A Summary of the Life of Davy Crockett

• Raised in frontier poverty without any education until he is a teenager, David is often hired out to others for additional income while still a child; once held against his will until he escapes under the cover of ...

Gold Medal Plaza

Dedicated to these three Garfield High School athletes who took our community to ‘A Level Above’.

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City of Terre Haute

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First Financial Bank

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Welcome to Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park

David Crockett: 1786 – 1836

When David Crockett was born on this site on August 17, 1786 he entered a new world surrounded by extreme poverty, danger, and uncertainty – the birthright of almost every frontier family in the late eighteenth ...

Crossroads Plaza

The City of Terre Haute has a rich history, spurred by transportation advancements Terre Haute became the “Crossroads of America“. This plaza commemorates the achievements of the first steamboat on the Wabash in 1823, the National Road reaching Terre Haute ...

Twelve Points

The community was named for the twelve corners created by the intersection of Lafayette, Maple and 13th Street. Twelve Points was begun in 1889 when Walter Phillips had his land surveyed and the business district laid out. At that time ...

The Unknown Embattled Defenders of Fort Harrison

Here

unknown but not forgotten

lie the Embattled Defenders

of

Fort Harrison

September 3, - 5, 1812

Marker is on McCullough Avenue (becomes 4th Street) north of Fort Harrison Road.

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Burial Ground Fort William Harrison

Dedicated to the memory of the courageous pioneers who so successfully defended Fort Harrison in the activities which served as a Prologue to The War of 1812

Marker can be reached from McCullough Avenue (becomes 4th Street) north of Fort Harrison ...

German Valley School Bell

Between 1830 and 1886 this bell rang from a belfry on top of this building when it served as a school.

In memory of Kathleen Darter.

Marker is on Fairview Road, on the left when traveling east.

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John Nicoll

Clockmaker - c. 1825

This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

Belvidere Historic District

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

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The Old Tollhouse

Alte Mauth

[Marker text in German:]

Hier stand die

Alte Mauth

Zerstört durch

Kriegseinwirkung

1944 - 1945

[Marker text translated into English:]

Here stood the Old Tollhouse. Destroyed by the effects of war, 1944-1945.

Marker can be reached from Mauthgasse just from Gruener Markt.

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