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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU56_ambrose-g-bierce_Elkhart-IN.html
Born in Ohio 1842; family moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana 1846. Bierce lived and worked in Elkhart 1860-1861. Union officer wounded in Civil War. Moved to California 1866; became nationally prominent as journalist, short story writer, and criti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU53_indiana-territory-line_Goshen-IN.html
The boundary between Indiana and Michigan territories was established in 1805. Just before Indiana became a state in 1816, the line was moved ten miles north to give Indiana frontage on Lake Michigan.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU41_site-of-the-first-school-house-in-elkhart-county_Goshen-IN.html
This stone marks the site of the first school house in Elkhart County built of oak logs in 1830
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLUS_charles-gordone_Elkhart-IN.html
Born in Ohio, 1925, Gordone grew up in Elkhart and graduated from Elkhart High School in 1944. In the 1950s, he moved to New York City where he worked as an actor, director, and playwright. During the 1960s, he acted in the award-winning off-Broad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLUM_e-hill-turnock_Elkhart-IN.html
(Side one):Added many buildings to the architectural significance of Elkhart, Goshen, and Nappanee. Born mid-1850s in England; his family moved to Elkhart early 1870s. In mid-1880s he moved to Chicago; worked until 1890 with architect William Le B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLUI_goshens-carnegie-library_Goshen-IN.html
Side AIndiana's first Carnegie library opened here 1903 with 3, 000 volumes. Goshen Library Association received $25, 000 in Carnegie grants 1901. Public donations, land purchase, and tax levy met Carnegie grant conditions. Architects Patton & Mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML1A_nappanee-cartoonists_Nappanee-IN.html
(Side one):Merrill Blosser was first Nappanee artist to gain national recognition as a professional cartoonist. Freckles and His Friends, his most popular cartoon, ran from 1915 to 1973, syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association. In 1965, Nat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJU_c-g-conn-company_Elkhart-IN.html
Side One:Charles Gerard Conn began the musical instrument industry in Elkhart; city has been called the Band Industry Capital of the World. By 1874 producing rubber mouthpiece; was granted patent 1875; began producing musical instruments 1875. Fac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJS_krider-nurseries-worlds-fair-garden_Middlebury-IN.html
Side One:Krider Nurseries constructed and exhibited Krider's Diversified Garden at Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago 1933-1934. Some plants and structures were returned to Middlebury, and garden was reconstructed here 1935. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKJR_graves-et-al-v-indiana_Bristol-IN.html
Side One:In 1847, three Kentucky men tried to capture Thomas Harris, fugitive slave in Bristol; a justice of the peace ruling freed Harris, who fled. In 1848, the Elkhart Circuit Court convicted the three men of causing a riot in 1847. In 1849, In…