Negro Leagues Baseball Site
This new site marker at Glen Miller Park sits located directly across the street from the former Exhibition Park. Exhibition Park was home to a baseball stadium where the Richmond Giants played.
This new site marker at Glen Miller Park sits located directly across the street from the former Exhibition Park. Exhibition Park was home to a baseball stadium where the Richmond Giants played.
You can view 15 interpretive panels across Indiana’s Historic National Road, which help tell the story of the road that built the nation and help to educate and enhance visitors experience.
Model T Fords representing years of the Model T production 1908-1927. The Museum features an impressive collection of vehicles including one of the first Ts and one of the last,
The Mansion House was built in 1840 pioneer-era as an upscale hotel inn and also served as the office for the Western Stage Company where stagecoaches changed horses.
In commemoration of pioneer mothers of the covered wagon days, this statue is the ninth link in the Great National Shrine erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution along the National Road Trail.
In 2019, Fountain City received a designation on the National Register as a historic district. This community, which started in the early 1800s, has a variety of buildings and homes that show a range of architectural styles.
Non-denominational academies called county seminaries opened across Indiana soon after statehood. Wayne County Seminary opened at present day Spruce and School Streets in 1829 and by 1835 offered elementary to collegiate level classes for male and female students.
As a writer, speaker, stockbreeder, and university professor, Meredith (born 1848) encouraged women to pursue education and careers related to farm life. She inherited Oakland Farm, three blocks south, 1882. Successfully grew business and reputation as farm expert. Appointed to 1893 World’s Fair Board of Lady Managers.
Indiana’s first art pottery, a nationally-recognized product of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, was produced 1911-1955 by the Overbeck sisters. Their 1830s Federal Style house, one block south, was listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1976.
Residence of Oliver P. Morton, Governor of Indiana during the crucial years of the American Civil War, 1861-65. U.S. Senator, 1867-77. Morton was the first native-born governor of Indiana.
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