Lawrenceville's Courthouse Square was a center of community activity for more than 150 years. For decades the square hosted special events, celebrations, and commemorations, and was a hubbub of enterprise as people from the surrounding area came to . . . — — Map (db m178173) HM
In 1840 Abraham Lincoln, as a Whig elector, campaigned in southern Illinois for William Henry Harrison, Whig presidential candidate. Here in Lawrenceville, on October 28, he had a dispute with a local physician William G. Anderson, who the previous . . . — — Map (db m178177) HM
In the late winter of 1830 a few weeks after his 21st birthday Abraham Lincoln passed this way with his father's family entering the State of Illinois for the first time. — — Map (db m176265) HM
These millstones were used in the gristmills of John Small in the early 1800s. The mills at Smallsburg were important in the pioneer times of Lawrence County, not only as a place for grinding grain, but as the social center of the area. Small's Mill . . . — — Map (db m178169) HM
Erected to the Memory of Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Lawrence County
Toussaint Du Bois • James Beard • Isham Childress • William Dennison • John Glenn • Samuel Kincaid • Thomas Luke • William Melton • Charles Reed • John Rodgers • . . . — — Map (db m178174) WM
Wooden Bridge Built in 1909 Over the Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railway
The Main Line was moved from downtown to this location about 1906 to provide a level roadbed. This original bridge was approximately 180 feet long. The main span was . . . — — Map (db m178128) HM
Feb. 20, 1779. "Camp very quiet but hungry some almost in despair. Many of the Creole volunteers talking of returning. Fell to making more canoes when about 12 o'clock our centry on the river brought to a boat with five Frenchmen from the post who . . . — — Map (db m178123) HM
In memory of the early French missionaries and settlers who came to this area in the late 18th century and the Catholic faith that they rooted in the lives of the people on the banks of the Wabash River
1818-1819 The establishment and . . . — — Map (db m178126) HM
This cabin was originally constructed by Jules Grandclair (a Frenchman), 1855-1932 presumably in 1876 on 11th Street.
Mr. Grandclair was the father of Barbara (Grandclair) Cunningham & Lucy (Grandclair) Garvey of this village.
It was . . . — — Map (db m178127) HM
On February 5, 1779, Colonel George Rogers Clark and his army began the difficult march from Kaskaskia to Fort Sackville at Vincennes. At daybreak on February 21 they began to cross the swollen Wabash near here. They went on to capture Fort . . . — — Map (db m178130) HM
This monument is dedicated
to all men and women of this
community
who served in the Armed Forces
when America needed them.
POW MIA
(back:)
All gave some
Some gave all — — Map (db m178124) WM
The western boundary of the Vincennes Tract passed through this point. The line extended south-southwest thirty-nine miles from present-day Crawford through Lawrence, Wabash, and Edwards counties in Illinois. The Vincennes Tract was seventy-two . . . — — Map (db m98964) HM
Courthouse square, part of original 1825 plat, surrounded by nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial buildings in various architectural styles. Limestone facing quarried and milled by local industry. Listed in National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m48967) HM
Lawrence County's greatest philanthropist, he endowed the Rector Scholarship Foundation at De Pauw University with $2,250,000 in 1919. To date 5,100 awards have been made, 22 to Lawrence County natives.
