that time it was acquired by Thomas Redmond who operated the establishment under the name of Sign of the Green Tree. . . . — — Map (db m144453) HM
The third capitol building owned by the state was restored as a memorial in 1933. It was the capitol from December 3, 1836 to July 4, 1839. Abraham Lincoln was a member of the House during the three sessions of the legislature held in this . . . — — Map (db m42346) HM
Not all of Lincoln’s time was dedicated to noble causes like opposing slavery and championing internal improvements. In 1833, Mrs. Bennett Abell, a New Salem neighbor of Lincoln, brought her sister Mary Owens to New Salem for an extended visit. . . . — — Map (db m42521) HM
In 1828 Joseph Shriver surveyed the National Road from Indiana to the Illinois capital at Vandalia. Between the Wabash and Kaskaskia rivers, he found little more than wilderness.
By the mid-1830s, the National Road had spawned settlements in . . . — — Map (db m144226) HM
Come inside and live the story of the Historic National Road, the road that built the nation. Just thirty years after declaring independence from the British, the young nation was feeling the growing pains of westward expansion. President Thomas . . . — — Map (db m144185) HM
As the Illinois State Capital, Vandalia provided many hotels to serve the needs of legislators and visitors. Vandalia had at least eleven hotels that served the needs of travelers. Whenever a session of the legislature was in progress, these . . . — — Map (db m144134) HM
Born in Maryland. Clerk of First General Assembly of Illinois Territory, Kaskaskia 1812. Clerk of House of Representatives and of Legislative Council, 1815. Clerk of Constitutional Convention 1818. Secretary of Senate 1818-20. Chief Surveyor of . . . — — Map (db m42374) HM
While attempting to improve their water wheel power efficiency in 1854 Philander H. and Francis M. Roots invented the Roots Rotary Positive Blower Principle, now known throughout the world and still manufactured in Connersville. — — Map (db m152034) HM
Erected 1831 by Oliver H. Smith. Later home of Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of Interior under Lincoln and Grand Master of Indiana Masons. Restored 1941 as home for local Masonic bodies. — — Map (db m44768) HM
1841 Built as Headquarters of
the Whitewater Valley Canal Co.
1854 Savings Bank of Indiana
Home of:
Dr. S. W. Vance 1857-1936
Congressman and Mrs. Finly H. Gray 1936-1947
1947 - 1971 V. F. W. Post 571
1971 - . . . — — Map (db m44760) HM
In 1916 during the Indiana Centennial Week, the Clio Club, a women’s organization, presented to the city of Connersville a fountain.
The fountain was designed by Lorado Taft of Ohio at the cost of $1,200.00. The Clio Club labored faithfully . . . — — Map (db m152024) HM
Heineman Corner, Site of John Conner's 1820 Trading Post
Canal House - Built 1842
Alligator Drugs - 613 Central
Farmers & Merchants - 416 Central — — Map (db m222139) HM
1669 ~ Early "Indian Trail" Connecting Cincinnati to Northern Trading Posts
1812 ~ First Blockhouse
1813 ~ First Public Square
1828 ~ Parker, then Fayette County Seminary
1858 ~ First Public School
1874 ~ First High School Added
1904 ~ . . . — — Map (db m152029) HM
(( Center Panel ))
Honoring
all who served
in the United States
Armed Forces
Defending
Liberty and Justice
in All the World
Presented by
Veterans and Citizens
of Fayette County
1986 . . . — — Map (db m44876) WM
This marker depicts the Fayette County Courthouse as it appeared when built in 1849. Subsequent renovations resulted in its present appearance.
The Courthouse was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Connersville's . . . — — Map (db m152030) HM
The grinding wheels around Kiddie Land Playground in Roberts Park were originally part of the manufacturing equipment in the Ansted Spring and Axle Company, located on the east side of Columbia Avenue just north of Mount Street. The Ansted . . . — — Map (db m152023) HM
Col. James E. Roberts was an industrial leader and prominent citizen of Fayette County. He moved to Connersville during the Civil War era and entered the retail hardware business. In 1874 he purchased interest in a local furniture factory and for . . . — — Map (db m152022) HM
