Cataract Falls are the result of oceans and ice.
The limestone outcroppings that form Cataract Falls formed millions of years ago when this region was covered by a large shallow ocean.
Layers of calcium-rich materials fell to the ocean . . . — — Map (db m74183)
(Side One)
An 1838 state law gave county commissioners power to build bridges for “public convenience” and to raise taxes to pay for them. Owen County Commissioners contracted 1875 for a “Smiths High Double Wood . . . — — Map (db m74181) HM
The Cataract Covered Bridge is one of Owen Countys historic treasures. It is the only remaining covered bridge in the county. It is also only one of six Smith Truss covered bridges in the state, and one of the finest remaining examples of this . . . — — Map (db m74182) HM
Civil War training camp for the 59th Indiana Volunteer Infantry in 1861-62 was located one-half mile southwest of Gosport on White River. Named for former Indiana Congressman James Hughes. — — Map (db m552) HM
History
Northern boundary of the Indiana Territory established by the 1809 Treaty of Fort Wayne between Gov. W.H. Harrison and the Indian tribes, Miami Chief Little Turtle presiding. The line followed the shadow of an upright spear at . . . — — Map (db m69993) HM
( Stone Base - Side 1 )
Cannon Used in War for the Unity
1861 - - 1865
Loaned by War Dept. U. S. A.
( Stone Base - Side 2 )
Dedicated to the
Union Soldiers of Owen County
By:
Gettysburg Post No. 93 G. A. R.
-and- W. . . . — — Map (db m19373) WM
(Front Plaque)
In Grateful Recognition
of the
Patriotic Service Rendered by
The Men and Women of Owen County
During the World War
1917 - 1918
(Back Plaque)
This tablet is erected
in memory of these men of . . . — — Map (db m19372) WM
Owen County formed by General Assembly, 1819. Spencer selected county seat, 1820. Neoclassical building designed by Jesse T. Johnson, Indianapolis and built by Christian Kanzler & Son, Evansville (1910-1911),was second courthouse on land donated by . . . — — Map (db m5088) HM
( Column One )
World War I
Harold Anthony Oliver Blair Earl Bonnewell Edward Call Guy Coleman Claude Crouch Forrest Douglas Lewis Hauser Leland McKeand Highet William Edgar Holiday Roy Hunsicker Carl Kaiser . . . — — Map (db m19435) WM
The early arrivals to McCormick's Creek worked hard to create a life for themselves and their children.
Although John McCormick first owned this land, it is believed that he never set foot on it. Upon his death, the land was . . . — — Map (db m161468) HM
Before refrigeration, the Peden springhouse kept food cool using old-fashioned ingenuity and the local geology.
The Peden family raised
livestock, chickens, had a
vegetable garden and farmed
hundreds of acres. Keeping milk,
butter, . . . — — Map (db m161469) HM
Dedicated to the Memory of Those
Who Served Their Country
During the Wars of the United States
Erected through the Efforts of
The Women's Relief Corps
of Spencer, Indiana
1939
Panel and Design of . . . — — Map (db m19401) WM
