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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ZG_site-of-fort-sackville_Vincennes-IN.html
Captured by Col. Geo. Rogers Clark from the British, Feb. 25, 1779. Resulting in the U.S. acquiring the Great Northwest Territory embracing the states of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ZD_the-george-rogers-clark-memorial_Vincennes-IN.html
George Rogers Clarkand the Frontiersmenof the American RevolutionThe Conquest of the West[around memorial frieze]
The site ofFort SackvilleCaptured from the Britishby George Rogers Clarkand his Heroic ComradesFebruary 25, 1779
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Z7_home-of-hon-schuyler-colfax_South-Bend-IN.html
This tablet marks the home of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Vice President U.S.A. 1869 to 1873, Founder of the Rebekah Degree of I.O.O.F.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Z6_site-of-home-of-schuyler-colfax_South-Bend-IN.html
Prominent newspaperman andpolitical leader;member of Congress, 1855-1869;Speaker, House of Representatives,1863-1869; andVice-President of the United States,1869-1873.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15Z5_la-salles-camp_South-Bend-IN.html
Site of La Salle's camp, 1679, on portage between St. Joseph and Kankakee rivers. La Salle was the first white man to enter Indiana, passing here again in 1681.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15XY_pioneer-medical-doctors-chase-s-osborn_La-Fontaine-IN.html
(Side 1) Pioneer Medical Doctors. George A. Osborn, 1823-1902, Margaret Osborn, 1827-1914, Parents of Chase S. Osborn. The mother launched upon active practice here 1860. The father practiced in Ohio before 1850.
(Side 2) Chase S. Osborn. Natur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15XW_burial-place-of-francis-godfroy_Peru-IN.html
Francis Godfroy (1788-1840) was last war chief of the Miami Nation. Owner Mount Pleasant trading post and one of the wealthiest and most influential merchants in the West. Burials in cemetery are restricted to persons of Native American ancestry a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15XO_council-oak_South-Bend-IN.html
Under this tree May 1681 LaSalle met with and induced the Miami and Illinois Indians to enter into a treaty to resist the aggressions of the Iroquois.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15W9_recipe-for-a-sand-dune_Michigan-City-IN.html
1. Dig a huge hole with a glacier. Use the ice to grind up millions of tons of rock and dirt and make ridges around the edge of the hole.
2. Fill the hole with glacial meltwater. Stir your brand new lake with strong prevailing northwest winds.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15SO_indianas-northern-boundary-line_Fremont-IN.html
(Front Side)Indiana admitted by the U.S. Congress as nineteenth state 1816. Enabling Act moved northern boundary ten miles north of southernmost tip of Lake Michigan providing direct access to the lake. Boundary first surveyed 1817 by William Harr…