1801 Licensed to trade with the Indians in pelts.
1808 Established here a fur trading post.
1812 Interpreter and guide for Gen. William Henry Harrison prior to and during The War of 1812.
1813 Founded . . . — — Map (db m152032) HM
John Conner laid out the town of Connersville on the north side of the west fork of the Whitewater River in March 1813 adjacent to his fur trading post. The original plat was for 62 lots bounded by what are today Central Ave to the west and Water . . . — — Map (db m152033) HM
Built by John Conner in 1815
1815
Conner's Store & Trading Post
1820
Sample's Inn & Post Office
1854
Heineman's Grocery
1954
Heineman's Glass House
2002
Lemen's Glass House Antiques — — Map (db m222140) HM
John Conner (1775~1826) FOUNDER OF CONNERSVILLE, March 4, 1813; Scout and Indian Interpreter for General William Henry Harrison; Treaty maker for the 12 Mile Purchase 1809; Indiana State Senator 1815 - 1822; First Sheriff of Fayette County 1819; . . . — — Map (db m225342) HM
The Kennedy Family
Emmett Loren Kennedy was born July 5, 1848. I 1870, he worked for his father, Archibald M. Kennedy, on the first bridge built by the Kennedy family. Upon completion of this bridge at Dunlapsville, in Union County, Indiana, . . . — — Map (db m152015) HM
The Great Depression
Money was scarce during the depression and everyone looked for ways to stretch their dollars. Roberts Park is an excellent example of how resourceful communities were in that day. The Administration Building, for example, . . . — — Map (db m152019) HM
In 1836 construction began on this fifty-six lock, one hundred one mile canal. Opened from Lawrenceburg to Brookville (1839), it was extended to Laurel and Cincinnati (1843), Connersville (1845), Cambridge City (1846), and Hagerstown (1847). — — Map (db m44741) HM
This plaque marks the western border of the twelve mile cession negotiated by Governor William Henry Harrison with the Miami, Potawatomi, and Delawares, Treaty of Fort Wayne, September 30, 1809. — — Map (db m44770) HM
Boulder erected by the community of Everion, Ind. June 18, 1935 to commemorate the birth of the worlds first county free fair held in Roberts Park Connersville, Fayette Co., Ind., Sept. 9, 1903. — — Map (db m152021) HM
Indiana Association of United Ways was the proud sponsor of the statewide Bison-tennial Public Art Project. This legacy project helped celebrate Indiana's 200th birthday by decorating and displaying 5 foot tall fiberglass bison with an end goal . . . — — Map (db m222135) HM
Erected in 1902 in memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War 1861-1865 Abraham LincolnThe statue of Abraham Lincoln along with the four bronze plaques, which are unique, were sculptured by George Edwin Bissell and commissioned by . . . — — Map (db m162102) HM WM
Fayette County Historical Center has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior as the Maple View Sanitarium Built 1903 — — Map (db m162152) HM
Home of Capt. Robert Boggs, b.1746,
Mill Creek Hundred, Del. Moved to
Va. Soldier in Revolution. Came
to Ky., 1774, as chainman Col. John
Floyd's survey party. One of founders
of Boonesborough. Officer, Cherokee
Expedition, 1776. Under . . . — — Map (db m169730) HM
Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds; the best racing and driving horses in America stood here.
A good horse was indispensable throughout the 1800s
Horses For Power, Transportation, And Sport. Breeders increasingly focused on . . . — — Map (db m194473) HM
Toll Roads, toll houses, stage stations and taverns. Railroad Stations with shipping docks, post offices and dry-goods stores.
Towns invented by the railroad and small communities congregated at crossroads and mills.
Since 1800, . . . — — Map (db m194569) HM
In 1988, Pisgah became Kentucky's first
National Register Rural Historic District.
Kentucky was part of Virginia in 1784 when a close-knit community of
families joined by faith crossed the mountains together and settled here.
The Pisgah . . . — — Map (db m194508) HM
The historic resources ind landscapes of the Redd Road Rural Historic District tell how access to dependable, free flowing water influenced early settlement patterns; of the importance of local manufacturing and commerce to the neighborhood . . . — — Map (db m194505) HM
Today's international Thoroughbred industry shapes and influences the Old Frankfort Pike and greater Scenic Corridor area. A year-round schedule
of breeding, foaling, naming, breaking, training, racing, sales and auctions takes place along the . . . — — Map (db m194573) HM
The National Arborist Association and the International Society of Arboriculture jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here at the time of the signing of our constitution. — — Map (db m152373) HM
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m123526) HM
Arthur Boyd Hancock Sr. was the son of Capt. Richard Hancock, who established Ellerslie as the leading horse farm in Virginia late in the 19th Century. Arthur Sr. returned from the University of Chicago in 1895 to assist his father, and later, as . . . — — Map (db m58285) HM
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