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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JG_history-of-the-aurora-ferry-co-inc_Aurora-IN.html
Legend has it that a ferry has operated near this location close to the mouth of Hogan Creek since 1802. The early ferries were powered by two horses walking on treadmills connected to a paddle wheel. The relationship between the small town of Pet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JF_birthplace-john-shaw-billings-m-d_Bennington-IN.html
His was "The most important contribution yet made to American medicine."Civil War surgeon, pioneer planner of modern hospitals, early advocate of preventive medicine. Billings published the Surgeon-General's first medical Index Catalogue in 1880.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JE_dr-elwood-mead_Patriot-IN.html
Patriot, Ind., native; supervised Hoover Dam construction in Colorado R.; Lake Mead named for him; appointed Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, President Coolidge; served under Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt, top authority on irrigation, recla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JC_lochrys-defeat_Aurora-IN.html
On Aug. 24, 1781, Col. Archibald Lochry and 107 recruits for Gen. Clark were ambushed at Lochry Creek by Joseph Brant's raiders. One-third were killed, the rest captured. Lochry and the wounded were later murdered.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19JB_a-historic-road-less-traveled_Aurora-IN.html
Who would think that a country road would hold so much history? Old State Highway 56 takes you past the historic Speakman-Tallentire house and to a famous bridge.
Elderly Stephen S. Speakman was in love with a young Kentucky belle who agreed to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IN_morgans-raiders-enter-ohio_West-Harrison-IN.html
During the afternoon of July 13, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan crossed the Whitewater River a few hundred yards north of this point. His exhausted men were strung out behind him, but managed to burn the wooden bridge once the straggling ranks wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IH_canal-junction_West-Harrison-IN.html
(Front Side)The Whitewater Canal and the Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal joined in Harrison to provide better access to Cincinnati markets and Ohio River. Indiana Internal Improvement Act 1836 authorized Whitewater Canal; completed from Brookville…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IG_snow-hill-covered-bridge_West-Harrison-IN.html
(Front Side)Built 1894-1895 over Johnson's Fork Creek by John H. Horn and William H. Butts to a Howe truss design by John Burkhart. All men were local residents. Bridge was important passageway to Cincinnati markets. Rests on stone abutments with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IF_old-franklin-united-brethren-church_Brookville-IN.html
United Brethren among earliest settlers in eastern Indiana during territorial period. Original structure, built 1831, one of first United Brethren churches in Indiana. Evangelical United Brethren Church joined Methodist Church to become United Met…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19IE_intersection-of-treaty-lines_Brookville-IN.html
One mile south is intersection of western boundary line of Treaty of Greenville, Ohio (1795) and Treaty of Grouseland, near Vincennes (1805), northeastern boundary line. By these treaties, Native American tribes ceded land to the United States gov…