In 1849, Jacob Dunham and Catherine Goodnight Dunham, originally from Virginia and Pennsylvania, purchased this land, formerly part of the Miami Indian Reserve, through a U. S. Land Grant. Their grandson, William Riley Dunham, was an Indiana . . . — — Map (db m37787) HM
Surveyors’ maps of 1824 and 1846 of Tipton County marked the Indian Portage Trails through Tipton, the junction between the Indiana water ways.
[[ Maps on Left Side of Plaque ]]
To Wabash River Waters
Kokomo Trail - - . . . — — Map (db m37886) HM
In October 1818, Purchasing Commissioners Lewis Cass, Benjamin Parke and Governor Jonathan Jennings acquired Indian claims on the land shown on this marker. About one-third of modern Indiana was involved in this transaction. — — Map (db m213257) HM
( Engraved - Stone Memorial )
In memory of those who served in the
Wars of our Nation from Tipton County
( Bronze Plaque )
" THE VETERAN "
- - It is the veteran, not the preacher, who has given us . . . — — Map (db m37796) WM
This Hospital
Erected by public subscription
to keep alive
the Honored and Prayerful memory
of those who served from Tipton County
in World Wars I and II
Tablet presented by
Charles Sturdevant - -Post No.46 . . . — — Map (db m37860) HM
Romanesque Classical Revival Style building designed by Adolf Scherrer, architect of the 1888 Indiana State Capitol. It is Tipton County's third courthouse and was completed, 1894; placed in National Register of Historic Places, 1984; Restored 1988 . . . — — Map (db m37858) HM
