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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Floyd County, Indiana
Adjacent to Floyd County, Indiana
▶ Clark County (16) ▶ Harrison County (46) ▶ Washington County (14) ▶ Jefferson County, Kentucky (95)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Wissman Road south of the railroad tracks, on the right when traveling south. |
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1807
George W. Waltz/Walts,
Anna Brewer Walts & family
left Pennsylvania to go west
1808
Recorded 170 acre purchase in
Harrison Co. Indiana Territory
1809
Petitioned Congress for
U.S. Government intervention of . . . — — Map (db m96071) HM |
| On Main Street (State Road 54) at Gilstrap Way, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
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Named for George Walts, from Pennsylvania, who settled here in 1807. The earliest settler was Patrick Henry Shields, a Virginian, who arrived in 1805 and became prominent in early Indiana affairs as statesman and soldier. Here in 1890 was born . . . — — Map (db m96073) HM |
| On Wissman Road south of the railroad tracks, on the right when traveling south. |
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Patrick & Mary Nantz Shields
Children James & Henry
1811
Aide to General Wm H Harrison
in Tippecanoe Campaign
1816
Delegate to the Indiana
Constitutional Convention
and signed the historical
document at Corydon's . . . — — Map (db m96067) HM |
| On Wissman Road south of the railroad tracks, on the right when traveling south. |
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Dedicated to
All Veterans
of Georgetown, Indiana — — Map (db m96066) HM |
| On East Main Street at East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | As early as 1821, enslaved blacks seeking freedom crossed the Ohio River from Louisville to New Albany. Antebellum and Civil War periods brought more fugitives. Many freedom-seekers were aided by other slaves, free blacks, and anti-slavery whites -- . . . — — Map (db m30841) HM |
| On State Street 0.2 miles south of West Daisy Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| | American Bison, migrating in great herds, created a cluster of paths along the natural topography between Illinois prairies and salt licks in Kentucky. These paths, called the Buffalo Trace, used by Native Americans and became premier travel route . . . — — Map (db m71282) HM |
| On East Spring Street west of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Andrew Carnegie rose from humble beginnings in Scotland to become one of America’s most famous philanthropists. From his first job at 13 in a cotton mill to his position as head of The Carnegie Steel Company, Carnegie remembered his path to . . . — — Map (db m46793) HM |
| On Division Street at East 18th Street, on the right when traveling east on Division Street. |
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Because of the growing number of African-American school-age children, the New Albany School Board authorized a new elementary school for them June 1884. It opened here 1885. An 1869 Indiana law had mandated education of colored . . . — — Map (db m46620) HM |
| On East Market Street east of East 10th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m46942) WM |
| On East Market Street east of East 10th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
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Honor To our Civil War Veterans
( - - Art Work - - )
(( Center Panel ))
In honored memory of Floyd County men who gave their lives for our Country
Dedicated by
Hobart Beach Post . . . — — Map (db m47025) WM |
| On East Market Street east of East 10th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In honored memory of Floyd County
Servicemen who sacrificed their
lives for World Peace
SGT. Christopher K. Hilgert U.S. Army
• Aug. 8, 1993 • Somalia
SGT. Steven P. Mennemeyer US. Army
• Aug. 8, 2006 • Iraq . . . — — Map (db m46943) WM |
| On Ekin Avenue east of Thomas Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | An act of Congress in 1862 established fourteen national cemeteries for the interment of casualties from the Civil War. The first National Cemetery was at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The New Albany National Cemetery was one of the first seven . . . — — Map (db m68540) HM WM |
| On East Market Street east of East 10th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In honored memory of Floyd County men
who gave their lives for our country
1950 ---- The Korean Conflict ---- 1955
(Row One) - Edward C. Andres • John H. Berryman • William S. Blasdel • Marvin L. Davis • George E. Franklin • Hugh . . . — — Map (db m46961) WM |
| On East Market Street east of East 10th Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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Lucy, born a slave April 10, 1838, was owned by the Higgs family that by 1850 lived near Bolivar, Tennessee. She gained her freedom in 1862 by escaping to the 23rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers camped nearby. She worked as a nurse for the . . . — — Map (db m46622) HM |
| On Division Street west of East 18th Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Enslaved blacks seeking freedom crossed the Ohio River from Louisville to New Albany almost from the founding of the Indiana town. The Indiana Constitution of 1816 prohibited slavery. Because of the large number of blacks crossing the river, the . . . — — Map (db m46766) HM |
| On Ekin Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This National Cemetery is one of the original 7 established in 1862 by Congress. 5.46 acres were purchased from Dr. Charles Bowman Dec. 1862 for burial of Union and Confederate casualties. There are over 5,000 interments from 7 conflicts. Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m26409) HM |
| Near Ekin Avenue at Jay Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | "Falls of the Ohio" in the Civil War
The towns of Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana are located near the falls of the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. This location made them critical to the Union war effort. Jeffersonville . . . — — Map (db m100986) HM WM |
| On East Spring Street west of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Side 'One'
New Albany School Board organized a public library on May 8, 1884. This library building, supported with funds from Andrew Carnegie, opened on March 2, 1904 with 11, 125 volumes. Building is Neoclassical style, constructed of brick . . . — — Map (db m46768) HM |
| On West Spring Street at West 1st Street, on the left when traveling west on West Spring Street. |
| | In 1880, an 1822 school building on this site became Scribner High School for African-American students, under an 1869 Indiana law mandating public education for African-American children and allowing segregated schools. Modern facility completed . . . — — Map (db m46624) HM |
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