Indiana: Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMNO4_wabash-erie-canal_Logansport-IN.html
Trade and emigration route from Lake Erie to Evansville. Completed through Logansport 1840. Followed Erie Avenue and 5th Street, crossing Eel River by wooden aqueduct. Abandoned about 1876.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMO72_fort-quiatenon_West-Lafayette-IN.html
First post in Indiana area built nearby in 1717 by French Canada to counter British expansion in valleys of Wabash and Ohio rivers. Served as trade and communication post. French surrendered fort to British in 1761 during the French and Indian War. Fort was…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMPBW_tipton-county-courthouse_Tipton-IN.html
Romanesque Classical Revival Style building designed by Adolf Scherrer, architect of the 1888 Indiana State Capitol. It is Tipton County's third courthouse and was completed, 1894; placed in National Register of Historic Places, 1984; Restored 1988 - 1991.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRL1_bowen-merrill-fire-indianapolis-fire-department_Indianapolis-IN.html
Side A:Bowen-Merrill FireOn March 17, 1890 the Bowen-Merrill Company stationery and book store at 16-18 West Washington Street caught fire. Eighty-six firemen fought the blaze. The wood framed roof and floors collapsed, dropping many men into the fire. Thir…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRS5_blackford-county-courthouse_Hartford-City-IN.html
Blackford County's second courthouse, featuring a 165 foot high clock tower, was built on foundation stones from nearby Montpelier quarries. At a cost of $129,337.83, this Richardsonian Romanesque structure was constructed 1893-1895. Listed in National Regi…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRS7_warrens-carnegie-library_Marion-IN.html
Side AA Warren Public Library Board was organized in June 1916 after a public fundraising campaign to buy books and periodicals. In 1917, a grant of $10,000 from the Carnegie Corporation was confirmed to support construction of a free public library. Librar…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRWA_the-central-canal_Noblesville-IN.html
These canal-bed earthworks are remnants of construction on the Central Canal from 1836-39. It was planned to link the Hoosier interior with interstate markets, via the Wabash & Erie Canal, as part of the 1836 Internal Improvement Act. Indiana's bankruptcy i…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMSMC_first-indiana-natural-gas-well_Francesville-IN.html
One mile southwest of this marker gas was discovered in 1867 by G. Bates while drilling for oil at a depth of 500 feet. Gas wells were drilled in 1887-1888; gas piped into Francesville lasted only four years.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMSMD_trooper-paul-vincent-minneman_Royal-Center-IN.html
Site of gun battle May 25, 1937, with infamous Brady Gang after bank robbery in Goodland. Minneman (1904-1937) died from his wounds, the first trooper to be killed by criminals' bullets since formation of Indiana State Police in 1933.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMSME_indiana-normal_Burnettsville-IN.html
Founded originally as Farmington Academy in the southwest part of town, in 1858 Joseph Baldwin opened the Indiana Normal. This was Indiana's first Normal school and the fifth in the United States.