In fall 1846, residents of Covington and Attica skirmished at Lock 35 over lack of water to Covington. Heavy rains eventually resolved the problem. Competition among canal towns over water control was often intense. First boat reached Attica 1846 . . . — — Map (db m3284) HM
Ladies Library Association of Attica, created 1885, deeded its library building to city; city library opened 1902 with a collection of 1,500 books. Funds from Andrew Carnegie made it possible to build a new library here on land originally owned . . . — — Map (db m3317) HM
Platted 1832
Addition 1836
Population in 1840 - - 800
First polling place in Davis Township.
Many years Largest Town South of Chicago. — — Map (db m9874) HM
Doctor – Educator – Builder – Financier.
Attica, Indiana Doctor, 1839–1845
Founder: Indiana Hospital for Insane.
Chicago Mercy Hospital: City of Evanston, Ill.
Northwestern University - U. of Denver.
Rush . . . — — Map (db m9947) HM
Historic Landmarks of Fountain County
Award presented to
Dr. Peter and Ann Petrich
for the Restoration and Preservation of This
Italianate Style House built c. 1850 — — Map (db m7969) HM
Milford Home
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1845 — — Map (db m9310) HM
American Indians frequented this area, rich in natural resources. The ravine provided water from natural springs, marl for lime, and clay for bricks for nineteenth-century residents of Attica, platted 1825. City became owner of ravine 1906 when . . . — — Map (db m3311) HM
John Feuristien - Co. D - 113 Eng.
Robert L. Goans - Battery C - 150 F.A.
Edward Harty - 306 U.S. Inf.
Arch Hope
Earle Ireland - 131 U.S. Inf.
Lloyd Ireland - Battery B - 70 F.A.
Frank J. Kight - Battery C - 6 F. A.
Chas. W. . . . — — Map (db m22801) HM
Historic Landmarks of Fountain County
award Presented to Craig and Dawn Dixon for Restoration and Preservation of 413 Washington Street Covington, In. Built 1903 — — Map (db m7906) HM
The 1st wife of Governor David Wallace and Mother of General Lew Wallace, soldier, author of Ben Hur, statesman & diplomat, is here buried. She influenced the lives of two important Hoosiers. — — Map (db m3382) HM
Fountain County Court House
1937
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States Department
of the Interior — — Map (db m37241) HM
1826 - - 1926
Fountain County Centennial Memorial
Erected by The Richard Henry Lee Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in Memory of The Pioneers and Illustrious Dead of Fountain County and In Honor of our Heroes Who Have Defended us in . . . — — Map (db m7907) WM
Historic Landmarks of Fountain County
Award Presented to Fountain County Art Council
for Restoration and Preservation of
Fountain County Clerk's Building Built 1842. — — Map (db m21155) HM
has been designated a
National Natural Landmark
This site possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the nation's natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of the environment — — Map (db m10093) HM
Shawnee Township
Wabash - Erie Canal
1846 - 1875
The Canal extended from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana. Construction on the 376 mile section in Indiana began in 1832 and completed through Fountain County in 1846.
One to six horses in . . . — — Map (db m20364) HM
World War - I
Orel A. Smith, Born 1898, 32nd Co. 6th Marine Vol., Killed In Action, Nov. 2, 1918 • Lieut. W. E. G. Cooper, Born March 29, 1888, Killed In Action at Chateau Thierry, July 20, 1918 • Claude L. Wilkinson, Born June 9, 1893, Killed . . . — — Map (db m7884) WM
David J. Ratliff platted his farm land just North of State Street through which the new Chicago, Attica, & Southern railway passed. The town was named after the foreman of the construction crew. The town South of State Street was Fountainville until . . . — — Map (db m36101) HM
Silver Island Cemetery
Established 1832
A Historic Cemetery Listed in
Indiana’s Cemetery and Burial Grounds
Registry of the Indiana Department of
Natural Resources
Installed 2013 Indiana Historical Bureau . . . — — Map (db m77555) HM
Richland Township
Site of National Corn Husking Contest in 1935.
