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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Z_the-great-mound_Anderson-IN.html
The outer embankment of this earthwork was constructed about 160 B.C. by the Adena people. Later, the Hopewell people added a small mound containing four human skeletons, cremations, bone awls, pottery shards, projectile points and a platform pipe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40_wendell-l-willkie_Elwood-IN.html
Republican Presidential candidate delivered his acceptance speech at Callaway Park, August 17, 1940.
Wilkie's Democrat opponent, Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940 election and later appointed Wilkie to Britain as a liaison during World War II…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Z_wendell-willkie_Elwood-IN.html
Here in Callaway Park August 17, 1940, Willkie accepted Republican party presidential nomination after a nationwide grassroots campaign. An estimated crowd of 250,000 was in the park and along adjacent streets. Established campaign headquarters in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Y_indianas-first-interurban_Alexandria-IN.html
Charles L. Henry's Union Traction Company, the first electric rail line specifically designed for interurban service, began operating through here on January 1, 1898. It ran from Alexandria to Anderson. Indiana became the traction center of the Un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3L_massacre-of-indians_Markleville-IN.html
In 1824, nine Indians were murdered by white men near this spot. The men were tried, Found guilty and hanged. It was the first execution of white men for killing Indians.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3G_historic-west-eighth-street_Anderson-IN.html
This shaded boulevard, once named Anderson Street, remains a legacy of this city's Gas Boom Era. Bound by German St. (now 7th) on the North and Washington St (now 9th) Southward, the homes of this District attest to the people and events that have…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM36_delphi_Delphi-IN.html
Named and platted in 1828 by Gen. Samuel Milroy, on 100 acres donated by Wm. Wilson for the seat of Carroll Co., named for Charles Carroll, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Henry Robinson was the first settler. Transportat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM35_new-purchase-boundary_Delphi-IN.html
In October 1818, Purchasing Commissioners Lewis Cass, Benjamin Parke and Governor Johnathan Jennings acquired Indian claims on the land shown on this marker. About one-third of modern Indiana was involved in this transaction.