(Bronze Plaque - East Side):
Erected by Carroll County Indiana
In Memory of her Soldiers and Sailors
( Battles Listed on Upper Shaft ):
South Side -- Shiloh / Stone River
East Side -- Antietam / Gettysburg
North Side -- . . . — — Map (db m20798) WM
The sculpture by artist Ben Sutter represents the story of transportation in Carroll County. The Milroy family farm stood here in the 1880s, most likely with a windmill. The circular bicentennial sculpture plaque is an abstract representation of . . . — — Map (db m312642) HM
A Variety of Bridges Solve Many Problems
When the Wabash & Erie Canal cut through an Indiana
wilderness, its 40 feet wide channel of water created
challenges for those who wished to cross from one side to
the other. Pedestrians, . . . — — Map (db m163312) HM
Fouts Soyland Farm. Influenced by experiments conducted in the 1890s by Purdue University and Indiana farmers like his father Solomon, Carroll County farmer Taylor Fouts was growing soybeans by 1904. With his brothers Noah and Finis, Fouts . . . — — Map (db m238477) HM
The sycamores here line the sides of the Michigan Road, which connected the Ohio River with Lake Michigan and further opened Indiana for white settlement and trade. Under intense military and economic pressure, Potawatomi leaders ceded the land for . . . — — Map (db m201388) HM
Deer Creek High School. Deer Creek, Indiana. Washington Township of Carroll County, Indiana provided a quality education for the Deer Creek High School students and the North Central Elementary School students until closing in . . . — — Map (db m232366) HM
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Listed December 19, 2002 — — Map (db m250984) HM
Front
The Longest Canal in North America
Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal
Delphi, Indiana
The Wabash & Erie Canal extended 468 miles
from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana
On March 2, 1827, a Congressional land grant made . . . — — Map (db m35449) HM
Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc.
Founded in 1974, in Delphi, Indiana, Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc. is dedicated to the
preservation of the stretch of the Wabash & Erie Canal located in Delphi, Indiana. Approximately . . . — — Map (db m163280) HM
Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc.
Founded in 1974, in Delphi, Indiana, Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc. is dedicated to the
preservation of the stretch of the Wabash & Erie Canal located in Delphi, Indiana. Approximately . . . — — Map (db m163355) HM
Agricultural leader Claude Wickard
was born on a farm near here, which he
maintained throughout his career. He
graduated from Purdue University,
became a local Farm Bureau leader,
and in 1932 was elected to the Indiana
Senate. During the . . . — — Map (db m250680) HM
The Wabash & Erie Canal ran 468 miles from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana, thus providing access to New York and the East Coast via the Erie Canal and access to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. . . . — — Map (db m312634) HM
The Wabash & Erie Canal ran 468 miles from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana, thus providing access to New York and the East Coast via the Erie Canal and access to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. . . . — — Map (db m312651) HM
This statue memorializes a Hoosier woman who overcame challenges to protect Turkey Run forever.
Juliet Strauss 1863-1918
Journalist/Park Advocate
Juliet Strauss began writing a regular column for the Rockville newspaper . . . — — Map (db m268938) HM
Burlington High School Polar Cubs The Polar Cubs played basketball games in a gymnasium built here from 1928 to 1961. The Poral Cubs shared a gym with the local men’s team above the current Beck’s Pub from 1910-1928. The Polar Cubs played host . . . — — Map (db m231960) HM
The Wabash & Erie Canal ran 468 miles from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana, thus providing
access to New York and the East Coast via the Erie Canal and access to New Orleans and the Gulf of
Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.
. . . — — Map (db m163354) HM
The Wabash & Erie Canal ran 468 miles from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana, thus providing
access to New York and the East Coast via the Erie Canal and access to New Orleans and the Gulf of
Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m163281) HM
Great Place to Visit
Enjoy yourself, take your time, bring your camera and
your fishing tackle, watch the clouds reflected on the
Wabash, experience the spirit of a nineteenth century
downtown square, walk a tree lined trail along the . . . — — Map (db m163356) HM
Great Place to Visit
Enjoy yourself, take your time, bring your camera and
your fishing tackle, watch the clouds reflected on the
Wabash, experience the spirit of a nineteenth century
downtown square, walk a tree lined trail along the . . . — — Map (db m163306) HM
Marie Harris, Ellen Hostetler and Nancy Farrier, in memory of their parents John David and Ruth Marie Hilderandt Rhine
John and Ruth were both lifetime residents of Carroll County. They loved this part of Indiana and its history. In 1961 they . . . — — Map (db m163347) HM
Exploring a Local Treasure
The Monon High Bridge Trail follows the former bed of the Monon Railroad. Referred to as the Louisville to Chicago route or the Airline route. The trail now extends from Samuel Milroy Road to the Monon High . . . — — Map (db m312647) HM
Front
The Wabash & Erie Canal meets the Wabash River
Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal
Delphi, Indiana
See Photo #2:
1844 Timber Truss Bridge
The Wabash and Erie Canal authorities built the first bridge here in . . . — — Map (db m35445) HM
Samuel Milroy was born 1780 in Pennsylvania and is a "Child of the American Revolution". His father served as a Patriot in the war for Independence. In 1826, at the age of 46, Samuel moved to Carroll County and built a cabin, which was located on . . . — — Map (db m213303) HM
In memory of those who were killed in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, in September of 1857. Dedicated in 2020.
Modern historical research has yielded information which was not readily available to those who designed the 1955 monument. . . . — — Map (db m225251) HM
In memory of 140 men, women and children N.W. Arkansas emigrants to California. In 1857 under leadership of Alexander Fancher (Piney Alex) left from Caravan Spring 4 miles south of here around May 1st - Camped at Mountain Meadows, Utah in early . . . — — Map (db m143889) HM
James H. Johnson was the first postmaster. I don't know if he was the only one, but I
believe he is the only one that is listed in Baker's Postal History of Indiana, 1976 (which
I've consulted at the Logansport Public Library and will look at . . . — — Map (db m163342) HM
African American Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial
The Medal of Honor takes its place in our country as the highest award for military valor. The honor, awarded by the President in the name of Congress, may only be accorded an . . . — — Map (db m173924) HM WM
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