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By M. Bowyer, June 28, 2007
The marker is across the street from a Bob Evans restaurant.
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1 ► Indiana, Howard County, Kokomo — 34.1966.1 — Haynes’ Horseless Carriage —
Here on July 4, 1894, Elwood Haynes made the first test run of an automobile which he designed and built. His car reached a speed of about seven miles per hour over a six mile course on the Pumpkinvine Pike. — — Map (db m1455) HM
2 ► Indiana, Howard County, Kokomo — Elwood Haynes — One of America's Great Inventors —
Elwood Haynes rode the crest of industrialization brought on by the gas boom, led the county's recovery when gas ran out and left a legacy of innovation for the entire world. He led the chemistry department at Eastern Normal School (now Ball State . . . — — Map (db m230886) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Oct. 11, 2026