Fort Blair

Civil War Tour

Fort Blair, constructed as a garrison for soldiers guarding the Military Road, was attacked by rebel forces of William Quantrill on Oct. 6, 1863.

Although greatly outnumbered, Lt. James Pond and men from the 3rd Wisc. Cav. and Kans. ...

Site of Rockport Tavern

In October 1844 Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at Spencer County Courthouse to promote Henry Clay, Whig presidential candidate. Lincoln, during his first trip to Indiana in 14 years, was a guest at the Tavern. Site first marked October 28, ...

Baxter Springs Massacre Burial Site

Civil War Tour

First burial site for victims of the Baxter Springs Massacre and the attack on Ft. Blair. In 1869, the bodies were moved to the National Cemetary plot west of town.

Marker is on 6th Street near Military Avenue (U.S. ...

St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church

[Side one:]

Free blacks and former slaves organized an African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Corydon by 1843. In 1851, church trustees purchased land in Corydon in order to build a church and for school purposes. In 1878, church trustees purchased land ...

Jean Hillery and Thomas Quadros

United States

Department of Agriculture

American Linden or Basswood

(Tilia Americana)

Dedicated in memory of Jean Hillery and

Thomas Quadros, Food Safety and Inspection Service

Compliance Officers,

who lost their lives

in the line of duty June 21, 2000

Washington’s General Orders

Washington’s General Orders

given at Cambridge, July 4, 1775

“The Continental Congress

having taken all the troops

of the several Colonies,

which have been raised,

or which may be hereafter raised

for the support and defence

of the Liberties of America;

into their pay and service.

They are now the ...

Sutter Creek Grammar School

1871

Learning was revered by Sutter Creek citizens whose school stands as an historic proof of the belief in education.

Marker can be reached from Broad Street near Gopher Flat Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Noble County Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to the men and women of Noble County who served their country in time of war and peace

Marker is on West Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

In Honor Of The Men from Harrison County

[Marker Front]:

In Honor of

The men from

Harrison County

killed or died of wounds at the

Battle of Tippecanoe

Nov. 7, 1811

and

War of 1812

[Marker's Left Side]:

Capt. Spier Spencer’s Co.

Mounted Rifleman

“Yellow Jackets”

Capt. Spier Spencer •

Lieut. Richard M. McMahan •

Pvt. William Davis •

Pvt. ...

Melvin Jones International Memorial

Melvin Jones was born on January 13, 1879, near this site in Fort Thomas. He lived here for the first eight years of his life, during the Indian Wars here. In 1917, Melvin Jones formed Lions Clubs International with 20 ...