Historic Markers
1906
Dorothy Q Chapter
A bronze tablet on the Federal Building in Crawfordsville commemorating Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Montgomery County.
1907, October 1
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
Marked Wayne Trace at the junction of Wayne Trace and New Haven Avenue, Fort Wayne, where General Anthony Wayne left for Fort Washington in Cincinnati.
1907
General de Lafayette Chapter
A granite monument along South River Road in Lafayette commemmorating Fort Ouiatenon, 1719, the first fort in Indiana, a French and Indian trading post.
1909, October 18
Francis Vigo Chapter
A marker in the Fairview Cemetery, Vincennes, commemmorating Francis Vigo whose devotion to the cause of American liberty aided the capture of Fort Sackville, February 25, 1779.
1909
Rushville Chapter
Rushville Public Library commemmorating a book solicitation and public subscription for the founding of the public library.
1910
John Paul Chapter
Michigan Hill, Madison, marking the Old Trail Michigan Road.
1911, October 5
General James Cox Chapter
Cenotaph in Old Cemetery, Kokomo. Four sides marking burial site of Kokomo, War Chief of the Miami Indians, commemmorating the memory of early pioneers of the area and deceased Union soldiers.
1912
Fort Harrison Chapter
A marker in Terre Haute to designate the site of Fort Harrison.
1913
Frances Slocum Chapter
A grave in the state park, Miami County, commemmorating the memory of Frances Slocum, a white child, adopted by the Miami Indians.
1914
General John Gibson Chapter
Courthouse grounds in Princeton commemmorating Judge William Prince who was a judge of the district, then part of the Northwest Territory.
1915, June 14
Paul Revere Chapter
Burlington Pike, a few miles outside of Muncie, marking the old town of Munsey, inhabited by the Munsee clan of the Delaware.
1915, September 7
The Hoosier Elm Chapter
West High Street, Corydon, a stone and bronze tablet placed under the Constitution Elm, commemmorating the framing of the Constitution of Indiana, June 10-29, 1816.
1916, June 8
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
At the site of "Harmar Ford," on the bank of the Maumee River at the junction of Edgwater and Dearborn Streets, Fort Wayne, marks the site of an encounter with Miami Indians under Chief Little Turtle in October 1790, during which 183 soldiers were killed and 31 wounded.
1916, September 28
John Paul Chapter
Michigan Road and West Street, Madison, marks the beginning of the Michigan Road in 1832.
1916
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
On the lawn of the Indiana State House, Indianapolis, bronze marker placed at stone drinking fountain commemmorating the Old Trail of 1805-1836. Rededicated in 2016 as part of Indiana's Bicentennial.
1916
Lone Tree Chapter
Greensburg Park on Road 29 to commemmorate the Michigan Road.
1916
General Francis Marion Chapter
Granite boulder and bronze tablet commemmorating Martin Boots, first white man to enter land in Marion.
1916
William Henry Harrison Chapter
Against the east side of the public library, Valparaiso, marker commemmorating the Old Sack Trail Road.
1916
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
Along National Road, Plainfield, wooden tablet marking the elm tree where President Martin Van Buren's conveyance was mired down and overturned. Wooden tablet replaced by bronze, October 17, 1941.
1917, June 14
Paul Revere Chapter
E.B. Ball estate, Minnetrista Boulevard, Muncie, marks site of Wah-Pe-Kal-Me-Kunk, the White River town of the Munsee clan of Delaware Indians.
1917, November 16
Piankeshaw Chapter
State and Main Streets, New Albany, Scribner House, built in 1814 by Joel Scribner, one of the founders of New Albany. Purchased for use as Piankeshaw's chapter house.
1917
Francis Vigo Chapter
"Grouseland," home of William Henry Harrison built in 1804 in Vincennes was purchased by the chapter. In 1923-1925, Indiana DAR raised $10,000 for an endowment fund to aid the upkeep of the mansion.
