1886 --- Lyles Station, Indiana --- 1986

Dedicated to preserve the memory of Joshua Lyles

Lyles Station, Indiana, the State’s only remaining black-named community, was settled more than one hundred years ago by Joshua Lyles, a Freed Slave from Tennessee.

He encouraged other Freed Slaves to settle as farmers in Indiana. The “Negro Colony,” as it was called prior to and after the Civil War, became a Northern picture of Southern Culture.

The community served as a symbol of hope for Freed Men and Slaves.

General Chairpersons - - - Dr. Carl C. Lyles, Sr., Loretta Freeman

Co-Chairpersons - - - Doris Greer, Jonathan Walden

Secretary - - - Cheryl Walden

Treasurer - - - Earl L. Lyles

Gibson Co. Historical Soc. - - - George Rehnquist, President

Reverend Edward Taylor, Jr., Pastor

Thenceforward — Forever Free

Marker is at the intersection of Route 500W and Route 100N, on the right when traveling south on Route 500W.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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