( Stone Base - Side 1 )
Cannon Used in War for the Unity
1861 - - 1865
Loaned by War Dept. U. S. A.
( Stone Base - Side 2 )
Dedicated to the
Union Soldiers of Owen County
By:
Gettysburg Post No. 93 G. A. R.
-and- W. . . . — — Map (db m19373) WM
(Front Plaque)
In Grateful Recognition
of the
Patriotic Service Rendered by
The Men and Women of Owen County
During the World War
1917 - 1918
(Back Plaque)
This tablet is erected
in memory of these men of . . . — — Map (db m19372) WM
Owen County formed by General Assembly, 1819. Spencer selected county seat, 1820. Neoclassical building designed by Jesse T. Johnson, Indianapolis and built by Christian Kanzler & Son, Evansville (1910-1911),was second courthouse on land donated by . . . — — Map (db m5088) HM
( Column One )
World War I
Harold Anthony Oliver Blair Earl Bonnewell Edward Call Guy Coleman Claude Crouch Forrest Douglas Lewis Hauser Leland McKeand Highet William Edgar Holiday Roy Hunsicker Carl Kaiser . . . — — Map (db m19435) WM
The early arrivals to McCormick's Creek worked hard to create a life for themselves and their children.
Although John McCormick first owned this land, it is believed that he never set foot on it. Upon his death, the land was . . . — — Map (db m161468) HM
Before refrigeration, the Peden springhouse kept food cool using old-fashioned ingenuity and the local geology.
The Peden family raised
livestock, chickens, had a
vegetable garden and farmed
hundreds of acres. Keeping milk,
butter, . . . — — Map (db m161469) HM
Dedicated to the Memory of Those
Who Served Their Country
During the Wars of the United States
Erected through the Efforts of
The Women's Relief Corps
of Spencer, Indiana
1939
Panel and Design of . . . — — Map (db m19401) WM