4 Blocks West - - -
Cobb Farms and L.K. Mitchell and Family Hosts.
Lawrence Pitzer of Fountain County Represented Indiana and later became National Champion in 1939. . . . — — Map (db m3405) HM
Salt discovered by Norbourn Thomas in 1829.
Capacity: 200 bushel of salt every 24 hours.
Depth 1,135 feet - Deepest in the United States at that time.
Artesian water of Medicinal value was discovered.
Became a Health Spa in 1921.
Water . . . — — Map (db m20482) HM
Birch - Colvert Cemetery
Also Known As
Stone Bluff Cemetery
Beneath this hallowed ground rests the souls of many long-forgotten loved ones. Their gravestones destroyed by the hand of man: and the physical boundaries of . . . — — Map (db m77583) HM
This original stone and bell donated to the Tangier community by the family of Paul E. Patton who graduated with the class of 1950 — — Map (db m163064) HM
HISTORIC LANDMARKS
OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY, INC.
Award
Presented to
BOOE - INLOW - D'ARLIER
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
for the restoration
and preservation of the
Prairie / Craftman House
D'Arlier Cultural Center
Built in . . . — — Map (db m19174) HM
Famous orator - Representative in Congress, 1861-66, 1869-73; U.S. Senator, 1877–1897; chief promoter of the building of the Library of Congress. — — Map (db m3232) HM
Erected by the town of Veedersburg in memory of Cal Scherer who used old Curfew Bell over 30 years.
—Board of Trustees: Leon L. Ewbank, L. R. Owens M.D., Leon Wiggins. — — Map (db m34092) HM
Historic Landmarks of Fountain County
Award presented to
Lee and Mike Ramsey
for restoration and preservation of
115 North Main Veedersburg, IN
Built 1886 — — Map (db m9010) HM
John Gilmore entered first land in Township — 1826.
Alanson Savage built steam saw mill produced timbers for “Plank Road” — 1840.
Rev. Jones organized Methodist Church — 1852.
Early Families: Furrs, Booes, . . . — — Map (db m3805) HM
Peter and James Layton, half brothers, came from New York, 1853. Here was the train stop for the residents of the area of the Plank Road ½ mile south. There a blacksmith shop, grocery, the stage stop, “Halfway House” were located. — — Map (db m3466) HM
Church: Established by United Brothers in 1828.
Building erected 1847 - Used until 1900.
Cemetery 1837 to present time.
The last resting place of pioneers and soldiers who served our country in seven wars. — — Map (db m3403) HM
1919 - 1991
American Legion
Veedersburg Post 288
In Memory of those from
Veedersburg & Vanburen Twp.
who served, and those who
gave their lives in the
service of their Country.
(Left Side):
World War . . . — — Map (db m7779) WM
Built 1934 for "Boy Scouts" by W.P.A. - Local Workers Guy Smith - Project Mgr., Logs - Walter Marshall Farm, Bricks - Veedersbrg Paving. — — Map (db m34089) HM
(Engraved near the top are the Seals of the United States Army, United States Navy, United States Army Air Corps, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard) — — Map (db m7804) WM
One of the most iconic brand names in the world of sports has its origins here in the town of Veedersburg. The famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway is known the world over as “The Brickyard”, because the track surface was once composed entirely of . . . — — Map (db m175835) HM
Scott, Hultz, and Sigler commissioners appointed by State Legislature to form the newly formed Fountain County Seat of Justice, met here at William B. White Home.
He erected the County's first mill here near the covered bridge, the County's . . . — — Map (db m20411) HM
Organized in 1832 by German speaking families of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rowen County, North Carolina. Migrating to Indiana in 1828. August 7, 1836 Jacob and Elizabeth Linebaugh Bowman deeded land for the First Church and Cemetery. — — Map (db m10027) HM
