Lawrenceburgh
First in New Modes of Transportation
1802
Lawrenceburgh
First in New Modes of
Transportation
1802 - - Village of Lawrenceburgh founded in the Wilderness by Capt. Samuel C. Vance
Commerce and travel are via the Ohio River. Pioneers
constructed flatboats to carry goods to New Orleans
Markets. The “Kaintucks” walked back to the
Ohio Valley through hostile Indian Territory.
1832 - - George H. Dunn, Whig congressman from Lawrenceburg
convinced the state to charter Indiana’s first railroad.
1834 - - The Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis R. R. was begun in Shelbyville to connect to Ohio River transportation.
1835 - - Lawrenceburgh’s portion of the line is dedicated before a
crowd of 5,000 but the entire line is not completed due to 1838 - 1839 financial disaster.
1848 - - Ohio and Mississippi R. R. Connecting Cincinnati and St. Louis is begun.
1852 - - The Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis R. R. Is reorganized as the Indianapolis and Cincinnati R. R.; a locomotive is delivered by boat to Lawrenceburgh in Sept. East and West sections of the line are joined in Shelbyville.
1857 - - The O&M R. R. Becomes the earliest B&O controlled line in Indiana.
1861 - - President elect Abraham Lincoln addressed the townspeople from his inaugural train behind this hotel.
1900 - - The Cincinnati, Lawrenceburgh and Aurora Electric Street Railroad Company reversed direction at this intersection.
Historic Lawrenceburg ?? Greendale Foundation
Marker is at the intersection of Walnut Street and High Street, on the right when traveling north on Walnut Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
