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Historical Markers and War Memorials in DeKalb County, Indiana
Adjacent to DeKalb County, Indiana
▶ Allen County (56) ▶ LaGrange County (11) ▶ Noble County (19) ▶ Steuben County (7) ▶ Defiance County, Ohio (40) ▶ Williams County, Ohio (19)
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| On Gordon M. Buehrig Place just east of South Wayne Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Eckhart Carriage Company was established in 1874
in Auburn, Indiana. It was the direct ancestor of the Auburn Automobile Company as both were owned by the Eckhart family in the early days.
This is the last remaining building of the . . . — — Map (db m73297) HM |
| On Wayne Street at Gordon M. Buehrig Place, on the left when traveling south on Wayne Street. |
| | Auburn Automobile Company (1900-1937) Art Deco Style Administration building, built 1929-1930. Housed departments of Cord Corporation, manufacturer of Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg automobiles. Became Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum, 1974; listed in . . . — — Map (db m53934) HM |
| On South Main Street at 9th Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street. |
| | Dedicated
to the
Memory
of
DeKalb
County
Soldiers — — Map (db m53948) WM |
| On North Cedar Street at Fourth Street, on the right when traveling north on North Cedar Street. |
| | On this site stood the log home of Wesley Park, co-founder with John Howe of the City of Auburn in 1836.
Park's cabin was an important social and government
center, serving as a tavern, resting place, and courthouse for early settlers and . . . — — Map (db m60238) HM |
| On Jackson Street north of West Eleventh Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
Humorist, author, and critic Will Cuppy
was born here. He graduated from the
University of Chicago, where he
published his first book in 1910. He
moved to New York City ca. 1914 and
become a book reviewer at the New York
Herald . . . — — Map (db m139895) HM |
| On Keyser Street just east of Randolf Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Side A In 1916, Henry Dills, Carl Heinzerling,and George Schulthess established the company, which became one of the country's leading manufacturers of artificial fishing lures. Crafted by a largely female workforce, the high quality lures . . . — — Map (db m107129) HM |
| On County Road 7 0.3 miles north of State Route 8, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Who settled here in Keyser Township,
DeKalb County, state of Indiana in the year 1864
with purchase of three hundred seventy acres
of virgin land and from which in 1882
they donated the tract on which the nearby
Christian Union Church is . . . — — Map (db m159852) HM |
| On State Road 1 at DeKalb County Road 68 (County Road 68), on the right when traveling north on State Road 1. |
| | First Settlement in DeKalb County Indiana 1828 — — Map (db m139919) HM |
| On County Road 68 west of County Road 57, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built 1873, by John A. McKay, spanning Saint Joseph River; a Smith Truss, Variant Four, by Smith Bridge Company, Toledo, Ohio; has remained in use with regular maintenance, repairs, and extensive 1981 restoration. Listed in National Register of . . . — — Map (db m52971) HM |