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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RVJ_james-brown-ray_Brookville-IN.html
Governor of Indiana, 1825 ~ 1831. Erected this house circa 1821 ~ 1822. Palladian window and transom fan~light considered "too aristocratic" by early Hoosiers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RVI_goodwin-home_Brookville-IN.html
Built by John D. Howland circa 1856~1857. Later owned and occupied by John H. Farquhar, Merchant, Member of Congress; Aaron C. Miller, Merchant; John C. Hitt, Banker; Dr. John R. Goodwin, Banker, Civil War Surgeon, Paymaster in the Department of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IG4_boundary-hill_Metamora-IN.html
This is the point on the line established by the Treaty of Greenville, August 8, 1795, between General Anthony Wayne and the Indian tribes of the Northwest Territory. This treaty opened southern Ohio and eastern Indiana to white settlement.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IG_snow-hill-covered-bridge_West-Harrison-IN.html
(Front Side)Built 1894-1895 over Johnson's Fork Creek by John H. Horn and William H. Butts to a Howe truss design by John Burkhart. All men were local residents. Bridge was important passageway to Cincinnati markets. Rests on stone abutments with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IF_old-franklin-united-brethren-church_Brookville-IN.html
United Brethren among earliest settlers in eastern Indiana during territorial period. Original structure, built 1831, one of first United Brethren churches in Indiana. Evangelical United Brethren Church joined Methodist Church to become United Met…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IE_intersection-of-treaty-lines_Brookville-IN.html
One mile south is intersection of western boundary line of Treaty of Greenville, Ohio (1795) and Treaty of Grouseland, near Vincennes (1805), northeastern boundary line. By these treaties, Native American tribes ceded land to the United States gov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IB_gordons-or-millville-lock-24_Metamora-IN.html
Gordon's, or Millville Lock #24, was one of the 56 locks on the Whitewater Canal constructed to accommodate a 491-foot drop in elevation along its course. The water level could be raised or lowered eight feet. Mitered gates at both ends of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IA_whitewater-canal-state-historic-site_Metamora-IN.html
The Whitewater Canal was one of several projects begun by the Indiana Improvement Act of 1836, which was designed to improve transportation and develop commerce state-wide. Constructed to link southeastern and central Indiana, the canal was comple…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19I9_brigadier-general-csa-francis-asbury-shoup_Laurel-IN.html
(Front Side)Remembered for service in Confederate States of America army, 1861-1865, and "Shoupade" fortification design; fought in battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Atlanta. Advocated recruitment of African Americans for CSA army. After the war, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19I8_whetzel-trace-1818-1823_Laurel-IN.html
Here Edward Toner founded SOMERSET, 1816, & operated Toner's Tavern, 1816-1823, from which rallying point pioneers started west on Jacob Whetzel's Trace to the "New Purchase" of Central Indiana.
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