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Historical Markers in Wanatah

 
Clickable Map of LaPorte County, Indiana and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg LaPorte County, IN (75) Jasper County, IN (22) Porter County, IN (113) St. Joseph County, IN (114) Starke County, IN (13) Berrien County, MI (107)  LaPorteCounty(75) LaPorte County (75)  JasperCounty(22) Jasper County (22)  PorterCounty(113) Porter County (113)  St.JosephCounty(114) St. Joseph County (114)  StarkeCounty(13) Starke County (13)  BerrienCountyMichigan(107) Berrien County (107)
LaPorte is the county seat for LaPorte County
Wanatah is in LaPorte County
LaPorte County (75)  ►
ADJACENT TO LAPORTE COUNTY
Jasper County (22)  ►
Porter County (113)  ►
St. Joseph County (114)  ►
Starke County (13)  ►
Berrien County, Michigan (107)  ►
 
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1 ► Indiana, LaPorte County, Wanatah — President Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train
On West Cross Street near North Illinois Street. Reported permanently removed.
On this spot where the Wanatah Station of the Monon Railroad once stood, the Lincoln funeral train made a brief stop on the morning of May 1, 1865 at approximately 7:40 a.m. The funeral train traveled 1,700 miles of its journey from Washington, DC . . . — — Map (db m3810) HM
2 ► Indiana, LaPorte County, Wanatah — President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train — 🦅 —
Near North Illinois Street at West Railroad Street, on the left when traveling north.
At approximately 7:30 A.M. on the morning of May 1, 1865, the train that bore the body of Abraham Lincoln passed through Wanatah on its way from Washington to Springfield, Illinois. The train did not stop here, but slowed down to 5 miles per hour . . . — — Map (db m207793) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026