The canal boat "Indiana" docked here on the evening of July 3, 1835, opening the Wabash and Erie canal to traffic from Fort Wayne to Huntington. This was the first section of the canal opened in Indiana. John Burk, for whom the lock was named, was a . . . — — Map (db m7546) HM
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Canal Landing on Washington Street. The Huntington Landing started 120 feet west on Washington St and continued to the lock at Cherry St. The Wabash & Erie canal was 4 feet deep and 100 feet wide as this point. Other locks . . . — — Map (db m65223) HM
In 1840 the Miami Indians agreed to move from the upper Wabash area to eastern Kansas. Francis La Fontaine was his tribes last principal chief. After leading his people west in 1846, he died at Lafayette, Indiana, en route to his home. The body was . . . — — Map (db m76449) HM
Dr. Otto U. King, 1873-1951. Huntington dentist Dr. Otto King was essential in leading the American Dental Association as its first General Secretary and Editor, 1913-1927. He founded The Journal of the American Dental Association, first . . . — — Map (db m128421) HM
Drover Town, the first addition south of the Little River was platted Aug. 22, 1857 by Henry Drover. It included about 20 of his 160 acres of woodland. Family first names were given to the streets. Additional subdivisions followed. Huntington's . . . — — Map (db m55693) HM
Pioneering cryptanalyst Elizebeth Friedman was born in Huntington. She developed her skill in codebreaking while searching for supposed hidden messages Shakespeares plays at Riverbank Laboratories in Illinois in the 1910s. There, she and her . . . — — Map (db m192744) HM
In a landmark decision on April 3, 1866, the United States Supreme Court overturned the conspiracy against the national government conviction of Huntington attorney Lambdin P. Milligan (1812-1899). This decision, rising out of the Civil War, set a . . . — — Map (db m71300) HM
The junction of the Wabash and Little rivers, 100 yards south, was the western terminus of the Maumee-Wabash long portage and, in 1835, of the first section of the Wabash and Erie Canal. During the 18th century French and English traders passed this . . . — — Map (db m45118) HM
Dr. Loew, a Huntington College alumnus, was also
a professor here for well over thirty years.
He is credited with introducing the growth of
soy beans to this part of the state. He was the
county's first agricultural agent (1917 -1922),
directed . . . — — Map (db m180758) HM
Jean Baptiste Richardville
(Pe-she-wah), 1761-1841
last great chief of the Miamis, made the forks of the Wabash his principal residence. His mother was the influential Tau-cum-wah sister of Chief Little Turtle. — — Map (db m7541) HM
William M. Ager
William Bargrett
William Bowers
John P. Buchanan
William H. Bush
William H. Albertson
James Alexander
John Barnett
Henry C. Bowman
David Barnett
Samuel Brelsford
James O. Campbell . . . — — Map (db m161526) WM
1861-1865
Give honor to the more than
1800 men of this county who
wore the blue. Remember
208 of her sons who gave
their lives to preserve
the Union.
Erected by the Sons of Union
Veterans of the Civil War,
Champion Hill, Camp17
& . . . — — Map (db m128433) WM
Dedicated to the heroes of Huntington County who bravely fought in the great wars.
To the men and women who gave their lives on land, sea, and in the sky that mankind might live in freedom.
Left Plaque: Dedicated in Honor of all those who . . . — — Map (db m45124) WM
Dedicated in Memory of
Our Fathers
Grand Army of the
Republic
By the Indiana Department
Daughters of Union Veterans
Of the Civil War
1861 - - 1865
19th Convention June 13, 1933 — — Map (db m207020) WM
Huntington High School
This site served Huntington as both Huntington High School (1918 -1970) and Crestview Jr. High School (1970 - 1998) for a period of 82 years. Many distinguished citizens graduated from these schools and went on to . . . — — Map (db m211584) HM
Thomas D. Edwards
John E. Guynn
Robert E. Hosler
Ralph E. Hubartt, Jr.
