Indiana: Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU56_ambrose-g-bierce_Elkhart-IN.html
Born in Ohio 1842; family moved to Kosciusko County, Indiana 1846. Bierce lived and worked in Elkhart 1860-1861. Union officer wounded in Civil War. Moved to California 1866; became nationally prominent as journalist, short story writer, and critic. Assumed…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU5U_dr-franklin-l-miles_Elkhart-IN.html
Side one:Born circa 1845 in Ohio. Graduated from Rush Medical College 1874. Moved medical practice from Chicago to Elkhart 1875. Began The Dr. Miles Medical Company 1885 to sell Dr. Miles' Nervine, Restorative Nerve and Liver pills, and other medicines; Mil…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU5V_the-lagrange-phalanx_LaGrange-IN.html
The Fourier System of communal living was attempted here between 1843 and 1848. Approximately thirty families lived by rules established in councils of industry, commerce, justice and education. Their "new social order" was a failure.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU6Y_chinworth-bridge_Warsaw-IN.html
Built 1897 across Tippecanoe River by Bellefontaine Bridge and Iron Company of Ohio. Single-span 140-foot iron bridge is last remaining Pratt through truss bridge in county. U.S. Highway 30 bypassed it in 1924. Closed to vehicle traffic 1975. Leased by Kosc…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU6Z_little-cedar-grove-baptist-church_Brookville-IN.html
Built in 1812, this is the oldest church building still on its original location in the state. Interior shows rifle openings in walls, a balcony and raised pulpit. Burial plot adjoins church.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU79_papakeechies-reserve_Syracuse-IN.html
Eastbound Side: You are now entering Papakeechie's Reservation, 36 square miles. This Miami Chief, also known as Flat Belly, held this land from 1828 to 1834 when it was returned to the National Government. It was later owned by the Wabash & Erie Canal.West…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU7C_continental-divide_Syracuse-IN.html
This divide separates the Great Lakes drainage system from the Mississippi River drainage system.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU7F_indian-hill_Syracuse-IN.html
Indians formerly wrapped their dead and secured them in the trees here. At the time of white settlement the wrappings were disintegrating and the bones were falling to the ground.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMU7V_sylvan-lake_Rome-City-IN.html
Created 1837-1838 as reservoir for proposed canal link between Fort Wayne and Lake Michigan. Part of 1836 internal improvements program. Popular resort area; site of Chautauqua, 1878-1906. Provided hydraulic power. Earthen dam on Elkhart River impounds 630 …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMUC9_forks-of-wabash_Huntington-IN.html
The junction of the Wabash and Little rivers, 100 yards south, was the western terminus of the Maumee-Wabash long portage and, in 1835, of the first section of the Wabash and Erie Canal. During the 18th century French and English traders passed this way and…