Historical Markers and War Memorials in Seymour, Indiana
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Seymour is in Jackson County
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10 O'Clock Indian
Treaty Line
Est. 1809 Inset.
Grouseland Treaty
Line Est. 1805 at
A Buried Stone (illegible)6 feet, N 4(illegible)
From This (illegible)
Indiana Centen-
ary Marker
Erected by the . . . — — Map (db m74057) HM
Side 'One'
On April 15, 1860 at the Seymour railroad depot, a shipping box was damaged while being transferred; McClure was discovered inside and immediately identified himself as a fugitive slave from Nashville, Tennessee. The box had been . . . — — Map (db m46663) HM
In remembrance of those brave Tuskegee Airmen who served their country with courage, dedication and loyalty.
616th, 617th, 618th, & 619th Bomb Squadrons (M) of the 477th Bomb Group (M)
March 1945 to May 1945 — — Map (db m13627) WM
Activated December 1942 as U.S. Army Air Forces advanced training school for World War II twin engined pilots; graduated over 4000 by February
1945. Construction of 413 structures and four 5,500-foot runways supervised by U.S. Army Corps of . . . — — Map (db m13625) HM
Activated December 1942 as U.S. Army Air Forces advanced training school for World War II twin engined pilots; graduated over 4000 by February
1945. Construction of 413 structures and four 5,500-foot runways supervised by U.S. Army Corps of . . . — — Map (db m13626) HM
Despite fighting for democracy in WWII,
African Americans were denied their
rights at home. Here, Tuskegee Airmen
of the 477th Bombardment Group
protested discrimination by trying to
enter the white officers' club in
April 1945, resulting in . . . — — Map (db m250686) HM
800 feet northwest is the point which marks the junction of the Grouseland Treaty line of 1805 with the Fort Wayne Treaty line of 1809. These and other treaties permitted early white settlement of Indiana. — — Map (db m74056) HM
After the Civil War the Reno brothers returned home to Rockford, IN with a number of thieves and questionable characters. Soon the gang's far reaching crime sprees included train robbery, theft and murder. On the night of October 6, 1866, gang . . . — — Map (db m146503)
Built in 1876 by J.J. Daniels
Burr Arch
Length 331 Ft. + 12 Ft. overhang/ends.
Width 16 ft. height 12ft.6in.
Cut stone abutments and pier. — — Map (db m39335) HM
