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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NW9_trooper-richard-t-gaston-pe-6679_Elkhart-IN.html
Born1 December 1969Killed in the line of dutyon the Indiana Toll RoadSt. Joseph County4 March 1999Served the Indiana State Policefrom13 December 1998 to 4 March 1999
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZM_the-havilah-beardsley-house_Elkhart-IN.html
The Havilah Beardsley
House
102 West Beardsley Avenue
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1848
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZK_ruthmere_Elkhart-IN.html
Erected by Albert R. Beardsley
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places November 28, 1978 by the United States Department of the Interior in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation.
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In Honor ofHavilah Beardsley.1795 - 1856First physician of this township who purchased Section five of the Indians in 1829, and in 1832 laid out the original plat of Elkhart. Built the first saw mill in 1831; the first flour mill in 1832; the firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BM6_the-rivers-and-the-native-americans_Elkhart-IN.html
The Early Inhabitants of the ValleyCenturies before the area was settled by whites, at least two different native tribes inhabited the St Joseph Valley.
The MiamiThe Miami were the first recorded tribe known to have lived in the valley before 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BKZ_village-of-pulaski_Elkhart-IN.html
Pulaski post office established here 1829. Fort Wayne Road, to Chicago-Detroit Road and Niles, forded the river at this point. Village of Elkhart was laid out in 1832 and post office name changed to Elkhart in 1839.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AQ0_the-history-of-boot-lake_Elkhart-IN.html
An Icy BeginningMillions of years ago Elkhart was covered by glaciers. The Glaciers moved south, eroding the land collecting glacial drift.
9,000 BCThe glaciers eventually began to retreat north, leaving behind their glacial drift. Elkhart is c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17X6_development-of-diagnostic-test-strips_Elkhart-IN.html
A Miles Laboratories research team led by Alfred and Helen Free developed the first diagnostic test strip, Clinistix(R), for detecting glucose in urine. Reagent-impregnated strips changed color based on the concentration of glucose. This breakthro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU56_ambrose-g-bierce_Elkhart-IN.html
Born in Ohio 1842; family moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana 1846. Bierce lived and worked in Elkhart 1860-1861. Union officer wounded in Civil War. Moved to California 1866; became nationally prominent as journalist, short story writer, and criti…