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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELE_union-flat-rock-cemetery-memorial_Osgood-IN.html
Memorialto the defenders of our flagwho lie in unknown graves.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ELD_union-church_Osgood-IN.html
(Side One)August 12, 1843 Union Church organized as Freewill Baptist church at home of Harvey Marshall. Church covenant states: "We cannot receive slaveholders into the church nor those who believe that slavery is right." First church building com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUWJ_john-andrews-master-craftsman_Osgood-IN.html
John Andrews, architect and craftsman, came to Claytown (Osgood) in 1854 with William McMurphy - stone and brick mason, John Lindsay - a sawyer, and Bluford Peyton - Laborer. Andrews built these three large homes and a mill as well as many of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUWH_abolitionists_Osgood-IN.html
A network of anti-slavery leaders involved families of Isaac Levi, a Revolutionary War veteran. He came to Claytown (Osgood) in 1832 from Vevay where he apparently was part of the Underground Railroad; his brother-in-law, John Ewing of Ohio joined…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUWF_the-fugitive-trail_Osgood-IN.html
One of the main Underground Railroad routes came from Madison to the Ohio River north to Holton, Otter Village, and east to Osgood. It then followed the rail line east to Laughery switch, then turned north to Napoleon. So many fugitive slaves came…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUWE_barbara-fox-pioneer-lady-inventor_Osgood-IN.html
Miss Barbara Fox came to Napoleon in 1852 as a child and lived next door to the Railroad House Hotel. She received United States patents in 1892 and 1895 for a fire escape. On October 12, 1895 she invited people to test it and they were lowered su…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUUV_ohio-and-mississippi-railroad_Osgood-IN.html
Side one:Chartered in Indiana 1848 by the General Assembly. The people of Ripley County voted March 1849 to provide local financial support for building the railroad. Surveys of the Eastern Division (Cincinnati to Vincennes) began 1852. The town o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUU6_james-harrison-cravens_Osgood-IN.html
Side One
Born 1802 in Virginia; admitted to the bar 1823. Moved to Jefferson County, Indiana 1829. Established law office in Versailles, Ripley County 1833. Served four terms in Indiana General Assembly. Elected as Whig to U.S. Congress 1841. L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUU3_berrys-trace_Osgood-IN.html
This trail was cut about 1808, by John Berry (1777-1835). It began at Napoleon, ran west to Flat Rock and Blue Rivers, and thence northward into central Indiana. The Trace branched off the Brownstown-Brookville Road.