Women in Greencastle History

The Post-Civil War years in Greencastle were significant for women. Because they had proved themselves so capable at filling jobs usually held by men, new doors opened for them. In 1867 Indiana Asbury University (later renamed DePauw University) admitted four ...

Putnam County Playhouse (PCPH)

The Putnam County Playhouse was first established as Greencastle Summer Theatre in late 1961. Its first two productions, Blithe Spirit and Kiss and Tell were presented at the Junior High Auditorium. The organization was incorporated in 1963 as Putnam County ...

Hotel Northland

Packers Heritage Trail

The Hotel Northland was the social hub of Green Bay and more specifically the city's nerve center during football weekends and other Packer events from shortly after it opened in 1924 through the 1960s.

Vince Lombardi's introductory press conference ...

La Porte – Quincy Wagon Road

On May 1, 1866 a special election was held in Plumas County to issue bonds in the sum of $20,000 for the construction of the La Porte – Quincy Wagon Road. The 34-1/2 mile road was completed in 1867 under ...

“Quick Silver Charley”

Charles W. Hendel

Snow-shoe Race beginning 1854

Sierra County Surveyor 1870

Deputy U.S. Surveyor 1871

Plumas County Surveyor 1879

Plumas County Supervisor 1910

Snow-shoed to Quincy for meetings

past the age of 80

Marker can be reached from Church Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Black Pioneers Cemetery

Circa 1830 – 1900

333 marked graves in 2001

Jim Scott 1871

Hett Powell 1890

Marker is on Covered Bridge Road SW ¼ mile south of Euharlee Road SW, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Dillinger Was Here

On October 23, 1933, the nation’s Public Enemy No. 1 John Dillinger and some of his gang (Harry Pierpont, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Walter Dietrich, George “Machine Gun” Kelly, and George “Baby Face” Nelson) drove to the Central National ...

Curly Lambeau's Office Northern Building

Packers Heritage Trail

Curly Lambeau occupied an office in the Northern Building for nearly 20 years while he was coaching the Packers, but visitors might have been taken aback by the sign on his door. It read: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance ...

Pariser Platz

[English text]

Pariser Plaz (Paris Square) is one of Berlin’s most distinctive squares and occupies a unique place within the groundplan of the city. Its planning is attributed to Philipp Gerlach (1697-1738), the architect commissioned by Frederick William I to extend ...

Putnamville United Methodist Church

Built in 1834 as the Putnamville Presbyterian Church, the brick structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and sits at the intersection of SR 243 and US Hwy 40, also known as the old National Road. It ...