Indiana: Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMK4V_elkhart-county-courthouse_Goshen-IN.html
Side 1: Elkhart County was formed by the Indiana General Assembly 1830; the first county seat was located in Concord Township. County commissioners relocated the county seat to Goshen 1831. Jacob Studebaker, Goshen, designed first brick courthouse, complete…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMK4Z_a-e-kunderd-gladiolus-farm_Goshen-IN.html
Amos E. Kunderd (1866 - 1965) owned and resided on a 100-acre farm on this site. Respected internationally for hybridization of varieties of gladioli which were exhibited, and grown in gardens, throughout the world. Originated the ruffled and laciniated typ…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMKAE_boyhood-home-of-j-g-uncle-joe-cannon_Bloomingdale-IN.html
From about 1835 to 1880 Annapolis was a thriving town with many factories, stores, and potteries.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMKB5_howard-w-hawks_Goshen-IN.html
Born 1896 in house on this site into locally prominent family. Moved with parents to Neenah, Wisconsin 1899 and to Pasadena, California 1906. Hawks - director, producer, screenwriter - is recognized as one of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers. His more than f…
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Side One:In 1847, three Kentucky men tried to capture Thomas Harris, fugitive slave in Bristol; a justice of the peace ruling freed Harris, who fled. In 1848, the Elkhart Circuit Court convicted the three men of causing a riot in 1847. In 1849, Indiana Supr…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMKJS_krider-nurseries-worlds-fair-garden_Middlebury-IN.html
Side One:Krider Nurseries constructed and exhibited Krider's Diversified Garden at Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago 1933-1934. Some plants and structures were returned to Middlebury, and garden was reconstructed here 1935. After falli…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMKJU_c-g-conn-company_Elkhart-IN.html
Side One:Charles Gerard Conn began the musical instrument industry in Elkhart; city has been called the Band Industry Capital of the World. By 1874 producing rubber mouthpiece; was granted patent 1875; began producing musical instruments 1875. Factory here …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMKMB_a-gateway-to-freedom_New-Albany-IN.html
As early as 1821, enslaved blacks seeking freedom crossed the Ohio River from Louisville to New Albany. Antebellum and Civil War periods brought more fugitives. Many freedom-seekers were aided by other slaves, free blacks, and anti-slavery whites — al…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMKYP_farmland-downtown-historic-district_Farmland-IN.html
Side - A Farmland platted 1852 in Randolph County and listed as station on Indianapolis and Bellfontaine Railroad. Town incorporated 1867. Commerce based on agriculture and, by late 1880's, gas and oil production nearby. Responding to 1897 fire, community…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMKYT_lee-l-driver_Winchester-IN.html
Side - A Indiana laws passed 1897 - 1907 provided for abandonment of rural one-room schools; they were replaced with consolidated schools that offered graded curriculum, high school education, and athletics. Driver, Superintendent of Randolph County School…