Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bluffton, Indiana
Bluffton is the county seat for Wells County
Bluffton is in Wells County
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On East Wabash Street just east of North Scott Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Wabash River Heritage Corridor Fund, The Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the City of Bluffton collaborated to build this park in the old Bluffton mill race. Flour and wood mills located northwest of here helped Bluffton prosper in . . . — — Map (db m211604) HM
On E. Market St at Wayne St, on the right when traveling east on E. Market St.
Born 1865 near Bluffton; died 1953. Resided most of his life on land south of here where house, study, and arboretum located. A Bluffton druggist, he was avid collector of botanical specimens throughout the state 1890s - 1920s. Documented . . . — — Map (db m81242) HM
On State Road 116 at County Road E250N, on the right when traveling north on State Road 116.
This oak is a cross between the White oak and Chinquapin oak. Discovered in 1904 and named after Mr. Charles C. Deam of Bluffton, Indiana. — — Map (db m62128) HM
Neither Pickett's Run nor any other stream appears in the Original Plat Map of Bluffton of 1839. The only known map of early Bluffton depicting a stream, reproduced here, was printed in the 1876 ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE STATE OF . . . — — Map (db m63936) HM
On West Market Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling west on West Market Street.
On April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina, resulting in its capitulation the following day. By the time the final action at Palmito Ranch, Texas had concluded, some 1,489 days later on May12, 1865, . . . — — Map (db m211586) HM
On South Main Street at East Arnold Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
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World War I
Raymond Brickley ∙ Homer Byall ∙ Oliver B. Denning ∙ Roger Falk ∙ Samuel E. Hamilton ★ ∙ Harm J. Hurling ∙ Levi Meyer ★ ∙ Forest . . . — — Map (db m54798) WM