"To youth of ability and courage in . . . — — Map (db m74127) HM
Indiana was one of many states that the estimated 60 million American bison inhabited in early America, which is why they have been a part of our state seal since 1801. Their migration trail, the Buffalo Trace, was used to create Indiana's first . . . — — Map (db m242134) HM
(Side One)
Lawrence County Hospital Association was organized July 15, 1903 to build, maintain, and manage a hospital in Bedford. Opened first building 1904. State, district, and local Works Progress Administration officials and city and . . . — — Map (db m74128) HM
Portrait of Freedom
( Art Work )
(Including Words) - - Courage • Sacrifice • Service • Liberty
In Memory of Indiana Veterans
of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars — — Map (db m48427) WM
As Lawrence County was created by enactment of the Indiana General Assembly on January 7th, 1818, this marker proudly acknowledges the history and visionary spirit of the people of the county whose bedrock has built major cathedrals of the world and . . . — — Map (db m241950) HM
Korea
Honor Roll
Defenders of Freedom
for God and Country
This votive tablet is dedicated to the honor of the men of Lawrence County, Indiana who answered the call of our Country during the Korea Conflict and died so that you and . . . — — Map (db m48424) WM
Vietnam
Honor Roll
Defenders of Freedom
for God and Country
This plaque is dedicated to honor the men of Lawrence County, Indiana who answered the call of our Country during the Vietnam Conflict and died so that you and I might . . . — — Map (db m48425) WM
Honor Roll
Defenders of Freedom
for God and Country
This votive tablet is dedicated to the honor of the men of Lawrence County, Indiana who answered the call of our Country in World War II and who died that you and I might . . . — — Map (db m48423) WM
From 1851 to 1892 this was the location of the first railroad depot in Lawrence County. It was built by the New Albany and Salem R. R. And handled both passengers and freight. Starting in 1876 it was also the depot of the narrow gauge Bedford and . . . — — Map (db m243574) HM
A gift of newspaperman Fred B. Otis, May 13, 1937. The mansion was built circa 1865 by William A. Ragsdale. Pioneer stone worker, Nathan Hall purchased the property in 1875 and named it "Pine Hall." Later it was owned by industrialist Alvin T. Hert. . . . — — Map (db m74152) HM
Presented to the City of Bedford October 31, 1935 by Fred B. Otis, editor of the Bedford Daily Mail. An area of 145.81 acres of beautiful landscape, including the fine old mansion, Pine Hall. Dedicated to refined recreation and pleasure of all the . . . — — Map (db m74153) HM
Built 1865-7 by Wm. Ragsdale. Cost $25,000. Occupied by his family 11 years. Bought 1878 by Nathan Hall, pioneer quarryman. Occupied by his family 21 years. Bought and run as a dairy farm 1899 by Alvin Tobe Hert who named the estate Pine Hall. Owned . . . — — Map (db m74154) HM
Here on March 11, 1818, Ambrose Carlton, Thomas Beagley and James Scotts, commissioners, organized Lawrence County and its first five townships, appointed officers, fixed Palestine as county seat and ordered first elections. The first court convened . . . — — Map (db m74155) HM
Created by the Legislature on January 28, 1834, it was one of ten original branch banks. This institution served six counties and contributed greatly to Bedford’s growth.
First President was Col. William McLane, followed by John Vestal. . . . — — Map (db m48302) HM
Top Plaque
This Cornerstone of Freedom
presented June, 17, 1948
at Bedford, Indiana, U. S. A.
The Stone City of the World
On this spot June 17, 1948 as a
part of the Indiana Limestone
Centennial Cornerstones of . . . — — Map (db m48335) HM
Mercury 4 Virgil I. Grissom Liberty Bell 7 Gemini 3 Virgil I. Grissom • John W. Young The Molly Brown Apollo 1 Virgil I. Grissom • Ed White • Roger B. Chaffee — — Map (db m195330) HM
STS-41D — Mercury Program This tree was grown from a seed which orbited the Earth with astronaut Charles Walker, native of Bedford, Indiana aboard Space Shuttle Discovery from 30 Aug. to 5 Sept. 1984. It was presented to the Grissom family by . . . — — Map (db m195329) HM
This marker is on the northern boundary of the Vincennes Tract, the first Indian cession obtained by Governor William Henry Harrison in the Indiana Territory.
The treaty was signed by chiefs of the Miami, Delaware, Shawnee, Potawatomi, Eel . . . — — Map (db m243588) HM
Largest building stone quarries in the world, in continuous operation since the 1830s. These quarries have produced stone for many of the world’s largest and finest memorials, buildings and bridges. — — Map (db m74165) HM
Although they never met, George Donaldson honored his countryman, Alexander Wilson, with this stone monument.
