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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM126Y_handys-dairy-1916-2002_Greencastle-IN.html
A thriving business started with half a cow on east Anderson Street. In 1916 Grandma Edith Handy started milking a neighbor's cow for half the milk and was unaware that she was opening a new business that would ultimately serve seven counties surr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM126V_the-founding-of-greencastle-indiana_Greencastle-IN.html
The name Indiana means "Land of the Indians". For untold centuries, some say millennia, the Indians moved across the land. It was their hunting ground. Permanent Indian settlements in Indiana were to the north and to the south. And then the white …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM126A_women-in-greencastle-history_Greencastle-IN.html
The Post-Civil War years in Greencastle were significant for women. Because they had proved themselves so capable at filling jobs usually held by men, new doors opened for them. In 1867 Indiana Asbury University (later renamed DePauw University) a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1269_putnam-county-playhouse-pcph_Greencastle-IN.html
The Putnam County Playhouse was first established as Greencastle Summer Theatre in late 1961. Its first two productions, Blithe Spirit and Kiss and Tell were presented at the Junior High Auditorium. The organization was incorporated in 1963 as Put…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1262_john-dillinger-was-here_Greencastle-IN.html
On October 23, 1933, the nation's Public Enemy No. 1 John Dillinger and some of his gang (Harry Pierpont, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Walter Dietrich, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and George "Baby Face" Nelson) drove to the Central National …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM125Z_putnamville-united-methodist-church_Greencastle-IN.html
Built in 1834 as the Putnamville Presbyterian Church, the brick structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and sits at the intersection of SR 243 and US Hwy 40, also known as the old National Road. It has been used continuousl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM125G_donald-j-cook-1915-2005_Greencastle-IN.html
"I felt called to teach as some men feel called to preach." - - - D.J. Cook
Donald J. Cook, born at Rock Island, Il. B.A., Augustana College, 1937, M.S., U. Of Illinois, 1938, Ph.D., Indiana U., 1944, also served as President of The Indiana Ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124N_julian-family-home_Greencastle-IN.html
Indiana Historic Site and Structure
the
Julian Family Home
715 Crown Street Greencastle, Indiana 1920 - - 1944
In this house once lived Elizabeth and James Julian and their six children - Percy, James, Mattie, Elizabeth, Irma, and E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124M_percy-lavon-julian-1899-1975_Greencastle-IN.html
In a lifetime of continual striving, Percy L. Julian succeeded against the prejudices and discriminations of his time to become a pathbreaking synthetic chemist, a successful industrial research director, and a wealthy businessman. He was born in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124L_eli-lilly-the-civil-war-1861-1865_Greencastle-IN.html
The year 1861 would prove to be a very eventful year for the young Eli Lilly. On January 31, 1861, a marriage license was issued to the 22-year-old Eli Lilly and his local sweetheart, Emily Lemon. Shortly after his marriage, Eli opened the door of…