On N. Main Street (State Road 135) 0.3 miles north of Emma Street, on the right when traveling south.
Located 40 rods west of this spot. Est. before 1812. Salem's early settlers are buried here including Brocks, Kemps, Hendersons; also John Zink, a ranger with Col. Dawalt, fatally wounded by Indians after the Pigeon Roost Massacre. — — Map (db m74079) HM
On South Main Street (State Road 135) south of Small Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
On July 10, 1863, shortly before noon, General Morgan entered Salem with two brigades of cavalry. One was commanded by Colonel Basil Duke, his brother-in-law, and the other by Colonel Adam Johnson.
While in Salem, the troops looted, then . . . — — Map (db m307360) HM
On Public Square, on the right when traveling north.
Site of home and garden of Indiana's first Lieutenant Governor pioneer merchant, attorney, judge, horticulturist, member territorial legislature, and commissioner to lay out state capital city, his modest residence was first brick building in Salem. — — Map (db m242022) HM
On North Quaker Road north of Indiana Road 56, on the left when traveling north.
Building erected in 1815
by Quakers from North
Carolina. They came to
Washington County in
opposition to slavery.
Land donated by Matthew
Coffin to the Blue River
Friends Meeting Trustees. — — Map (db m250689) HM
On State Road 135 at N. Lick Skillet Road, on the right when traveling north on State Road 135.
Nearby is the boundary of the Illinoian Glacier, which covered all but approximately 6,250 square miles in south, central area of Indiana. Most of Indiana's topography was affected by four separate glacial advancements during Pleistocene epoch, . . . — — Map (db m74084)
On South Becks Mill Road 0.2 miles south of Mill Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
George Beck with his wife Betsy and seven children migrated
from North Carolina to this place and built the first mill on
this site 1808. They were among the first settlers in this part of
Indiana Territory, George was a Revolutionary War soldier . . . — — Map (db m251164) HM
On East Market Street east of South College Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Historical Society
Organized 1897. Headquarters and Genealogical Library in Museum building.
Birthplace of John Hay
Built in 1824 as a school. John Hay, Secretary to pres. Lincoln and Secretary of State for Presidents McKinley and . . . — — Map (db m46803) HM
On Indiana Route 135 0.1 miles south of East Terrell Lane, on the left when traveling north.
In the early morning of July 10, 1863, General Morgan assembled his cavalry troops and met with his officers at this point. He dispatched a patrol to a railroad four miles to the east. This patrol followed the tracks north, destroying telegraph . . . — — Map (db m126320) HM
On Public Square (South Side) (State Road 135) at South Main Street, on the left when traveling east on Public Square (South Side).
At this point Gen. John Hunt Morgan routed poorly armed militia and occupied Salem - July 10, 1863. The town was looted and $1,000 ransom exacted from each mill owner. — — Map (db m46649) HM
Near Indiana Route 56 0.6 miles south of South Orchard Road, on the right when traveling south.
Few race tracks in the nation carry the legacy, prestige and renown as Salem Speedway. Built in 1947 with intention of all out speed, the .555 mile oval with its daunting high banked turns, has produced dramatic, legendary, thrilling racing for . . . — — Map (db m176103) HM
On Public Square (South Side) (State Road 135) at South Main Street, on the left when traveling east on Public Square (South Side). Reported unreadable.
On July 10, 1863 at his headquarters on the southeast side of courthouse square, General Morgan watched the indiscriminate looting of Salem.
Hardest hit was Berkey’s Store on the northwest corner of the square. At Berkey’s more than $1,000 . . . — — Map (db m307359) HM
On North Shelby Street at Bruce Street, on the right when traveling north on North Shelby Street.
Scholar, reformer, and advocate for
women's equal education, Sarah
Parke Morrison was born near here
in 1833. Responding to a petition
from Morrison, Indiana University
narrowly voted to begin accepting
women on equal terms as men in
1867. . . . — — Map (db m250690) HM
On Public Square (North Side) (State Road 135) at North Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Public Square (North Side).
Washington County Courthouse
County formed 1814 by General Assembly of Indiana Territory. Commissioners selected county seat and named it Salem. This third courthouse completed 1888 using locally quarried limestone. Designed in Richardsonian . . . — — Map (db m46643) HM
On Public Square (South Side) east of South Main Street (State Road 135), on the left when traveling east.
The following twenty-one (21) honor roll memorials are arranged as one single ‘marching army in review.’ They are arrayed east to west (starting from the side-walk stairs) in a chronological order (from the American Revolution and ending with . . . — — Map (db m46871) WM
American Revolutionary War 1775-1783
War of 1812 1812-1815
Mexican-American War 1846-1848
American Civil War April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865
Spanish-American War April 25 - August 12, 1898
World War I August 1914 - November 11, 1918 . . . — — Map (db m242077) WM
