Indiana Historical Sites

What is life? it is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

Crowfoot (1821-1890) Blackfoot Native American

Fairbanks Massacre, Fairbanks, Sullivan County, Indiana. Photographed March 2014.
A garage in Loogootee, Indiana completely covered in old license plates. Photographed in 2011.
Roundbarn located at a park/golfcourse in Rochester, Indiana. January 2010.
Grave in the middle of the road. Location is 5.5 miles south of Franklin, Indiana. Take 31 south to county road 400S. Take 400S east for about 1 mile. Grave is just east of a creek or small river. Photographed January 2010.
Grave in the middle of the road. Location is 5.5 miles south of Franklin, Indiana. Take 31 south to county road 400S. Take 400S east for about 1 mile. Grave is just east of a creek or small river.
Grave in the middle of the road. Location is 5.5 miles south of Franklin, Indiana. Take 31 south to county road 400S. Take 400S east for about 1 mile. Grave is just east of a creek or small river.
Grave in the middle of the road. Location is 5.5 miles south of Franklin, Indiana. Take 31 south to county road 400S. Take 400S east for about 1 mile. Grave is just east of a creek or small river.
1909 Jail in Birdseye, Indiana, July 13, 2006.
A few miles north of Lafayette, Indiana. Next photo is side two.
Near 16th and College in Indianapolis. Photographed April 2005. See side two in next photo.
Kennedy King monument near 16th and College in Indianapolis.
Kennedy King monument near 16th and College in Indianapolis.
Kennedy King monument near 16th and College in Indianapolis.
Kennedy King monument near 16th and College in Indianapolis.
Kennedy King monument near 16th and College in Indianapolis.
Kennedy King Monument northside of downtown Indianapolis near 16th and College.
Marker located just east of Battleground, Indiana.
Located on the courthouse square in Greencastle, Indiana.
Buzz Bomb, Courthouse Square, Greencastle, Indiana, July 4, 2004.
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana.
The highest Waterfall in Indiana is located just a short walk from the courthouse square in Williamsport, Warren County.
Trooper Paul Vincent Minneman. Site of gun battle May 25, 1937, with infamous Brady Gang after bank robbery in Goodland. Minneman (1904-1937) died from his wounds. The first tooper killed by criminal's bullets since the formation of the Indiana State Police in 1935. Marker is located northwest of Monticello.
Lincoln's Funeral Train Historical Marker. Wanatah, Indiana.
This marker stands in downtown Rushville, Indiana.
See next photo for other side of marker. Marker is located in Montgomery County on US 136, east edge of Waynetown.
See previous photo for other side of marker.
Trail of Death Historical Marker west of Plymouth, Indiana.
This marker is located a few miles southwest of Rochester, Indiana along State Road 25.
The hightest point in Indiana is only 30 steps in front of car and just to the right. Climbing gear not required.
This pile of stones indicate the highest point in Indiana, 1,257 feet.
Wilbur Wright Historical Marker, Henry County, Indiana.
Wilbur Wright's birthplace in Henry County, Indiana.
Near Milville, Indiana.
Marker is located at I-65 rest stop northwest of Lebanon, Indiana.
Swayzee, Indiana. The only Swayzee in the World! 9 Basketball Overtime Game in 1964.
Marker is located on State Road 20 west of Lagrange, Indiana.
LaPorte Civil War Camp Historical Marker.
Dan Qualye Historical Marker, Huntington, Indiana.
Thomas Riley Marshall Historical Marker on the Courthouse Square in Columbia City, Indiana.
Whitley County, Columbia City, Indiana. County Courthouse in background.
Mural on building at LaGrange County Courthouse Square.