Alexander Wilson (1766-1813)
The Father of Ornithology
At the age of 13, Alexander Wilson began an apprenticeship as a . . . — — Map (db m185705) HM
"Created in early 1933, the CCC was an effort by President Franklin Roosevelt to combine the national need for employment with the preservation of natural and historical resources. From May, 1933 until 1942, CCC boys restored village cabins, built . . . — — Map (db m163025) HM
…our parks and preserves are not mere picnicking
places. They are rich storehouses of memories and
reveries. They are a solace to the aged and an
inspiration to the young.
Richard Lieber, Founder
Indiana State . . . — — Map (db m163028) HM
Honoring a century of conservation and outdoor recreation. Celebrating unique, cherished places where future generations can experience nature and history.
Spring Mill established 1927
"I hope and trust that the small beginning . . . — — Map (db m163030) HM
On June 19, 1928 the Lehigh Portland Cement Company donated the area known as Hammer Mill Land to the state of Indiana for its natural beauty and scenic
characteristics, to be used for the preservation and use as a state park
This . . . — — Map (db m163045) HM
The Hamer Cemetery represents the customs and beliefs of 1800s frontier Hoosiers.
The Hamer Cemetery began out of immediate need when a traveler died in the night near this location. Mill owner Hugh Hamer instructed his carpenters to build a . . . — — Map (db m163047) HM
You are standing on
the Stagecoach
Trail, an historic
stagecoach route.
From this point, the
trail curves to the
right into the woods.
Stagecoaches stopped here on their way between New Albany
and Terre Haute.
Stagecoaches had to stop . . . — — Map (db m163037) HM
... For Capt. James Lawrence, whose charge, "Don't give up the ship," when mortally wounded in battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon off Boston, June 1, 1813, met highest traditions of US Navy and has inspired all Americans. Buried with . . . — — Map (db m136976) HM
East Fork Covered Bridge Built in 1924 by John and George Riffe, this covered bridge is 42 feet long and has modified king posts. The single-span, wooden structure crosses the East Fork of Little Sandy River near Fallsburg. The bridge has . . . — — Map (db m212009) HM
USA Ft. Bishop, 100 yards west, was built to protect against CSA raids. It was named for Captain Wm. Bishop, 100th Ohio Inf., killed in action at Dallas, Ga., May 1864. USA engineers, using detail from 109th Col. Inf., began fort, September 23, . . . — — Map (db m136979) HM
"A great jurist, a distinguished Secretary of the Treasury, and a noted Congressman." Born in Louisa Jan. 22, 1890. City Atty.; Comm. Atty.; Congressman, 1923-29, 31-38. D.C. Court of Appeals, 1938-43. Director Economic Stabilization, Federal Loan . . . — — Map (db m136974) HM
Completion of this tower in 1962 was a historic event. First of its kind in Western Hemisphere and the largest capacity of any single tower in the world when it was built. The concrete, natural draft, hyperbolic structure cools 120,000 gallons water . . . — — Map (db m136663) HM
Dedicated to all veterans of Lawrence County who gave their lives for freedom
Civil War
Boggs, Nelson T.; Sgt. KIA • Burgess, Francis M.; 2nd Lt. KIA • Colyer, David KIA • Chreech, Enoch P. KIA • Chreech, George T. KIA • Goble, Hiram KIA • . . . — — Map (db m212013) WM
River traffic caused Union forces under Gen. James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. President, to occupy Louisa Dec. 1861. CSA troops attempted capture March 12 and 25-26, 1863. Southern partisans raided area Nov. 5, 1864, burning houses and 2 steamers, and . . . — — Map (db m212012) HM
