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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VVV_lexington-first-county-seat-historical_Lexington-IN.html
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Scott County formed by Indiana General Assembly 1820; Lexington selected county seat. Attempts made 1823, 1839, 1840 to relocate county seat to more central location. Petition to County Commissioners 1870 was successful; town of Scottsburg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VVT_site-of-william-hayden-english-home-historical_Lexington-IN.html
English (1822-1896), politician, banker, and historian, served as secretary of 1850 Indiana Constitutional Convention, as Speaker of Indiana House, and in U.S. House. Candidate for U.S. Vice President, 1880; President, Indiana Historical Society. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VVP_site-of-western-eagle-historical_Lexington-IN.html
Western Eagle was second newspaper in Indiana Territory. Founded in Madison 1813, moved to Lexington July 8, 1815 and to this site October 1815. Jacob Rhoads, publisher after 1814, terminated publication January 6, 1816 for financial reasons. Rhoa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VSH_morgans-raid-historical_Lexington-IN.html
Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his staff spent the night of July 10, 1863, in Lexington. He left for Vernon on the morning of July 11, 1863.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VSG_a-night-in-a-hotel-historical_Lexington-IN.html
About dusk on July 10, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his men rode into Lexington, then the county seat of Scott County. The raiders had ridden approximately 45 miles since camping the previous night in the Palmyra area. Lexington wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VSF_town-creek-encampment-historical_Lexington-IN.html
On the night of July 10, 1863, most of John Hunt Morgan's cavalry camped along town Creek in these fields. the next morning, while some of the raiders stole what they wanted from Lexington businesses and homes, others scoured the area for horses t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VQ0_scott-county-home-historical_Scottsburg-IN.html
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Indiana law in 1831 authorized counties to establish institutions to support and accommodate the poor, carrying out 1816 Constitution provision. First Scott County home built 1861 north of Lexington; closed 1879. County home moved here t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPZ_lake-iola-interurban-site-historical_Scottsburg-IN.html
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Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Company organized to build track between Seymour and Sellersburg as part of the interurban line which extended from Indianapolis to Louisville; track completed in 1907. First railway in the country to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPY_pigeon-roost-historical_Underwood-IN.html
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Pigeon Roost, settled 1809 in Clark County, was attacked on September 3, 1812. Over twenty settlers and an unknown number of Indians were killed. Clark County militia unsuccessfully pursued the remaining Indians. That same month Fort Har…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPX_pigeon-roost-historical_Underwood-IN.html
A community established here in 1809 was attacked by Indians on September 3, 1812; 15 children and 9 adults were massacred; only one family escaped to spread the alarm.