Historical Marker Search

You searched for City|State|Country: , in us

Showing results 1 to 10 of 18
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLR_new-albany-national-cemetery-historical_New-Albany-IN.html
"Falls of the Ohio" in the Civil War The towns of Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana are located near the falls of the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. This location made them critical to the Union war effort. Jeffersonville was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T7E_george-w-waltz-historical_Georgetown-IN.html
1807 George W. Waltz/Walts, Anna Brewer Walts & family left Pennsylvania to go west 1808 Recorded 170 acre purchase in Harrison Co. Indiana Territory 1809 Petitioned Congress for U.S. Government intervention of pioneer suffrage, voting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T7D_georgetown-historical_Georgetown-IN.html
Named for George Walts, from Pennsylvania, who settled here in 1807. The earliest settler was Patrick Henry Shields, a Virginian, who arrived in 1805 and became prominent in early Indiana affairs as statesman and soldier. Here in 1890 was born She…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T72_veterans-memorial-historical_Georgetown-IN.html
Dedicated to All Veterans of Georgetown, Indiana
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T71_patrick-shields-historical_Georgetown-IN.html
Patrick & Mary Nantz Shields Children James & Henry 1811 Aide to General Wm H Harrison in Tippecanoe Campaign 1816 Delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention and signed the historical document at Corydon's Constitutional Elm 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1COE_buffalo-trace-route_New-Albany-IN.html
American Bison, migrating in great herds, created a cluster of paths along the natural topography between Illinois prairies and salt licks in Kentucky. These paths, called the Buffalo Trace, used by Native Americans and became premier travel route…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AQ7_honoring-our-heroes_New-Albany-IN.html
An act of Congress in 1862 established fourteen national cemeteries for the interment of casualties from the Civil War. The first National Cemetery was at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The New Albany National Cemetery was one of the first seven establ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVNW_floyd-county-honor-roll-veterans-memorial_New-Albany-IN.html
(( Left Panel )) Honor To our Civil War Veterans ( - - Art Work - - ) (( Center Panel )) In honored memory of Floyd County men who gave their lives for our Country Dedicated by Hobart Beach Post 1693 Veterans of Foreign Wars 194…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVMJ_korean-conflict-vietnam-conflict-floyd-county_New-Albany-IN.html
In honored memory of Floyd County men who gave their lives for our country 1950 —— The Korean Conflict —— 1955 (Row One) - Edward C. Andres · John H. Berryman · William S. Blasdel · Marvin L. Dav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVM1_floyd-county-world-peace-honor-roll_New-Albany-IN.html
In honored memory of Floyd County Servicemen who sacrificed their lives for World Peace SGT. Christopher K. Hilgert U.S. Army · Aug. 8, 1993 · Somalia SGT. Steven P. Mennemeyer US. Army · Aug. 8, 2006 · Iraq …
PAGE 1 OF 2