Historical Markers and War Memorials in Aurora, Indiana
Lawrenceburg is the county seat for Dearborn County
Aurora is in Dearborn County
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On Road 56 south of 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Aurora was laid out by Jesse L. Holman, trustee for the “Aurora Association for Internal Improvements” in 1819. Judge Holman was an early statesman, preacher, educator, and federal justice.
His son, U.S. Congressman William S. Holman served . . . — — Map (db m22105) HM
On Lesko Park Bike Path, 0.3 miles south of John Street, on the right when traveling north.
Ephraim Morrison Canoe at Aurora Landing •
Phillip Craig •
Capt. Marcus Colling •
Frank Klopp Horse Powered until 1918 then built the Etta Belle •
Van Landingham Etta Belle 1935 to 1936 • . . . — — Map (db m201077) HM
On Green Boulevard (U.S. 50) at Indiana Route 350, on the right when traveling west on Green Boulevard.
At the mouth of Hogan Creek, a short distance from here, Samuel Morrison, first white child born in the county—March 1, 1798. He was a gifted historian, inventor and map-maker, and drew a number of early maps published for Indiana. — — Map (db m206646) HM
On 5th Street west of Market Street, on the left when traveling west.
Oldest church building in Aurora
Built in 1848
First Evangelical United Church of Christ
(First German Evangelical Protestant Church)
Founded 1874
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the . . . — — Map (db m201091) HM
On 4th Street east of Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
First Presbyterian Church
of Aurora
1844
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m201098) HM
On Main Street at Importing Street (Route 56), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
George Street
Bridge
1887
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m201075) HM
On Fifth Street west of Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Originally called Forest Hill, Hillforest was completed in 1855 for local industrialist and steamboat owner Thomas Gaff and his family. Emigrants from Scotland in 1811, the six Gaff children moved with their mother to Aurora in the 1840s and . . . — — Map (db m22125) HM
On Water Street (State Road 56) at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Water Street.
Legend has it that a ferry has operated near this location close to the mouth of Hogan Creek since 1802. The early ferries were powered by two horses walking on treadmills connected to a paddle wheel. The relationship between the small town of . . . — — Map (db m66904) HM
Near Riverview Drive, 0.3 miles south of East Laughery Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
In memory of Col. Archibald Lochry and the members of the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Militia, who were defeated near here August 24, 1781 by Chief Joseph Brant and a coalition of Ohio Indians.
Killed
Col. Archibald Lochry • . . . — — Map (db m243827) WM
On Market Street (Indiana Route 56) south of 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Lest we forget
Freedom is not free
This Korean War Memorial is dedicated to those men and women who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met.
American Casualties
Killed in . . . — — Map (db m201090) WM
On Judiciary Street at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east on Judiciary Street.
On the bank of the Ohio near here, opposite the Eagle Hotel, Pinkney James
built the steamboat Clinton 1823-24. The launching July 4, 1824 occasioned a great celebration and firing of cannon. — — Map (db m172613) HM
On 5th Street west of Dewers Street, on the left when traveling west.
Hillforest
Following the Panic of 1837, Philadelphia Distiller Thomas Gaff and his brothers James and John sought new opportunity in southern Indiana, where in 1843 they established T. & J.W. Gaff & Co. Distillery in Aurora, Indiana. Soon . . . — — Map (db m201095) HM
On Market Street (Indiana Route 56) south of 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
"Dedicated with appreciation
to the
Veterans of Dearborn County
in honor of
those who gave their lives
and in memory of
those unaccounted for."
"You are not forgotten." — — Map (db m201089) WM
On Riverview Drive south of East Laughery Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
Architect William Tinsley of Cincinnati was known throughout the Midwest for his outstanding landscape designs, including Fountain Square in Cincinnati. Riverview Cemetery on the banks of the Ohio is a splendid example of his work. It is reflective . . . — — Map (db m222258) HM
On 3rd Street west of Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Founded 1816 as Methodist Episcopal church
Present building constructed 1853
National Register of Historic Places 1994
Plaque in memory of Kenneth Pitts — — Map (db m222252) HM
On 3rd Street east of Mechanic Street, on the right when traveling east.
Dr. George Sutton was prominent in
Aurora and far and wide. A forward
thinker, he was instrumental in bringing
an end to cholera which wiped put a
large percentage of the population in
the Ohio Valley in 1849. Dr. Sutton did
extensive study . . . — — Map (db m222254) HM
Near Riverview Drive south of East Laughery Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
In memory of
Col. Archibald Lochry
and the members of the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Militia, who were defeated near here August 24, 1781
by Chief Joseph Brant and a coalition of Ohio Indians.
Killed
Col. Archibald Lochry . . . — — Map (db m222279) WM
Near Riverview Drive south of East Laughery Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
In memory of
Colonel Archibald Lochry
and his command who were massacred by the Indians and
British near this site August 24, 1781
Major Creacroft • Adjt Guthrie • Quartermaster Wallace • Capt. Campbell • Capt. Thomas Stokely • Capt. . . . — — Map (db m244090) WM
Near Riverview Drive south of East Laughery Creek Road, on the right when traveling south.
Col. Archibald Lochry and his regiment were defeated near this site on August 24, 1781 by Chief Joseph Brant and a coalition of Ohio Indians. — — Map (db m222287) HM
On Indiana Route 48, 0.2 miles west of Louden Road, on the left when traveling west.
The large brick house nearby was Baker's Drovers Inn. This highway was the early state Manchester & Lawrenceburg Turnpike. A short distance from here was a Toll-Gate house. — — Map (db m143035) HM
On Hartford Pike at Old State Road 56, on the right when traveling north on Hartford Pike.
Who would think that a country road would hold so much history? Old State Highway 56 takes you past the historic Speakman-Tallentire house and to a famous bridge.
Elderly Stephen S. Speakman was in love with a young Kentucky belle who agreed . . . — — Map (db m66899) HM
