Posey County History / Early Mt. Vernon History

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Posey County History

The first recorded white man to come to Posey County was Tom Jones in 1794. Posey County was named in honor of Thomas Posey. Governor of the Indiana Territory at the time it was created ...

Benjamin Fitzpatrick

Governor 1841 - 1845

He oversaw the closing of the unstable State Bank. In 1845 the legislature amended the constitution to allow the removal of the capital from Tuscaloosa. The growing wealth and population of the Black Belt brought the seat ...

Posey County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

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To

The Soldiers and Sailors

of

Posey County

Dedicated July twenty third, 1908

[ Obverse Plaque ]

“A patriotism

which readily responds to its country’s call;

A deep reverence for the laws;

A decent respect for the rights

of others;

A sincere love ...

From Colonial Burying Ground to Victorian Park

When Copp’s Hill was first established as the “North Burying Ground,” it was just below the summit of one of Boston’s highest hills. Looking north over the colonial wharves one could see the towns of Charleston and Chelsea and the ...

Arthur P. Bagby

Governor 1837 - 1841

He inherited the financial woes brought on by the collapse of the "Flush Times". Despite chaotic banking conditions during the Panic of 1837, chancery courts and a penitentiary system were both created, and Alabama settled its boundary ...

The Dover Patrol

To the glory of God

and in everlasting

remembrance of

The Dover Patrol

1914 – 1919

They died that we might live.

May we be

worthy of their sacrifice.

West Side of Monument:

This monument

to the

Dover Patrol

erected ...

The Charles Erza Daniel Memorial Chapel

Dedicated in 1996

to the Glory of God and in Loving Tribute to

Charles E. Daniel, 1895-1964

This chapel was provided by his wife,

Homozel Mickel Daniel, 1903-1992

Her benefactions tough the lives of all who teach, learn, and worship at this university.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hernando De Alarcon Expedition - 1540

Alarcon's mission was to provide supplies for Francisco Coronado's expedition in search of the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola. The Spaniards led by Hernando De Alarcon ascended the Colorado River by boat from the Gulf of California past this point, ...

Seventeenth Century Copp’s Hill

The Kennebec Raid

Captain Thomas Lake (1615-1676) (C-143) was born in Tetney, County Lincoln, England in 1615 and settled in Boston in the 1650s. He and his partner, Thomas Clarke, set up trading posts in Maine, including one at Arrowsic Island ...

Welcome to Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

About the Burying Ground

Copp’s Hill Burying Ground is the second oldest cemetery in Boston. In 1659, town officials became concerned about overcrowding at the Central Burying Ground (now called King’s Chapel Burying Ground on Tremont Street.) Land was bought on ...