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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFY_mary-bryan-pioneer-woman_Southport-IN.html
Mary Bryan, one of the first American women to cross the Cumberland Mountains (c. 1776), is buried here with Samuel, her husband, a Revolutionary War veteran, who settled in Perry Township in 1830.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF0_sisters-of-the-holy-cross_Granger-IN.html
1861-1865. In response to Governor Morton's call of October 1861, eighty Sisters of the Holy Cross under the leadership of Mother Angela served as military nurses. The Sisters became the forerunners of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1862 when they boarde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME2_indianas-glacier-lakes_Warsaw-IN.html
About 14,000 years ago melting blocks of ice from the last, or Wisconsin Glacier, formed the kettle-hole lakes of northern Indiana. The largest lake, Wawasee, and the deepest lake, Tippecanoe, are in Kosciusko County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME0_kosciusko-county-jail_Warsaw-IN.html
This third county jail, including a sheriff's residence, was built in 1870 by Richard Epperson. Chicago architect, George O. Garnsey designed it in Neo-Gothic Style. Rusticated stonework and turrets create the appearance of a small castle to provi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDZ_site-of-cowen-grove-seminary_Warsaw-IN.html
1851-1876One of the first secondary schools in the area. Built at the call of the Presbyterian Church by Robert Cowen and his wife Jane Cowen Headmistress. A fire of unknown origin burned the Seminary to the ground in December 1879.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBB_new-purchase-boundary-treaty-of-st-marys_Tipton-IN.html
In October 1818, Purchasing Commissioners Lewis Cass, Benjamin Parke and Governor Jonathan Jennings acquired Indian claims on the land shown on this marker. About one-third of modern Indiana was involved in this transaction.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBA_remington-water-tower_Remington-IN.html
Built 1897 by Challenge Wind and Feed Mill Company of Batavia, Illinois. Rare tower and wood tank structure is an original example of nineteenth century public water utility facility, construction methods, and technology. Tower has limestone found…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB9_mississinewa-battlefield_Marion-IN.html
On Dec. 17, 1812, Lt. Colonel John B. Campbell with 600 mounted troops arrived at this site under orders to destroy the Miami Indian Villages along the Mississinewa River from here to the present site of Peru.The destruction of the village on this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB0_miami-indian-cemetery_Marion-IN.html
The largest Indian cemetery in Indiana. Few graves are marked. The Indians buried here are largely descendants of Chief Metocinya and include Meshingomesia and his family. The first burial was probably in 1873. Burial was contrary to Indian tradit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAZ_former-narrow-gauge-railroad_Marion-IN.html
Tracklayers building narrow gauge railroad connecting Great Lakes at Toledo, Ohio, with Mississippi River reached this point October 1, 1880. In 1887, 2,000 men converted 206 miles of this to standard gauge railroad in 11 hours.
A significant p…