Historical Markers and War Memorials in Elkhart, Indiana
Goshen is the county seat for Elkhart County
Elkhart is in Elkhart County
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Born in Ohio 1842; family moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana 1846. Bierce lived and worked in Elkhart 1860-1861. Union officer wounded in Civil War. Moved to California 1866; became nationally prominent as journalist, short story writer, and critic. . . . — — Map (db m44852) HM
Bucklen Opera House
1884 - 1986
Main and Harrison Streets
Commissioned by: Herbert E. Bucklen
Architect: Unknown
General Contractor: Unknown
The Bucklen Opera House, built in 1884 on the northwest corner of Main and Harrison . . . — — Map (db m64642) HM
Side One:
Charles Gerard Conn began the musical instrument industry in Elkhart; city has been called the Band Industry Capital of the World. By 1874 producing rubber mouthpiece; was granted patent 1875; began producing musical . . . — — Map (db m30747) HM
Born in Ohio, 1925, Gordone grew up in Elkhart and graduated from Elkhart High School in 1944. In the 1950s, he moved to New York City where he worked as an actor, director, and playwright. During the 1960s, he acted in the award-winning . . . — — Map (db m32734) HM
A Miles Laboratories research team led by Alfred and Helen Free developed the first diagnostic test strip, Clinistix(R), for detecting glucose in urine. Reagent-impregnated strips changed color based on the concentration of glucose. This . . . — — Map (db m64643) HM
Side one:
Born circa 1845 in Ohio. Graduated from Rush Medical College 1874. Moved medical practice from Chicago to Elkhart 1875. Began The Dr. Miles Medical Company 1885 to sell Dr. Miles' Nervine, Restorative Nerve and Liver pills, and . . . — — Map (db m44877) HM
(Side one):
Added many buildings to the architectural significance of Elkhart, Goshen, and Nappanee. Born mid-1850s in England; his family moved to Elkhart early 1870s. In mid-1880s he moved to Chicago; worked until 1890 with architect . . . — — Map (db m32728) HM
Elkhart Carnegie Public Library
1903-1963
Second and High Streets
Local Financial Supporters: A.H. Beardsley, G.B. Pratt, Sr. And the City of Elkhart
Head Librarian: Katherine Sage
In February 1901, backed by a promise from . . . — — Map (db m75445) HM
(Front (West) Panel)
Erected A.D. 1909, by the Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Association Elkhart Indiana
To the memory of our departed heroes of the Union Army. Their services to a grateful country were gallant and self sacrificing. May . . . — — Map (db m76220) WM
Erected by
The William Tuffs Chapter
National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
In Honor of the Revolutionary Soldiers
Buried in Elkhart County
William Tuffs • Walter Denny • John Proctor • Jacob Leer • John R. . . . — — Map (db m75444) WM
Elkhart High School was designed and built to match the existing Central School Building (bottom photo), creating a unified pair of buildings covering the whole block of High St. between Second and Third Streets.
Central School became a . . . — — Map (db m75446) HM
The old Indian trail which followed the Elkhart River, turned here to the northwest, and connected the “Miamis Fort” with “Fort St. Joseph”.
From the time of the French and Indian War in 1755 to 1763, up to the settlement of this section in . . . — — Map (db m200295) HM
East from this point, along the "Elkheart" River were located the wharves where produce and merchandise to and from the village of "Elkheart", 1835 to 1851, was carried by Keel and Steamboat. — — Map (db m61185) HM
In Honor of
Havilah Beardsley.
1795 – 1856
First physician of this township who purchased Section five of the Indians in 1829, and in 1832 laid out the original plat of Elkhart. Built the first saw mill in 1831; the first flour . . . — — Map (db m73147) HM
Island Park was given to the City of Elkhart in the Year 1887 by James Rufus Beardsley
It has been passed down through early Indian legions that the form of this island resembled an elk's heart - it is very probable, that from this source . . . — — Map (db m69774) HM
This memorial is dedicated to the life of Lou Criger
Born in Elkhart, Ind., Feb. 6, 1872 to Charles J. and Lovina Stutsman Criger, the city's first major leaguer was known as one of the best catchers of his day and caught most of Cy Young's . . . — — Map (db m67096) HM
Main St. Memorial Bridge
1917 • Dedicated • 1918
To the Sons of Elkhart County
Who Died in the World War
Fravel Edward Alleman • Charles O. Anderson • Eugene J. Badina • John H. Berkey • Fred Leroy Bloom • Merrill Charles Bloss • . . . — — Map (db m73150) WM
Erected by Albert R. Beardsley
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places November 28, 1978 by the United States Department of the Interior in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic . . . — — Map (db m76259) HM
(Top Front Panel)
Lieut. Frank Baldwin
Killed in battle at Stone River
December 31st, 1862.
Aged 18 yrs.
(Bottom Front Panel)
Erected by Silas Baldwin in honor of the heroes who fought and the martyrs who fell in the . . . — — Map (db m76256) WM
The Havilah Beardsley
House
102 West Beardsley Avenue
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1848 — — Map (db m76261) HM
An Icy Beginning
Millions of years ago Elkhart was covered by glaciers. The Glaciers moved south, eroding the land collecting glacial drift.
9,000 BC
The glaciers eventually began to retreat north, leaving behind their glacial . . . — — Map (db m68532) HM
The Early Inhabitants of the Valley
Centuries before the area was settled by whites, at least two different native tribes inhabited the St Joseph Valley.
The Miami
The Miami were the first recorded tribe known to have lived in . . . — — Map (db m69777) HM
The Hydraulics
Elkhart's early development as an industrial city can be attributed to its proximity to several waterways. Before the advent of electric power, the early industry pioneers harnessed the power of the river flow to provide the . . . — — Map (db m69752) HM
Island Park
The island formed by the confluence of the Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers could be said to be the birthplace of our community. According to folklore, the Native Americans living in the area named the Elkhart River, . . . — — Map (db m200294) HM
Born 1 December 1969 Killed in the line of duty on the Indiana Toll Road St. Joseph County 4 March 1999 Served the Indiana State Police from 13 December 1998 to 4 March 1999 — — Map (db m88601) HM
Pulaski post office established here 1829. Fort Wayne Road, to Chicago-Detroit Road and Niles, forded the river at this point. Village of Elkhart was laid out in 1832 and post office name changed to Elkhart in 1839. — — Map (db m69729) HM