1918, November 24
Manitou Chapter
On the east side of Exchange State Bank in Akron to mark the site where trails crossed used by the Black Hawk, Miami, and Potawatomi tribes, journeying from Miami Reserve and Fort Wayne to Winamac.
1920, September 12
Manitou Chapter
At the west entrance of the courthouse in Rochester to honor those from Fulton County who gave their lives in World War I.
1922
General Van Rensselaer Chapter
A tree in Milroy Park dedicated to pioneer mothers of Jasper County.
1922, April 5
New Harmony Chapter
A concrete corner post at South Main opposite Murphy Park in New Harmony marking the site of the labyrinth built by the Rappites (1814-1824).
1922, April 17
Mary Mott Green Chapter
A bronze tablet on the east side of the rotunda of the public library in memory of Revoutionary War soldiers buried in Shelby County cemeteries.
1922, June 14
Manitou Chapter
A boulder and plaque placed along U.S. Route 31 at the southeast corner of the Tippecanoe River bridge north of Rochester at the site of the Chippe-Wa-Nung village of 1836 to commemmorate the peace treaty, between General William Henry Harrison and the Potawatomis, transferring Indian lands west. The site was also the encampment of the soldiers and Indians.
1922, June 23
Ann Rogers Clark Chapter
A monument erected in Clarksville at George Rogers Clark's old home, in his memory.
1922, August 6
Olde Towne Chapter
Seven miles east of Logansport on the bank of the Eel River to mark the charge made in the Battle of Olde Towne, August 1791.
1922
Washburn Chapter
A row of hard maple trees planted along the road to the cemetery in honor of Putnam County soldiers who served in World War I.
1922
Rushville Chapter
At Rush County Courthouse naming 22 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Rush County.
1922, November 11
Lone Tree Chapter
A tablet on a boulder at the east entrance to the courthouse park commemmorating Colonel Thomas Hendricks, a veteran of the War of 1812, who founded Greensburg in 1821.
1922, November 19
Dorothy Q Chapter
Offield Creek in Montgomery County at the site of the cabin of William Offield, recognized as the first settler in the county.
1923
Rushville Chapter
At the cabin in Rushville Memorial Park, built in 1808, to honor Indiana's only general killed during the Civil War, William A. Hackleman. He was born in this cabin.
1923, May 30
Green Tree Tavern Chapter
Marked the gravesite of Indiana's first governor, Jonathan Jennings, in Charlestown Cemetery.
1923, June 14
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
At the junction of St. Joe Boulevard and Delaware Avenue in Fort Wayne at the site of the last French fort erected on the Fort Wayne River in 1763. The fort was erected by Captain de Raimond and was the scene of the massacre of Ensign Holmes and his entire garrison.
1923, June 16
Potawatomi Chapter
A bronze tablet on a boulder at the Bailey Branch Library at 15th and Madison in Gary to mark the site of Gibson Inn, built in 1837, located on the Detroit-Fort Dearborn Trail.
1923
Samuel Huntington Chapter
A memorial tablet erected in memory of soldiers from Huntington County killed in World War I. The marker is located on the lawn of the Huntington County Courthouse near the west entrance.
1923
Charles Carroll Chapter
A wooden marker six miles north of Delphi inscribed, "Carrollton Elms" commemmorating the old elms along the trail through Carroll County used when the Potawatomi Indians were deported.
1923
Samuel Huntington Chapter
A marker commemmorating the treaty signed between the Indians and whites.
1923, October 2
Schuyler Colfax Chapter
A granite boulder and bronze marker placed northwest of South Bend where the highway passes between Riverview and Highland Cemeteries to commemorate LaSalle and his party, the first white men to visit this region in December of 1679.
1923, October 12
Fort Harrison Chapter
A bronze marker placed at 4th and Mulberry Streets in Terre Haute to mark the section set aside by the incorporators when the town was established in 1816. The first school was called Hook School.
1924, April 18
Mississinewa Chapter
A boulder on the Jay County Courthouse lawn in Portland in memory of Civil War General John Peter Cleaver Shanks (1826-1901), congressman and lawyer who called Portland his home for 62 years.
