On 25 February 1779 Col. George Rogers Clark captured Ft. Sackville at Vincennes from the British. About 6 miles west at Pointe Coupee on the Wabash River on 2 March 1779 Capt. Leonard Helm commanding 3 boats and 50 volunteers from Vincennes . . . — — Map (db m23202) HM
Numerous violent conflicts erupted in Sullivan County during the Civil War over differing war sentiments. On July 14, 1864, anti-war Democrat John Drake was fatally shot at a community picnic near here. The Union soldier who shot Drake was . . . — — Map (db m21763) HM
A War of 1812 military action occurred in September 1812 three miles west/southwest of here. While escorting supplies from Fort Knox near Vincennes to Fort Harrison at Terre Haute, Sergeant Nathan Fairbanks and approximately a dozen soldiers were . . . — — Map (db m21761) HM
General Wm. H. Harrison's army made its last camp in Sullivan County here at Big Springs on Sept. 29, 1811. Harrison used Benjamin Turman's fort as his headquarters. With spring water available, it was an ideal location for 1000 men including 160 . . . — — Map (db m229777) HM
Pioneer Heroine of Abdominal Surgery
Jane Todd was born in Virginia in 1763. In 1805 she and her husband, Thomas Crawford, moved to Green County, Ky. Suffering from a huge abdominal tumor, she rode 60 miles to Danville, Ky., to submit to an . . . — — Map (db m21734) HM
Organized nationally to bring culture
to rural communities, Merom's 10
day religious and educational event
featured concerts, debates, plays,
and lectures. Carrie Nation, William
Jennings Bryan, William H. Taft,
Warren Harding, and Billy . . . — — Map (db m226301) HM
Dedicated in 1862, Union Christian
College served as a preparatory
school and college, until 1924. In
1936 it became Merom Institute — a
rural enrichment center. Now owned
by the United Church of Christ it
serves as a camp, conference, . . . — — Map (db m226320) HM
A log courthouse here served as
Sullivan's first county seat, from
1819-1842. Merom was an important
river port and a stop on the stage
route – The Old Harrison Trail.
Harrison's troops camped near here
on their 1811 march to Tippecanoe. — — Map (db m226302) HM
( Front Side )
In Loving Memory
( Row One )
Korean War Veterans
Norman G. Davis • Willard M. Gipson • Joe E. Laughlin • Raymond E. Lawhorn • Chester Grant Lundy, Jr. • Robert E. Zellars
Vietnam — Gerald . . . — — Map (db m21778) WM
Women's Club of Sullivan was instrumental in forming Public Library Board 1902. Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000 after site and required local funding secured December 1903. Cornerstone was laid June 11, 1904; building dedicated January 19, 1905; . . . — — Map (db m21733) HM
In Loving Memory
World War I
( Left Column )
Clarence Adams • John Adams • Orvil C. Allen • James Anderson • Everett Bedwell • Robert T. Bird • Flossie B. Brownless • Scott Coffman • Charles E. Cooper • Paul Cross
( . . . — — Map (db m21779) WM
