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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FQ_old-hopewell-academy_Franklin-IN.html
1855 - - - 1889
To commemorate the Ideals and Services of the Old Hopewell Academy and the faithful labors of the Teachers who here through many years brought to the youth of this community inspiration for life through the text books they taug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19FL_franklin-township-high-school_Franklin-IN.html
Franklin Township High School served this community as the first public school with grades one through twelve.
Although fire destroyed the building in December 1932, fire did not destroy the burning desire for education that had been establishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19F7_hopewell-academy-1855-to-1884_Franklin-IN.html
Education-minded Hopewell Presbyterian Church members opened a six-room coed academy to the east in 1855. John Covert led builders using whip-sawed timers. Only nails were bought. Academy literary societies flourished. Pre-Civil War, it rivaled Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19F6_providence_Bargersville-IN.html
Laid out October 31, 1835, as Union Village, Willis Deer and Corbin Utterback, proprietors. Town originated from an early trading point. Providence P. O. Established on June 17, 1880.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19F5_two-cent-road-and-three-notch-road_Franklin-IN.html
What once was a cow path became a muddy plank road later named the Two Cent Road for the toll charged. A gravel route, it angled southwest across Three Notch Road, a wilderness trail blazed by Indians who marked it slashing three notches in tall t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18NA_madison-historic-district_Madison-IN.html
Madison Historic District, listed in National Register, 1973, in over 130 blocks contains hundreds of structures of every type, size, and period, 1812-1920, including many outstanding examples of major 19th century architectural styles. Madison is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IF_kamm-schellinger-brewery_Mishawaka-IN.html
Kamm and Schellinger Brewery is significant in the industrial heritage of Mishawaka and Indiana. First structures built 1853; expansions in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Incorporated in 1883; beer production ended in 1951. Listed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18C8_sheriffs-residence-and-jail_Evansville-IN.html
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Vanderburgh County formed, Evansville named county seat 1818. This castle-like structure was completed 1890 for county's fourth jail and second sheriff's residence. Stone exterior has step-gables, projecting turrets, crenellated roof…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18C7_huntingtons-ford-and-first-bridge-huntingtons-buildings-over-the-river_Huntington-IN.html
(Side 1)Huntington's Ford and First BridgePioneers forded Little River From Charles Street diagonally across just below the Island to the Court House. A dugout canoe, when hailed, carried pedestrians across for 50 cents. Reportedly Indians had use…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18C6_canal-landing-on-washington-street-jefferson-park-mall_Huntington-IN.html
(Side 1)Canal Landing on Washington Street.The Huntington Landing started 120 feet west on Washington St and continued to the lock at Cherry St. The Wabash & Erie canal was 4 feet deep and 100 feet wide as this point. Other locks were at First St.…