( Engraved on Front ):
Dumont Post No. 18
1861 - - - 1865
We honor you for your
valiant service to our
Country, in time of War,
and in time of Peace.
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Number of enlistments, 3261.
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This historic building was built in 1896 in the Victorian Eclectic style and served as Shelbyville High School through 1911. The building is a contributing historic structure in two historic districts: The Westside Historic District and the . . . — — Map (db m127148) HM
Outstanding lawyer; member Indiana legislature; delegate, Second Constitutional Convention, 1850-1851; Indiana Congressman, 1851-1855; United States Senator, 1863-1869; Governor of Indiana, 1873-1877; and Vice-President of the United States, 1885. — — Map (db m63820) HM
"Away back in the twenties, when Indiana was a baby state, and great forests of tall trees and tangled underbrush darkened what are now her bright plains and sunny hills..."
- The Bears of Blue River
This statue honors . . . — — Map (db m262094) HM
Thomas A. Hendricks 1819- 1885
Hoosier Statesman, patriot and staunch defender of Constitutional Government, the Hendrick family moved to Shelby County in 1822 where Hendricks attended local schools. he graduated from Hanover College, 1841, was . . . — — Map (db m169396) HM
After the War of 1812, the U.S. renewed efforts to obtain Indian lands in the Indiana Territory. In October 1818, the Miami, Potawatomi, Wea, and Delaware nations under pressure signed treaties with the U.S. exchanging millions of acres of their . . . — — Map (db m277083) HM
Wilbur Shaw was born in Shelbyville on October 31, 1902, and reared here. He went on to become one of the most iconic figures in all of American sports. A household name because of his racing exploits, he loved to talk about his first race here . . . — — Map (db m169310) HM
An experimental two mile road was completed to this point on July 4, 1834. A horse-drawn car carried Hoosiers on a railroad for the first time. — — Map (db m66839) HM
"These things will appeal to the children of the community, stimulate their imagination and cause them to have better and bigger ideals for their future life. That is the real object and purpose of
this scheme to be of benefit to the . . . — — Map (db m262095) HM
