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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19QU_concord-methodist-church_Churubusco-IN.html
First Church Site in Whitley County. July 30, 1839, Jacob and Chatherine Van Houten deeded 1/4 acre land here on the northeast corner to the Methodist Episcopal Church for a house of worship named Concord. A log church served until replaced by a f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19QG_michigan-road_Zionsville-IN.html
With proceeds from the sale of 170,580 acres of Indian land granted by the Federal Government, Indiana built its first north-south road. Surveyed 1829, passable by 1834, "completed" in 1837, its coast was $242,000.00.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19QF_patrick-h-sullivan_Zionsville-IN.html
was the first white settler in Boone County, 1823, and built the first log cabin. In 1857, he bought this site and lived here until 1872. He served in the War of 1812.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19QD_german-greenhouses-and-truck-gardens_Indianapolis-IN.html
(Front Side)Many of Indiana's German immigrants settled in southwestern Marion County during the mid-1800s and began greenhouses and truck gardens on Bluff Road; area grew to major boundaries of Harding, Raymond, Madison, and Banta streets. Family…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19QC_first-presbyterian-church-of-southport_Indianapolis-IN.html
In recognition of its 150th year as a worshipping congregation, this sign marks the original location of the First Presbyterian Church of Southport, established March 30, 1833. Originally known as New Providence, the founding congregation met at t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19QA_sarah-t-bolton_Beech-Grove-IN.html
A pioneer poet of Indiana, author of "Paddle Your Own Canoe" and "Indiana", crusader for women's rights, lived here at "Beech Bank" from 1871 to 1893.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19O1_lou-criger_Elkhart-IN.html
This memorial is dedicated to the life of Lou Criger
Born in Elkhart, Ind., Feb. 6, 1872 to Charles J. and Lovina Stutsman Criger, the city's first major leaguer was known as one of the best catchers of his day and caught most of Cy Young's 511…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JM_james-buchanan-eads_Lawrenceburg-IN.html
Born in Lawrenceburg, became a famous engineer who built the Eads Bridge arched over the Mississippi at St. Louis and jetties at New Orleans. During the Civil War President Lincoln commissioned him to design and build ironclad gunboats for the Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JJ_lawrenceburg_Lawrenceburg-IN.html
Birthplace of two Indiana Governors. Albert Gallatin Porter, eighteenth Governor (1881-1885), born here April 20, 1824, died Indianapolis, May 3, 1897; and Winfield Taylor Durbin, twenty-fourth Governor (1901-1905), born here May 4, 1847, died And…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JI_the-spirits-of-lawrenceburg_Lawrenceburg-IN.html
Army Captain Samuel Colville Vance was a surveyor for the United States government living in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1802 he purchased all the land comprising the original town of "Lawrenceburgh." At that time the land was part of Hamilton County, Oh…