On Wissman Road south of the railroad tracks, on the right when traveling south.
1807
George W. Waltz/Walts,
Anna Brewer Walts & family
left Pennsylvania to go west
1808
Recorded 170 acre purchase in
Harrison Co. Indiana Territory
1809
Petitioned Congress for
U.S. Government intervention of . . . — — Map (db m96071) HM
On Main Street (State Road 54) at Gilstrap Way, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Named for George Walts, from Pennsylvania, who settled here in 1807. The earliest settler was Patrick Henry Shields, a Virginian, who arrived in 1805 and became prominent in early Indiana affairs as statesman and soldier. Here in 1890 was born . . . — — Map (db m96073) HM
On Wissman Road south of the railroad tracks, on the right when traveling south.
Patrick & Mary Nantz Shields
Children James & Henry
1811
Aide to General Wm H Harrison
in Tippecanoe Campaign
1816
Delegate to the Indiana
Constitutional Convention
and signed the historical
document at Corydon's . . . — — Map (db m96067) HM
On Main Street (State Road 64) at Fuzzy Way, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Justice Sherman Minton was born in Georgetown and attended New Albany High School. After graduating from law school, he served overseas during WWI. In 1934, he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a New Deal Democrat. Nominated by President Roosevelt, . . . — — Map (db m207055) HM