James Whitcomb Riley
"The Hoosier Poet"
In Loving Memory
James Whitcomb Riley
"The Hoosier Poet"
Born in Greenfield Indiana October 7,1853
Died in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 22,1916
A friend of "Bill Nye"
A visitor at "Buck Shoals" on the French Broad River near this Church
Erected by Doctor Joe Shelby Riley
Cousin of the Poet summer of 1937
Marker is on Old Airport Road (North Carolina Route 1547) east of Henderson Road (U.S. 25), on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