Dedicated to the memory of these Revolutionary soldiers once found in old Floyd County
— now Lawrence County KY
James Blevins • Edward Burgess • Jeremiah Burns • Richard Cains • John M. Chadwick • Joseph Davis Jr. • William Holbrook • . . . — — Map (db m212015) WM
Pioneer Furnace
The southernmost blast furnace in the Hanging Rock Iron Region. Built in 1881, 4½ miles south, by Jay H. Northup, George C. Peck and Thomas Cummings. A stone stack 18 ft. high with a maximum inner diameter of 4½ . . . — — Map (db m136981) HM
On the Point, 700 feet East of this spot in the Spring of 1789 was established the First Settlement in this section known as Vancouver’s Fort. Charles Vancouver was granted 15,000 acres on Dec 14, 1788 by Gov. Beverly Randolph of Virginia. He . . . — — Map (db m218355) HM
This site became the railhead of
E. K. Railway when 1.77 miles of
track was laid from Willard, 1889,
completing 36 miles of track from
Riverton. The extension from
Willard to Webbville was made
primarily to provide an outlet for
forest . . . — — Map (db m145487) HM
Former home of Governor Andrew H. Longino, who served as legislator, judge, and county official. New capitol building erected and primary election law passed during his term. — — Map (db m70809) HM
Est. 1810 by Jos. Cooper, one blk. N. Primary reason St. Stephens Rd. took this route in 1812 from St. Stephens (Ala.) on the Tombigbee to Natchez. Site served as boat landing from 1826 through early 20th century. — — Map (db m50158) HM
½ blk. N, built 1884. Restored by Lawrence Co. Hist. Soc. Longino was gov. of Miss., 1901-1904. During his term New Capitol built; Dept. of Archives & Hist. and state penal farm estab.; public school system improved. — — Map (db m70776) HM
Monticello area native J. B. Lenoir (1929-1967) was best known during his lifetime for his 1955 hit “Mama, Talk to Your Daughter,” but he also played an important role in blues history because of his political engagement. In the 1960s . . . — — Map (db m79029) HM
Here was the upper line of Mt. Dexter Treaty grant, 1805, from which came counties of Wayne, Green, Marion, Lawrence, Pike, Covington, Perry, Jones, Lincoln, Lamar, Forrest, J.Davis, & Walthall — — Map (db m50159) HM
The John I. Smith Relay Station was 172 ½ miles from the Tipton Terminus and stood in northeast Barry County, about 7 miles west of Crane. — — Map (db m99688) HM
Honoring our Civil War Veterans. Old City Cemetery
David Acuff • Joseph J. Alexander • John W. Bailey • W.W. Campbell Carsse • David S. Corpe • W.T. Ellerbeck • J. Feaster • N.M. Gardner • John W. Garsage • Jackson Green • Cyrus Grover • William . . . — — Map (db m62844) WM
In Honor and Memory of Those of who served in defense of their country so that all may enjoy freedom.
Back of Marker
In Remembrance of those who have fallen but are not forgotten in the war on terrorism.
1LT Benjamin Colgan, 1973-2003 . . . — — Map (db m62802) WM
(Picture of the Union Eagle resting upon a striped shield. A banner with the words "Union Forever" in its beak. It is clutching arrows and an olive branch.)
In memory of the Union Soldiers & Citizens of Cave Spring and Bowers' Mill . . . — — Map (db m193101) HM
In honor of veterans
from Lawrence County
who served in the
defense of our country
Dedicated July 4, 1987
200th Anniversary of the
United States Constitution — — Map (db m43063) HM
This 66-foot obelisk stands as a tribute to the Ozark Trail and the foresight of its promoters in developing a system of good roads to bring farmers' goods to market and tourist dollars to destinations.
