( Engraved on Front ):
Dumont Post No. 18
1861 - - - 1865
We honor you for your
valiant service to our
Country, in time of War,
and in time of Peace.
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Number of enlistments, 3261.
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After the War of 1812, the U.S. renewed efforts to obtain Indian lands in the Indiana Territory. In October 1818, the Miami, Potawatomi, Wea, and Delaware nations under pressure signed treaties with the U.S. exchanging millions of acres of their . . . — — Map (db m277083) HM
Vice President of the United States
with Democrat President Grover Cleveland, 1885
Born September 7, 1819, near Zanesville, Ohio
Died November 25, 1885, Indianapolis, buried at Crown Hill Cemetery
Represented Shelby County: . . . — — Map (db m100033) HM
On September 26, 1748, Pierre-Louis-de Lorimier was born in Lachine in Montreal, Canada. In 1769, Pierre Lorimier moved to the Ohio Country as a French-Canadian trader. He established a trading post that became known as "The Frenchman's Store" or . . . — — Map (db m309391) HM
Harpersville is one of Shelby County’s oldest communities. Its existence precedes that of Shelby County and the State of Alabama. Big Springs, as Harpersville was originally called, was settled around 1815 by the Harper and Kidd families. Prime . . . — — Map (db m61886) HM
"Away back in the twenties, when Indiana was a baby state, and great forests of tall trees and tangled underbrush darkened what are now her bright plains and sunny hills..."
- The Bears of Blue River
This statue honors . . . — — Map (db m262094) HM
Thomas A. Hendricks 1819- 1885
Hoosier Statesman, patriot and staunch defender of Constitutional Government, the Hendrick family moved to Shelby County in 1822 where Hendricks attended local schools. he graduated from Hanover College, 1841, was . . . — — Map (db m169396) HM
Canadian born Ephraim Merrill Daggett was reared on a farm in Indiana. He traded with the Indians at Fort Dearborn (Chicago) in the early 1830s then moved to Shelby County, Republic of Texas, in 1838. There he and his family became involved in . . . — — Map (db m304305) HM
Oldham was the 75th county created by the Kentucky Legislature. It was formed on January 15, 1824, from portions of Jefferson, Henry and Shelby Counties. The county is named for William Oldham, Revolutionary War patriot and early pioneer.
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Among the early settlers of Fort Worth, Charles Biggers (C.B.) Daggett (1812-1888) was born in Canada and moved to Indiana when he was eight years old. Around 1839–40, His family moved to Shelby County, Texas, where they participated in the . . . — — Map (db m190872) HM
Collierville Railroad Depot
The first railroad depot in Collierville was located in this vicinity adjacent to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. A letter was discovered in the Mississippi Library Department of Archives and Special . . . — — Map (db m149077) HM
