Indiana: Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMFDT_william-henry-harrison-lewis-clark-expedition_Vincennes-IN.html
Side One Harrison became Governor of Indiana Territory 1800; he administered government of District of Louisiana 1804-1805. In Vincennes, he served as a contact during the expedition; surviving records document his support and his involvement in decisions…
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Home of French fur trader Michel Brouillet (1774-1838). French Creole cottage (built circa 1806) is typical of "posts-on-sill" construction technique used by French settlers in Mississippi Valley during eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Restoration…
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Built in 1787 by Major John F. Hamtramck under command of General Josiah Harmar. United States Army's most western outpost for several years. Named for General Henry Knox, first Secretary of War.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMFDW_vincennes-carnegie-library_Vincennes-IN.html
Side OneDesigned by local architect John B. Bayard in Collegiate Gothic Style; built 1917-1918. Dedicated 1919, with 13, 518 books and 4, 207 registered borrowers, as Vincennes Public Library; Public Library located in City Hall since 1889. Modern addition…
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The Boone County REMC built Indiana's first electric cooperative line to the Clark Woody farm 5 miles west of this site with funds borrowed from the Rural Electrification Administration, July 22, 1935.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMIFF_james-frederick-hanley_Rensselaer-IN.html
Side A:Born February 17, 1892 in Rensselaer; became part of New York Tin Pan Alley music scene. Wrote for Broadway musicals such hits as "Second Hand Rose" (Grant Clarke, lyrics) for Fanny Brice (1921 Ziegfeld Follies) and "Zing! Went the Strings of My Hear…
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Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMIHV_great-sauk-sac-trail_Merrillville-IN.html
Part of a transcontinental trailused by prehistoric peoples ofNorth America, it passed throughmodern Detroit, Rock Island andDavenport in the Midwest.The trail was importantinto the 19th century.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMII2_rhodes-family-incident_Westfield-IN.html
Side A:In 1837, an enslaved family of three escaped from Missouri; settled six miles north of here 1839 with name Rhodes. In 1844, Singleton Vaughn arrived at their home to claim them; family resisted until neighbors arrived. Vaughn agreed to take family to…
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General Anthony Wayne and the Legion of the United States passed this way on October 30, 1794, in route from Fort Wayne to Fort Greenville, ending the western campaign against the Indian Confederacy. The Legion spent the previous night camped 2.6 miles N.N.…