(( Front (“A - C”) - - Side ))
In Honor of All
Civil War Veterans
of Blackford County
( Row One )
Henry B. Adams • Watson Adams • William W. Adams • David V. Addison • Philip H. Albright • Elijah H. Alexander • . . . — — Map (db m54347) WM
Blackford County's second courthouse, featuring a 165 foot high clock tower, was built on foundation stones from nearby Montpelier quarries. At a cost of $129,337.83, this Richardsonian Romanesque structure was constructed 1893-1895. Listed in . . . — — Map (db m41465) HM
(( Front Center Panel ))
To honor the men and the women of
Blackford County
who fought in Korea and Vietnam
and to the heroes who gave
their lives on land,
on the sea, and in the sky
that mankind might live in freedom
we . . . — — Map (db m54423) WM
In Memory
of the
Revolutionary Heroes
who rest in Blackford County
David Kirkpatrick • John Mills
John Saxon • John Twibell • Thomas Miles
Erected by
The Nancy Knight Chapter
Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m54624) HM
(( Front of Base ))
“Lest We Forget”
Those from Blackford County who
answered their Country’s call in the
World War,
Apr. 6th 1917 to Nov. 11th 1918.
“Our Boys”
(( Obverse of Base ))
When the . . . — — Map (db m54272) WM
((( Center Panel )))
Dedicated to the Honor and Sacrifice of
our men and women of Blackford County
who served our Country in World War II
——— 1941 — ★ — 1945 ———
in Honor . . . — — Map (db m54607) WM
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places June 13, 1986, by the United States Department of the Interior in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation. — — Map (db m222241) HM
In Honor of
Astronaut
Kevin Ford
Native son of
Montpelier, Indiana
Blackford County
Pilot of the
Space Shuttle Discovery
"STS 128" — — Map (db m222232) HM
F-84 F Thunder Streak
donated to City of Montpelier
by
U. S. Air Force and the 122nd
Tactical Fighter Wing, Indiana
Air National Guard
September 12, 1970 — — Map (db m222236) WM
Forever honoring the pioneers of Montpelier and the community who built the foundation for the freedom we cherish today.
1836 - 1976 — — Map (db m222231) HM
Reserved by U.S. to Chief Francois Godfroy of the Miami Nation of Indians by treaty at St. Mary's, Ohio, 6 October 1818, 3,840 acres on Salamonie River at La Petite Prairie, Harrison Township, Blackford County; reserve lands sold 1827, 1836. — — Map (db m63825) HM