It began with the organization of the . . . — — Map (db m240185) HM
Marker Front
Wooded Ozark hills and fertile prairies for this county of contrasts organized in 1845 and named for Captain James Lawrence of “Don’t give up the ship” fame. The first settlers, John Williams, located on Turnback . . . — — Map (db m62833) HM
Built by Mount Vernon Bridge Company, the bridge was one half mile long, 22 foot roadway and an 8 foot sidewalk. The spire from the bridge was presented to the citizens of Chesapeake, Ohio by Mahan Bridge Company. Citizens, Business and Friends of . . . — — Map (db m185504) HM
In 1849, the city of Ironton was founded by local ironmasters, railroaders, and financiers associated with the Ohio Iron and Coal Company. They saw the city as a manufacturing and shipping point for their products. As a young industrial city, . . . — — Map (db m60016) HM
Since 1868, Ironton's annual Memorial Day parade has recognized those in Lawrence County who died while defending our country's freedom. This was the same year in which the Grand Army of the Republic established May 30 as Decoration Day. Originally . . . — — Map (db m59370) HM
(Side A) Ironton Tanks
Semi-professional football began in Ironton in 1893 with a team known as the Irontonians. The Ironton Tanks, founded in 1919, was a combination of two Ironton cross-town rival football clubs known as the Irish Town . . . — — Map (db m60017) HM
John Campbell (1818-1891), founder of Ironton, was an ironmaster and president of the Ohio Iron & Coal Company, a Presbyterian, and an abolitionist. This house and barn, which he built in 1850, became a stop on the Underground Railroad for . . . — — Map (db m59375) HM
Memorial
American Legion
Ironton Post 433
Dedicated to perpetuate the memory
of those who gave their lives in the
Viet-Nam War and to honor those who
served with the U. S. Armed Services
1964 - 1973
Killed In Action
Sgt. Donald . . . — — Map (db m166317) WM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m59374) HM
November 30, 1930, was a classic Indian summer day in southern Ohio. Balmy, shirt-sleeve temperatures greeted the 10,000 football fans who flocked into old Redland Field in Cincinnati to watch the upstart, small-town Ironton Tanks battle the . . . — — Map (db m60019) HM
The Hanging Rock Iron Region
To furnish the needs of the early settlers, then to furnish ordnance for a nation at war, and finally to furnish merchant iron to the steel mills, 100 iron producing blast furnaces were built within these 1,800 . . . — — Map (db m59371) HM
New jail bldg. erected 1973
board of county commissioners
Louis N. Bryant Chr.
W. Lt. Buddy Kaiser
Jess Brammer
This corner stone from old jail
Comrs.
W. W. Wiseman
E. T. Edwards
Chas. Brammer
Mark S. Bartram - Auditor
S. . . . — — Map (db m213420) HM
- Built in 1846 by John Campbell and Others
- Produced 16 tons of pig iron per day
- A wooden casting house extended from the front of the stack, a charging house
sat above the stack and a steam engine house sat to the left of the stack
- The . . . — — Map (db m166322) HM
Dedicated to the Men & Women who gave their life for their country. Jack Shafer Edward Ellis Dibert Houston Larry Fuller Robert Patterson Bill Berry — — Map (db m185472) WM
This CATALPA Tree was planted around 1837. Burlington was a part of the Old Northwest Territory and was established as the Lawrence County Seat on July 14, 1818. It has been confirmed by the Dept. of Natural Resources that this tree qualifies as a . . . — — Map (db m185479) HM
The present structure for the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church
was built in 1849 on Macedonia Ridge north of Burlington, an
abolitionist sanctuary for escaped and freed slaves since 1799.
It was built by the existing Baptist congregation and . . . — — Map (db m126043) HM
Macedonia Cemetery (circa 1840) belongs to Macedonia Church, Ohio’s first Black Church. Those buried include settlers of the Macedonia Free Black Settlement, built by free people who assisted freedom seekers along the Underground Railroad. Also . . . — — Map (db m243116) HM
Olive Furnace in Lawrence County was one of the 83 blast furnaces in the Hanging Rock iron-making region of southeastern Ohio and northern Kentucky. John Campbell (1808–1891), the “Father of Ironton,” and others established the furnace in 1846. The . . . — — Map (db m132563) HM
Waterloo was home to the legendary Waterloo Wonders. Coach
Magellan Hairston and his Wonder Five captured consecutive Ohio
state high school Class B basketball championships in 1934 & 1935,
winning 94 out of 97 games, and defeating many Class A . . . — — Map (db m132543) HM
The Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal, in use 1838-1872. Chartered by both states,
1827. Joined Beaver Canal just below New Castle, linking Pittsburgh with Youngstown and Cleveland. Followed Mahoning River on line of present railroad. — — Map (db m202318) HM
Northern terminus, Beaver Division of Pennsylvania Canal system, completed to this point, 1834. Important shipping point before completing "Cross-Cut Canal" to Ohio, 1838, and Erie Extension to Greenville, 1840. — — Map (db m51143) HM
Famous singing evangelist, fellow-worker with Dwight L. Moody in Europe and in America, was born August 28, 1840, at Edinburg, in a house since removed. He died in Brooklyn, New York, on August 13, 1908. — — Map (db m40217) HM
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