First settled in 1818, Hindostan became county seat of Martin County, boasting a population of approximately 1,200. A “Great Sickness” struck in 1828 bringing death to the inhabitants. The town was never occupied again. — — Map (db m99002) HM
(Left Panel)
The Martin County Guards
Company C, 14th Regiment Indiana Volunteers
Shortly after the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, President Abraham Lincoln called for the states remaining in . . . — — Map (db m98961) HM
Bronze Plaque
This property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Engraved Stone
Martin County
Court House
Erected 1876 . . . — — Map (db m47420) HM
( Top - Center Panel )
In Memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice for their Country
( Left Panel )
* * * World War I * * *
(Row One) - - Clarence H. Corbin • Benjamin H. Abner • Isaac Alford • George B. Bridges • . . . — — Map (db m47482) WM
Shoals was the location of the connecting point of the main east-west railroad line, which was laid westward from Cincinnati, Ohio by the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company and eastward from St. Louis, Missouri by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad . . . — — Map (db m180290) HM