On North Broadway Street east of East 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Senger Dry Goods Co. circa 1883 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m241005) HM
On State Road 124 at County Road E 100 S on State Road 124.
Francis Godfroy (1788-1840) was last war chief of the Miami Nation. Owner Mount Pleasant trading post and one of the wealthiest and most influential merchants in the West. Burials in cemetery are restricted to persons of Native American ancestry and . . . — — Map (db m61748) HM
On State Road 124 at County Road E 100 S on State Road 124.
North 87 degrees East 437 feet. War Chief Francis Godfroy's Council Chambers. Here May, 1812, twelve tribes of N.W. Territory voted not to join English. Tecumseh objected and joined Canada. Across road Godfroy's trading post and Mt. Pleasant home, . . . — — Map (db m61139) HM
On Nickel Plate Trail at West Main Street (Business U.S. 24/31), on the right when traveling north on Nickel Plate Trail.
From 1892-1941, Peru served as winter headquarters for several American circuses, housing performers, animals and circus equipment. — — Map (db m255647) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 31) at Erie Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Renowned composer and songwriter Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana, in 1891. He enjoyed a privileged childhood and was passionate about music, studying both the violin and piano and publishing his first composition at age 11. He went on to a . . . — — Map (db m310946) HM
On West Canal Street at West Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling east on West Canal Street.
Peru River Walkway Park
This site along the Wabash River has been an important transportation route and life center from the first Indigenous People to today. Pressure for Native People to move began before Indiana became a state in 1816. . . . — — Map (db m310943) HM
On Mississinewa Rd 0.3 miles south of County Road 300 East.
Jean Baptiste Richardville (1761-1841) was principal chief of the Miami Tribe from 1812 to 1841. He signed six treaties with the United States ceding Miami land in Indiana. This house was built for him under one of the treaties. — — Map (db m63115) HM
On East Main Street north of North Huntington Street, on the right when traveling west.
Co-owner of American Circus Corporation with Bert Bowers. President of Wabash Valley Building & Loan Association President of Wabash Valley Abstract Company Died January, 29 1930 — — Map (db m240736) HM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 24) at North Huntington Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Founding member of the National League of Women Voters
Time capsule buried 2022
To be opened in 2072
"I believe women will bring to our body politic an independence of action and clarity of thought unhampered by precedents, . . . — — Map (db m240733) HM
On West Main Street (Business U.S. 31) just east of South Hood Street, on the right when traveling east.
Social reformer Marie Stuart Edwards moved to Peru in 1914. later living in this house (1917-1926). As Woman's Franchise League president (1917-1919). Edwards mobilized a statewide network of suffragists. She led the league's WWI relief efforts, . . . — — Map (db m255648) HM
On North Broadway Street north of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
( Top - Large Plaque )
Miami County War Dead
World War II
Forever Honour’d - - - Forever Mourn’d
1941 - - - - 1945
( Row One )
Alonzo G. Albert • Russell E. Allen • Ralph E. Anderson • Benjamin E. . . . — — Map (db m44296) WM
On North Broadway Street north of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
“They died that others might live Free”
( Korea )
( Row One )
Edward F. Brakes • Weldon E. Bucher • John M. Cain • Donald A. Day • Everett S. Johnson • Bobby G. Leedy
( Row Two )
Jack H. Lewis . . . — — Map (db m44263) WM
On East Main Street east of South Broadway Street, on the left when traveling east.
“These heroes are dead.
They died for Liberty - They died for us.
They are at rest.
They sleep in the land they made free.
Under the flag they rendered stainless.
Under the solemn pines.
The sad hemlocks.
The tearful willows.
The . . . — — Map (db m44202) WM
On North Broadway Street east of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Miami County Indiana Honors Its Women Of World War 1 November 11, 2018 "This war is being fought by women. It is women who suffer and lend courage to us. Women are the ones to whom honor will be due when this war is over, and they will . . . — — Map (db m240731) WM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 24) at North Huntington Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
In October 1914, 16 local women met in the Assembly Room of the Peru Public Library to listen to Dr. Amelia Keller, then President of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana, talk about women suffrage.
In the excitement of the moment they . . . — — Map (db m240735) HM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 24) east of Court Street, on the right when traveling west.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
Dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a Pledge
of everlasting Fidelity and
Loyalty . . . — — Map (db m44109) HM
In 1854 a train crossed the Wabash River and chugged into Peru for the first time, launching a vital part of the town's history. The current 587-foot long truss bridge was built in 1940. The limestone block piers from the original structure are . . . — — Map (db m264961) HM
On North Broadway at East Main Street (Business U.S. 24), on the right when traveling north on North Broadway.
“Greater love hath
no man than this”
Agar, Thomas Agar
Bagshaw, Harry K.
Crites, Ernest A.
Easterday, Lawrence A.
Edgerly, Fred
Flora, Ralph Noah
Gaffrey, Edward Charles
Ginney, John Michael
Harmon, Floyd . . . — — Map (db m44110) HM
