Historical Markers and War Memorials in Garrett, Indiana
Auburn is the county seat for DeKalb County
Garrett is in DeKalb County
DeKalb County(49) ► ADJACENT TO DEKALB COUNTY Allen County(148) ► LaGrange County(15) ► Noble County(25) ► Steuben County(58) ► Defiance County, Ohio(130) ► Williams County, Ohio(92) ►
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On Keyser Street just east of Randolf Street, on the right when traveling east.
Side A In 1916, Henry Dills, Carl Heinzerling,and George Schulthess established the company, which became one of the country's leading manufacturers of artificial fishing lures. Crafted by a largely female workforce, the high quality lures . . . — — Map (db m107129) HM
On Cowen Street, 0.1 miles north of West Keyser Street, on the left when traveling south.
Stage performer and silent film actor John Bowersox grew up along Cowen Street. He performed in amateur plays in Huntington and in 1904 joined a professional touring
company. Adopting the stage name Bowers, he debuted on Broadway in 1912 and . . . — — Map (db m238482) HM
On County Road 7, 0.3 miles north of State Route 8, on the right when traveling north.
Who settled here in Keyser Township,
DeKalb County, state of Indiana in the year 1864
with purchase of three hundred seventy acres
of virgin land and from which in 1882
they donated the tract on which the nearby
Christian Union Church is . . . — — Map (db m159852) HM