Carl R. McVoy
William A. Mitchell
Ralph E. Sands
Charles Sturdivant
John E. Welches
"Our nation honors her sons and daughters . . . — — Map (db m161516) WM
In 1922, the Common Council of Huntington and members of the Huntington American Legion Post NO. 7, were moved by the passion of profound Americanism to forever perpetuate the memories of the war dead whose names are now and shall ever be part of . . . — — Map (db m129262) WM
Gary M. Archibald
Gary Ladd Biehl
Gregorio c. Bustos
Mike G. Bustos
Robert F. Elston
Gregory L. Fleck
Terry G. Graft
Daryl L. Lowery
Floyd R. Noe
Thomas A. Parker
Thomas D. Perry
Lloyd D. Pinkerton . . . — — Map (db m161520) WM
Charles S. Beard
Edward D. Hoover
Charles Ambrose Smith
Homer Glenn Fisher
Robert McNeil Mayne
Floyd Stanley Stewart
Elmer Leroy Fyson
Garland A. Robbins
Harry H. Surran
Carl William Grossman
Harry Glen . . . — — Map (db m161509) WM
James Robert Adams
Leonard D. Ahner
Charles R. Appier
Maurice J. Barnes
John A. Beeson
John R. Bickel
Frank Eugene Bowman
Paul Dee Bouman
Donald L. Brewer
Phillip Brewer
Ralph J. Bright
Geral H. . . . — — Map (db m161510) WM
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Huntington's Ford and First Bridge
Pioneers forded Little River From Charles Street diagonally across just below the Island to the Court House. A dugout canoe, when hailed, carried pedestrians across for 50 cents. . . . — — Map (db m65224) HM
In 1835, the Wabash & Erie Canal was completed through this
area. A swatch, 60 feet wide, was cleared before a channel,
40 feet wide and 4 feet deep, was dug by men using picks,
shovels, axes and slip scoops pulled by beasts of burden.
Across . . . — — Map (db m161454) HM
This monument was established to honor the millions of Americans who served in the Vietnam War. The statue depicts the likeness of HM1 Thomas A. Parker, a Huntington native and Navy Corpsman who was killed in action, and whose body . . . — — Map (db m161657) WM
In Memory of the Huntington County Boys who lost their lives in the World War.
Charles S. Beard Homer Glenn Fisher Elmer Leroy Fysoa Carl William Grossman Lewis Alden Haller Edward Emerson Hasty Edward D. Hoover Robert McNeil Mayne . . . — — Map (db m134405) HM
On August 19,1988, this beautiful court house square was host to 12,500 residents and visitors gathered to witness the first rally of the successful presidential campaign of George Herbert Walker Bush and Huntington's favorite son and 44th Vice . . . — — Map (db m46992) HM
John R. Kissinger, who lived in Huntington in his latter years, became the first volunteer to subject himself to the bite of an infected mosquito (1900) in an experiment to identify the cause of "Yellow Jack" (Yellow Fever). This successful . . . — — Map (db m220227) HM
Lockheed Corporation manufactured 5,691 T-33s from 1948 to 1959. Pilots who trained in the T33 flew combat missions in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. This training was essential to our military's efforts and transitioned pilots from the . . . — — Map (db m161508) HM
Established by George Washington and first designated as The Badge of Military Merit, the Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to any member of the Armed Forces who, while serving under competent authority in . . . — — Map (db m161518) HM WM
The first permanent hotel of Huntington was built of stone on this site by General John Tipton in 1835. Standing on the bank of the Wabash and Erie Canal, it was a commercial, political and social center. From 1862 to 1872 it housed one of the first . . . — — Map (db m7547) HM
This city, township and county were named for Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration of Independence and important political figure in the Revolutionary War era. Records indicate the name was given by Elias Murray, Huntington's nephew, when he . . . — — Map (db m71299) HM
Hospital Corpsman First Class Petty Officer Thomas Aquinas Parker, a Huntington native born on December 31, 1937, was a US Navy Corpsman assigned to Marine Air Group 36,1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Division.
On April 5. 1967, . . . — — Map (db m161535) HM WM
Huntington, the “Lime City.” so named for its many limestone quarries and kilns, the first kiln being built in this vicinity by Michael Houseman in 1843 or 1844. By 1885 there were 31 kilns in operation: eight were perpetual kilns, the . . . — — Map (db m7544) HM
The Wabash & Erie Canal fulfilled George Washington's dream
of connecting the St. Lawrence Seaway with the Gulf of Mexico
by creating a waterway across the only land barrier that lay
between the St. Marys River in Fort Wayne and this site on
the . . . — — Map (db m161453) HM
This World War II Sherman M4A1 Medium Tank with
76 mm wet gum was from the Watertown Arsenal.
Overhauled 1950 and bears No. 68091.
The tank was dedicated, upon its placement in Memorial Park, to the Men and Women of . . . — — Map (db m161523) HM WM
Pioneering cryptanalyst Elizabeth Smith Friedman was born in Huntington. She developed her skill in codebreaking while searching for supposed hidden messages in Shakespeare's plays at Riverbank Laboratories in Illinois in the 1910s. There, she . . . — — Map (db m220229) HM
