What is utopia?
Sir Thomas More in 1516 defined it as a place of perfect political and social systems.
Throughout history, people have sought ways to live "in harmony..." So it was that the town of Harmonic, Pennsylvania was established in 1804 . . . — — Map (db m96074) HM
Posey County History
The first recorded white man to come to Posey County was Tom Jones in 1794. Posey County was named in honor of Thomas Posey. Governor of the Indiana Territory at the time it was created on Sept. 7, 1814. After several . . . — — Map (db m48215) HM
Mt. Vernon’s public square was laid out in 1816. The present court house, built in 1876 at a cost of $95,000, dominates the public square with its Italianate-style elegance. The brick and stone building is lavishly decorated with bracketed . . . — — Map (db m48216) HM
In Memory of
Soldiers of the
American Revolution
1775 — 1783
Buried in Posey County
Lagroe Bennett • James Black • Cornelius Bradley • Charles Carson • David Gamble • Jonathan Jaquess, Jr. • Andrew McFadden • . . . — — Map (db m47871) WM
( Front Plaque )
To
The Soldiers and Sailors
of
Posey County
Dedicated July twenty third, 1908
( Obverse Plaque )
“A patriotism
which readily responds to its country’s call;
A deep . . . — — Map (db m48214) WM
The following is a selection from a biography of Daniel Grass by his great granddaughter, Miss Laura Wright. Written for Southwestern Indiana Historical Society, date unknown.
Daniel Grass was two and a half years old when his father was . . . — — Map (db m207214) HM
On December 14, 1938, at 8:20 p.m. oil was struck north of here at Fitzpatrick and Hayes #1 Cooper well. A gusher, it produced an estimated 1,000 barrels a day and began an oil boom in Griffin and the surrounding area. By 1941, 120 oil wells in . . . — — Map (db m289754) HM
Maintained by the
Pennsylvania Historical
and Museum Commission
as a State memorial to the
Harmony Society
Organized February 15, 1805
Dissolved December 15, 1905
These buildings erected 1824-1831, . . . — — Map (db m40721) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