1924, August 24
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
At Riverview Cemetery in Aurora near the spot along Lochry Creek where Indians ambushed Colonel Archibald Lochry and his men on August 24, 1781.
1924, October 26
General James Cox Chapter
A large flagpole and bronze marker were placed in Foster Park, Kokomo, marking the vicinity of the first church and schoolhouse in the city and to commemmorate the valor of all soldiers from the community.
1924
Richmond Chapter
A granite monument inscribed, "Marks the boundary line between government and Indian lands. Fixed by General Anthony Wayne and twelve tribes of Indians in the Greenville Treaty, 1795 and site of Salisbury, one-third mile south west, first county seat of Wayne County and birthplace of Oliver P. Morton, war governor of Indiana." Located about two and one-half miles west of Richmond where Salisbury Road crosses the National Road.
1924
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
Assisting Indianapolis historical societies, marked the site of the McCormick Cabin on the northeast corner of West Washington Street and White River. The cabin was the first built in the city.
1924
John Conner Chapter
At Dale Cemetery in Connersville to commemmorate Revolutionary War soldiers in Fayette County.
1925
Kik-tha-we-nund Chapter
A boulder tablet marking the cabin site of Kik-tha-we-nund, Indian Chief Anderson, founder of Andersontown.
1925
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
At the east end of the Westside Bridge at Lawrenceburg to mark the site of the cabin of the first settler Adam Flake.
1925, July 4
Twin Forks Chapter
Bronze marker on the site of an old Indian trading post. The site is now occupied by the Philip Harman Show Store on Main Street in Brookville.
1925, July 28
Mississinewa Chapter
A boulder northeast of Portland to mark the site of Liber College which opened on November 5, 1853.
1925
General Francis Marion Chapter
A boulder in Marion on the site of the first white man's cabin in Grant County. Cabin was erected by Martin Boots in 1825.
1925
New Harmony Chapter
In New Harmony marking the site of the 1851 toll gate on the Plank Road from New Harmony to Mt. Vernon.
1925
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
A large boulder at the farm of Mrs. William Watson Woolen to mark the Indian trail from that point to, "Lower Delaware Town," in Marion County.
1925, November 11
Major Hugh Dinwiddie Chapter
On the library lawn in Knightstown to honor Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Henry County.
After 1925
Mary Mott Green Chapter
A marker on State Road 44 beside the railroad tracks on South Harrison Street in Shelbyville to mark the first railroad west of the Allegheny Mountains which was built by Judge W.J. Peasley on July 4, 1834. The marker has since been removed to the local historical museum.
1926, May 23
Rushville Chapter
Located along County Road 200S and three-fourths of a mile east of County Road 450E to mark the site of the first meeting house in Rush County which was built near this farm on the Little Flat Rock River in 1825.
1926
Daniel Brooks Chapter
A tablet inscribed, "Upon this slope lies buried the Pioneers of Hindostan, who died during the years 1818-1835."
1926, July 1
John Paul Chapter
At the top of Michigan Hill in Madison, where the old road intercepts the present Michigan Road, to mark the Old Michigan Road built in 1832.
1926, September 16
Paul Revere Chapter
A memorial tablet on a century old stone, which had been used as a door stop on the Gilbert House, was placed at the American Legion Headquarters in Muncie in honor of Mary Jane Gilbert, the first white child born in Delaware County.
1926, October 1
Major Hugh Dinwiddie Chapter
A bronze tablet on a boulder at the corner of Maine and Washington Streets in Knightstown to commemmorate the site of the first house in Knightstown which was built in 1827 by Waitsell M. Carey.
1926, November 10
Mississinewa Chapter
At the Jay County Courthouse in Portland to honor all Revolutionary Way soldiers who made their homes in Jay County.
1927
Richard Henry Lee Chapter
A fountain on the courthouse square in Covington to honor all pioneer settlers.
1927, May 21
White River Chapter
A boulder and tablet at the top of S.E. Second Hill in Washington inscribed, "In memory of all soldiers of the Revolution buried in Daviess County."
