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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W0I_general-john-morgan-historical_Guilford-IN.html
Marched east along this road on Monday, July 13, 1863 in his raid across Southern Indiana
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W07_johnson-watts-historical_Versailles-IN.html
A native of Kentucky, was a charter member of the Versailles Masonic Lodge and served as Grand Master of Masons in Indiana in 1846, the only Ripley County Mason to do so. Served in both houses of the Indiana General Assembly and Constitutional Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W06_eleazer-wheelock-ripley-historical_Versailles-IN.html
When Ripley County was formed in 1818, its name was inspired by the popular War of 1812 hero Eleazer Wheelock Ripley. He was born April 15, 1782, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Ripley graduated from Dartmouth College (founded by his namesake grandf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W05_the-hanging-tree-historical_Versailles-IN.html
On September 14, 1897, a vigilante committee stormed the Ripley County Jail, shot and hung five men on the branches of an elm tree just north of here at the edge of the cemetery. These desperadoes were members of a gang that had robbed and terrori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W04_gordons-leap-historical_Versailles-IN.html
In 1846 three medical students - John B. Glass, Jonathan W. Gordon, and Bernard Mullen attempted to exhume and autopsy a recently deceased man that was buried here. Townsmen were alerted, Glass plummeted nearly 100 feet into a deep ravine just nor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W03_whitlatch-clinic-historical_Milan-IN.html
In 1912 Drs. Bine and Alcedo Whitlatch opened their practice above the Milan State bank and later moved to the corner of Catherine and Carr Street. Dr. Bine had came to to Pierceville in 1906. family members Drs. Arthur Whitlatch and William Warn …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZY_john-hunt-morgans-code-of-honor-historical_Versailles-IN.html
The Morgan Raiders arrived in Versailles at 1 p.m., Sunday, July 12, 1863, and proceeded to rob the county treasury and to obtain fresh horses. The Raiders also captured and paroled 300 local men, who had assembled in hopes of defending Versailles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZX_union-noose-tightening-historical_Milan-IN.html
As General Morgan neared Pierceville, an urgent message was sent to Governor Oliver P. Morton reporting the threatening situation. At the time,, what is now State Road 350 was a railroad bed. West of this location, detachments of the Raiders burne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZW_general-john-morgan-historical_Milan-IN.html
Marched east along this road on Sunday, July 12, 1863 in his raid across southern Indiana.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZ0_dupont-fourth-night-in-indiana-historical_Dupont-IN.html
On July 11, 1863, General Morgan's main column arrived in Dupont, late in the evening. They traveled approximately 35 miles that day. Most of the Raiders camped at the bend of Camp Creek (#1), near the present day school. General Morgan spent the …
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