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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VSE_morgan-finds-a-hoosier-oasis-historical_Deputy-IN.html
Throughout the day of July 11, 1863, Morgan's Raiders streamed northward from Lexington, passing through Hinesville (now Blocher), Deputy, and Paris. As a diversionary tactic, a regiment of cavalry rode eastward on the Kent Road, creating a sense …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VSD_morgan-is-forced-to-turn-back-historical_North-Vernon-IN.html
Early Saturday morning, July 11, General Morgan and his raiders followed the roads northward from Lexington toward Vernon. At Vernon, Morgan demanded the surrender of the town, but was rebuffed. The Home Guard commander responded that the town was…
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPW_northern-boundary-of-clarks-grant-historical_Scottsburg-IN.html
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Northern Boundary of Clark's Grant near here. Land grant provided by Virginia 1781 to General George Rogers Clark and his men for American Revolutionary War service against British in Illinois country. Grant was 150,000 acres divided int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPV_john-kimberlin-farm-historical_Nabb-IN.html
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Kimberlin, a Revolutionary War veteran, was first person to purchase land in what is now Scott County In 1804, he bought Tract 264 of land grant to soldiers of George Rogers Clark. His family settled 1805 in well-built cabin northwest of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VMR_morgans-raid-july-1863-historical_Underwood-IN.html
Side ADuring the Civil War, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan (1825~1864) led a raid through southern Indiana July 8-13, 1863. Crossed Ohio River at Brandenburg, Kentucky on two commandeered steamboats with over 2,000 cavalrymen and entered Ind…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VMQ_lightning-ellsworth-strikes-again-historical_Scottsburg-IN.html
In the late afternoon of July 10, 1863, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's men reached Vienna and seized the Jeffersonville Railroad Station from the agent and telegraph operator. Morgan's telegraph specialist, Lieutenant George "Lightning" El…