The approximately 460 mile canal from Toledo, Ohio, to Evansville, Indiana, was the longest canal built in the United States. Here a section constructed above the natural land surface to prevent flooding and erosion, remains intact. — — Map (db m47811) HM
Hometown hero and favorite son of Petersburg Indiana. Star baseball player for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1943-1961. Original Met from 1962-1963, and managed the New York Mets to a miracle 1969 World Series Championship. Known locally . . . — — Map (db m243608) HM
(Center Panel:)
In Memory of the
Men and Women
of Pike County
who gave their
lives for Democracy
Korean
Robert E. Kirby John F. Scherer Donald W. Sharp John White, Jr Wayne Leffler
World War . . . — — Map (db m23363) WM
In memory of the Soldiers
and Patriots of the
Revolutionary War
buried beneath
Pike County Soil
(Row One:)
Josiah Arnold William Black James Brenton John Chambers Jonathan Conger John Coonrod Samuel Dedman . . . — — Map (db m23354) WM
Crossed White River at a nearby ford. It was made by migrating buffalo herds. The trace ran from Vincennes to Louisville and was the only through trail in pioneer days. — — Map (db m23217) HM
Site of depot for canal which passed through town at foot of Main Street. Operations through Petersburg ceased 1860. Constructed 1832-1853, canal was nation's longest, connecting Lake Erie at Toledo with Ohio River at Evansville, through Fort Wayne, . . . — — Map (db m23215) HM
