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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YK4_river-navigation_Clarksville-IN.html
River Navigation The Dam - The huge concrete wall that you see is the McAlpine Dam. Its main function is to control water levels for navigation, but its unusual shape, an elongated Z, also provides water for the hydroelectric station while keepi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YK2_historys-great-explorers_Clarksville-IN.html
History's Great Explorers Lewis & Clark Acclaimed National Heroes The Eastern Legacy October 14, 1803 Meriwether Lewis came from Washigton, D.C. and met William Clark at the Falls of the Ohio "When they shook hands, the Lewis and Clar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WLR_new-albany-national-cemetery-historical_New-Albany-IN.html
"Falls of the Ohio" in the Civil War The towns of Jeffersonville and New Albany, Indiana are located near the falls of the Ohio River across from Louisville, Kentucky. This location made them critical to the Union war effort. Jeffersonville was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WFK_hannah-toliver-historical_Clarksville-IN.html
Side AEmancipation Proclamation (1863) did not free slaves in Kentucky. In April 1864, Hannah Toliver, a free black woman living in Jeffersonville, was arrested for aiding a fugitive slave from Kentucky. In May, she was convicted and sentenced to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2I_the-canal-house-historical_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
In 1852 John Brown, a stonemason, built this last remaining vestige of the early canal era in FortWayne. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Brown came by canal boat to Allen County in 1847 with his wife Mary. He and his Scottish business partner, Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1X_site-of-the-fort-wayne-college-historical_Fort-Wayne-IN.html
Established in 1846 as the Fort Wayne Female College on grounds donated by Wm. Rockhill. In 1855 the college consolidated with the Fort Wayne Collegiate Institute for Young Men and it was then call the M.E. College. In 1890 the college grounds w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W0M_saint-john-lutheran-church-historical_Sunman-IN.html
Possibly the second oldest worshipping Lutheran congregation in Indiana. Known as "Hubbles Church", it was mother church to many churches in this area. Original log church stood here, 1833-1855. Brick church stood west of this site, 1855-1905. Fra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W0L_exhausted-morgan-troops-historical_Sunman-IN.html
Located on the southeast corner of State Road 101 and County Road 900N stands the Ferris Schoolhouse. The structure still stands and has been converted to a private residence. General Morgan spent the evening of July 12, 1863, inside the school wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W0K_raiders-steal-the-priests-horses-historical_Guilford-IN.html
General Morgan and his raiders struck New Alsace on Monday, July 13, 1863. Here at St. Paul Church, Father Roman Weinzapfel was celebrating Mass at 8:30 a.m. when the Raiders stole his horses. Today, the church appears much as it did in 1863. Acro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W0J_general-john-morgan-historical_Guilford-IN.html
Marched east along this road on Monday, July 13, 1863 in his raid across Southern Indiana
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