Who would think that a country road would hold so much history? Old State Highway 56 takes you past the historic Speakman-Tallentire house and to a famous bridge.
Elderly Stephen S. Speakman was in love with a young Kentucky belle who agreed . . . — — Map (db m66899) HM
In 1798 Samuel Fulton and his father John, soldiers of the American Revolution, his mother Jane Dills Fulton, brother Thomas, brother-in-law Christopher Huston and their families, made the first permanent settlement on the bank of the Ohio River in . . . — — Map (db m22104) HM
On Aug. 24, 1781, Col. Archibald Lochry and 107 recruits for Gen. Clark were ambushed at Lochry Creek by Joseph Brant's raiders. One-third were killed, the rest captured. Lochry and the wounded were later murdered. — — Map (db m66900) HM
African American Samuel Barkshire was freed from slavery in Boone County, Kentucky in 1833. He and his family moved here in 1836. The Barkshires defied fugitive slave laws to provide aid and comfort to those escaping bondage in the South. Their . . . — — Map (db m180716) HM
Like so many of the early American settlers, John and Jane Fulton, along with their family, traveled the Ohio River via a flatboat in search of a better life. One night in 1798, they pulled on shore to spend the night and upon waking they saw the . . . — — Map (db m201076) HM
Indiana’s oldest in continuous use. In its northeast corner was deposited the first court house cornerstone in the State laid with Masonic ceremonies. Traditional rites were held July 4, 1844, Colonel Abel C. Pepper, P.G.M., officiating. — — Map (db m45996) HM
Dedicated to the memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice for their Country and in Honor of those that served in the Armed Forces from Ohio County in all wars — — Map (db m45892) WM
( Veterans Memorial )
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In Honor of Ohio County Veterans
( Encircling - - Seals - - Branches of the United States Military )
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Dedicated
November 11, 2000
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