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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ENM_fort-vallonia_Vallonia-IN.html
Site in town of stockade built in 1812 on old Indian trail for protection of the settlers in this area. Garrisoned by Maj. John Tipton and his militia Rangers in 1813. Marker on the site.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EN9_10-o-clock-indian-treaty-line_Seymour-IN.html
10 O'Clock IndianTreaty LineEst. 1809 Inset.Grouseland TreatyLine Est. 1805 atA Buried Stone (illegible)6 feet, N 4(illegible)From This (illegible)Indiana Centen-ary Marker
Erected by theJackson CountyHist. Society.Dec. 11. 1916.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EN8_indian-treaty-corner_Seymour-IN.html
800 feet northwest is the point which marks the junction of the Grouseland Treaty line of 1805 with the Fort Wayne Treaty line of 1809. These and other treaties permitted early white settlement of Indiana.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EN0_medora-covered-bridge_Vallonia-IN.html
The Medora Bridge
The Medora Covered Bridge was built in 1875 by noted timber bridge builder J.J. Daniels. It was built to carry local traffic across the East Fork of the White River forty years before there was a state highway system. In the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EMZ_eleutherian-college_Madison-IN.html
(Side One)College developed 1854 from Eleutherian Institute, founded 1848. Thomas Craven and anti-slavery advocates in the area created and supported the institution for education of students of all races and genders. This structure, built in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EMY_john-h-and-sarah-tibbets_Madison-IN.html
(Side One)The Tibbets provided assistance to fugitive slaves here in their home (now part of National Park Service, Network to Freedom); John piloted them to the next safe haven. Both were members of Neil's Creek Anti-Slavery Society and Anti-Slav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EMX_lyman-hoyt_Madison-IN.html
(Side One)Born in Vermont 1804. Moved to Jefferson County 1834, where he owned land and had several manufacturing businesses. Active in Neil's Creek Anti-Slavery Society and in forming Liberty Party for abolition of slavery. He and his family supp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EMS_hannah-milhous-nixon_Butlerville-IN.html
Mother of President Richard M. Nixon was born on a farm four and a half miles southeast to which her grandparents came in 1854. Hannah's parents moved to California in 1897 when she was twelve years old.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EMN_o-brien-corner_Holton-IN.html
The southwest corner of what is now US 50 and Michigan Road was once occupied by a log tavern later converted to a home with clap board siding. The home was part of the Underground Railroad prior to the Civil War. William O'Brien purchased this se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EML_michigan-road_Holton-IN.html
Extending from Michigan City to the Ohio River at Madison. Begun by the state in 1832 with funds obtained from sale of land granted by the Potawatomi Indians. Opened northern part of state to settlers.