Entries Containing All of the Phrases «vermillion county» AND «indiana»

By Al Wolf, July 6, 2008

Vermillion County Indiana - - War Memorial Marker (back)

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1 ► Indiana, Vermillion County, Newport — Vermillion County Indiana - - War Memorial —

Dedicated to all veterans during war and peace time. (Lower - Middle: panel): Nothing hurts like being forgotten. Nothing helps like being remembered. For those who fight for it, life has a special flavor the protected never know. . . . — — Map (db m8930) WM

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2 ► Indiana, Vermillion County, Newport — 83.2001.1 — Vermillion County Jail —

Side One First county jail built 1828 of logs at southwest corner of court-house lawn. Second jail built 1836 of brick. Third jail and sheriff's residence built 1868 of brick in Italianate Style. This 1868 structure became sheriff's . . . — — Map (db m3682) HM

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3 ► Indiana, Vermillion County, Cayuga — 83.1960.1 — Harrison's Crossing — November 3, 1811 —

100 yards south, Harrison's Army crossed the Big Vermillion at sunrise, having just built Boyd's Blockhouse, enroute to the Prophet's Town at the mouth of the Tippecanoe to disperse the Indians there assembled. — — Map (db m3700) HM

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4 ► Indiana, Vermillion County, Universal — Major John T. Chunn —

John Thomas Chunn was born in Trinity Parish, Charles County, Maryland in 1780 to Zachariah and Deborah Turner Chunn. He settled in Clark County, Indiana in 1810 and served as Justice of the Peace. He came to Vincennes in 1811, enlisted in the . . . — — Map (db m289623) HM

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5 ► Indiana, Parke County, Marshall — The Lusk Family —

Salmon Lusk and his descendants were accomplished pioneers with land ethic not embraced for another 100 years. Salmon Lusk Salmon Lusk was born in Vermont in 1788. After serving in the War of 1812, he was paid in land; a practice . . . — — Map (db m264972) HM

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6 ► California, Napa County, Napa — James Clyman--Trapper and Explorer —

James Clyman - Trapper and Explorer. Prominent in opening the Far West. He was with Jedediah Smith in 1824 at South Pass. Prepared the way for the pre-Gold Rush pioneers. Settled in Napa County in 1848. — — Map (db m54549) HM

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7 ► Illinois, Cook County, Homewood — Dixie Highway connected Chicago to Miami in the early days of automobile travel — Homewood: a bustling town grows along a former Indian trail —

Following a path worn by buffalo, Native Americans traveled the length of the eastern border of Illinois. French fur trapper-traders utilized the same trail. Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, a fur trader for John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Trading . . . — — Map (db m87082) HM

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