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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E1B_crosson-park_Syracuse-IN.html
This park was named for Samuel Crosson co-founder of Syracuse. In 1834, Samuel Crosson and Henry Ward built the first mill in the county on this site. The mill was destroyed by high water in 1837. The state constructed a cement dam in 1921. Eli Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E1A_syracuse-cemetery_Syracuse-IN.html
Syracuse CemeteryEstablished 1836
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2011 Indiana Historical Bureauand Syracuse Cemetery Association
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DM0_last-tract-of-land-owned-by-miami_Syracuse-IN.html
1837—1937???One hundred years ago, the last tract of land owned by the Miami Indians, who inhabited this territory, was turned over to the government. All titles to land in this vicinity date back to 1837.???This stone commemorates this hist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKY_the-lincoln-highway_Warsaw-IN.html
The Lincoln Highway was the first "Coast to Coast" transcontinental highway in the United States constructed from 1913 to 1928 beginning at Times Square in New York City and ending in Lincoln Park in San Francisco. The route spanned almost 3,400 m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKX_indiana-where-it-all-began_Warsaw-IN.html
On September 1, 1912 at a dinner party for automobile manufacturers at the Deutsches Haus in Indianapolis, Carl G. Fisher, President of the Prest-O-Lite Company and father of The Indianapolis 500 unveiled his plan for a highway spanning the countr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKW_chinworth-bridge-trailhead_Warsaw-IN.html
Welcome! to the Chinworth Bridge Trailhead - Lake City Greenway - Former Tippecanoe Rest Park
The history of this area is tied very closely to transportation with the Chinworth Bridge (1897) and U.S. Highway 30 (1926). This scenic 2.5 acre site…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DK9_leesburg-sesquicentennial_Leesburg-IN.html
Grinding stones from gristmill of Levi Lee, founder of the town of Leesburg. The mill was located in Section 21, Twp. 33N., Range 6E., 2½ mi. S/E of Leesburg on the Tippecanoe River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACZ_the-lincoln-highway_Warsaw-IN.html
Was the first "Coast to Coast" road covering 3,389 miles across the U.S.A.
The dream of Hoosier Carl G. Fisher, founder of the Indianapolis 500. The Lincoln Highway Association was established on June 1, 1913.
The Boy Scouts of America place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMULK_lawrence-d-bell_Mentone-IN.html
Born in Mentone, Lawrence D. Bell (1894-1956) became one of America's foremost aviation pioneers. He founded Bell Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo, New York, 1935. Advanced aircraft manufactured included Bell helicopters, America's first jet, and B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU7F_indian-hill_Syracuse-IN.html
Indians formerly wrapped their dead and secured them in the trees here. At the time of white settlement the wrappings were disintegrating and the bones were falling to the ground.