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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAI_john-purdue-block_Lafayette-IN.html
Erected on this site in 1845 by John Purdue (October 31, 1802 - September 12, 1876) The John Purdue Block was a collection of 12 stores, each 22 feet wide, occupying the complete block between Columbia and South streets. At the time, it was the la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAG_tippecanoe-county-war-memorial_Lafayette-IN.html
( Upper Plaque: )United * Spanish * War * Veterans* 1898 * 1902 *
Philippine IslandsCubaPorto RicoU. S. A.( Lower Plaque: )In memory of our comrades who on land and sea defended the Nation's Honor in the War with Spain, the Insurrection in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNA8_the-forty-niners_Lafayette-IN.html
Near this point ten Lafayette Freemasons, operating as traveling Sierra Nevada Lodge, embarked March 27, 1849 on six-months' journey by boat to Mexico, then overland to Pacific, then by ship to California gold fields.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN8Y_big-four-depot_Lafayette-IN.html
1902 - Built at Second and South Streets by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad, nicknamed "Big Four" and the lake Erie & Western Railroad; served as a train depot until 1975
1979 - Reopened by City of Lafayette as offices …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN8U_the-tippecanoe-county-courthouse_Lafayette-IN.html
The Tippecanoe County CourthouseNeoclassic Architecture
on theNational Register of Historic Places
Construction Started 1881Completed 1884
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN8T_1825-lafayette-1925_Lafayette-IN.html
Lafayette. Named for America's friend from France. Founded by William Digby in May 1825. Head of navigation on Wabash River. Important Port of Wabash Canal 1843 - 1859. Well-known station in "underground Railroad." Home of Purdue University, esta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMY7_tippecanoe-county-war-memorial_Lafayette-IN.html
(South Face, Center Panel)Civil War · Spanish American War · Mexican War · World War I · World War II.
This memorial is dedicated to all those from Tippecanoe County who in the Armed Service of all wars made the Suprem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMX2_the-purple-heart-memorial_Lafayette-IN.html
( Front )Dedicated to the recipients of thisNation's oldest military decoration"The Purple Heart"Left side: The Purple Heart Insignia
Right side:My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my country's way to show they care. If…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMWI_general-lafayette-fountain_Lafayette-IN.html
(See individual photos of panels with text.)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMVF_a-tribute-to-joe-rumpza-the-vegetable-king_Lafayette-IN.html
Potatoes, tomatoes, pumpkins and greens,sumptuous sweet-corn, all sorts of beans,cantaloupe, honeydew, name any melon,planted then ripened, soon ready for sellin'.
What sort of hard-workin' son-of-guncould get things to market, get the job done…