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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMCEC_clay-county-indiana-courthouse_Brazil-IN.html
Side one County formed by Indiana GeneralAssembly 1825; named fornational statesman Henry Clay.First county seat at BowlingGreen; had three courthouses: firstbuilt 1827 was two-story logstructure; second and third built1839-1840 and 1852-1853 weretwo-story …
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First named New Dublin. Later called Strain's Mills before being named Mansfield during the 1830s.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMCEH_10-o-clock-line_Rockville-IN.html
The famous Indian Reserve Line of 1809 which began at the mouth of Big Raccoon Creek and ended on the Ohio boundary crossed this point.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMCEK_roseville_Rosedale-IN.html
The first business in Parke County was a grist mill built near here by Chauncey Rose and associates in 1819.This was the first flatboat landing in the county; territorial court was held here and this was a stop for stagecoaches.
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Abraham Markle (1770-1826) had gristmill and dam built here 1817. Mill had an early horizontal water wheel in a splatter box located within the stone foundation of the structure. Wooden part of mill destroyed by fire 1938. Markle was one of founders of Terr…
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[Marker Front]:French built a palisaded fort on this strategic site in 1722; named Fort Saint Philippe des Miamis. One of three French forts built in what is now Indiana to protect French fur trade from encroaching English. First of five forts built over ti…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMDVG_wabash-and-erie-canal-groundbreaking_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
On February 22, 1832, ground was broken two blocks north for the canal, which would link Lake Erie at Toledo with the Ohio River at Evansville. Jordan Vigus, Canal Commissioner, Charles W. Ewing, Samuel Hanna, Elias Murray participated in the ceremony.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HME36_indian-cemetery_Thorntown-IN.html
Ka-wi-a-ki-un-gi Village "Place of Thorns" (Thorntown) was center of 64, 000 acre Thorntown Indian Reserve. Granted to Eel River Miamis in 1818, ceded to U.S. in 1828.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HME6A_benton-county-courthouse_Fowler-IN.html
Benton County formed by General Assembly in 1840. Oxford first county seat; Fowler became second, 1874. Designed in Second Empire Style by Gorden P. Randall and built 1874 by Levi L. Leach. Located at geographical center of county on land donated by Moses F…
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In October 1818, Purchasing Commissioners Lewis Cass, Benjamin Parke and Governor Jonathan Jennings acquired Indian claims on the land shown on this marker. About one-third of modern Indiana, was involved in this transaction.
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