1927, June 14
John Connor Chapter
A granite boulder and bronze plaque at Fifth and Eastern Streets in Connersville commemmorating John Connor who was the first settler of Connersville.
1927, July 31
Rushville Chapter
At the junction of State Road 3 and U.S. Highway 52 south of Rushville to mark the site of the first court of Rush County organized April 4, 1822, on the farm of Steven Sims.
1927, September 28
Julia Watkins Brass Chapter
At Columbia Avenue and Ridge Road in Munster to mark the site of the tavern owned by Allen and Julia Watkins Brass.
1927, October 4
LaGrange de LaFayette Chapter
A bronze tablet dedicated to the memory of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in LaGrange County.
1928, May 27
Richmond Chapter
A stone with a metal plaque at North 10th Street Park in Richmond to honor Andrew and Elizabeth Waymire Hoover, Revolutionary War patriots, who settled in Wayne County in 1816 and who laid out and named the town of Richmond. The stone was erected by Hoover descendants and dedicated by the Richmond Chapter.
1928
Paul Revere Chapter
A monument in Fredericksburg, Virginia, at the home of George Rogers Clark.
1928, June 2
Twin Forks Chapter
A bronze Real Daughter marker in the Big Cedar Cemetery in Brookville to mark the grave of Ann Stout Waldorf.
1928, August 24
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
At the gate of the Glendale Cemetery in Lawrenceburg to honor Brigadier General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, discoverer of Pike's Peak, and his father, Zebulon, who was a Revolutionary War soldier and owner of the original cemetery site where he is buried.
1928, October 11
Mississinewa Chapter
A boulder eight miles south of Portland to mark the site of an Indian boundary line established by treaty with the Miami Indians at St. Mary's, Ohio, October 8, 1818.
1928, October 27
Ann Rogers Clark and Piankeshaw Chapters
A granite marker along Highway 31 commemmorating the visit of Marquis de LaFayette to Jeffersonville in 1825.
1928, October 28
Richmond Chapter
Sponsored a monument, "Madonna of the Trail," at the entrance to Glen Miller Park in Richmond as one of the twelve monuments erected by NSDAR on the Ocean to Ocean Memorial Highway and the National Old Trails Road as a tribute to the memory of "The Pioneer Mother of the Covered Wagon Days."
1928, November 11
Winchester Chapter
A life size bronze Doughboy on the courthouse lawn honoring 36 soldiers of Randolph County killed in World War I.
1928
John Paul Chapter
At John Parl Park facing 3rd Street in Madison in memory of the veterans of all wars of the United States.
1928
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
Assisting with a bronze marker in Jeffersonsville commemmorating the site where Lafayette landed in 1825 on his visit to Jeffersonville.
1928
Kentland Chapter
A tree planted and marker placed on the courthouse lawn in Kentland in honor of three surviving Civil War Soldiers, John Higgins, Charles Ross, and Samuel Means.
1928
Manitou Chapter
A tablet at the main entrace to the courthouse in Rochester to mark the site of the Erie Canal in 1852.
1928
General John Gibson Chapter
Along State Highway 64 near Francisco to mark the site of the Erie Canal in 1852.
1928, September 22
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
A marker on the Swinney homestead in honor of nine Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Allen County; moved to the Veteran's Memorial on O'Day Road in 2000.
1929, April 20
General Francis Marion Chapter
A bronze tablet at the Martin Boots School in Marion to commemmorate the first settlers, Martin Boots, David Conner, and David and Nathan Branson.
1929
Estabrook Chapter
A bronze tablet on the courthouse honoring Revoutionary War soldiers buried in Parke County.
1929, May
Schuyler Colfax Chapter
Assisting with a boulder and marker at 601 West Colfax Avenue, South Bend, to mark the site of the residence of Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of the United States (1869-1873). This was a dedication of the marker placed October 4, 1916.
1929, June 9
Wa-pe-ke-way Chapter
A marble tablet along Road 267 south of Plainfield marking the site of the first settlement in Hendricks County in 1820 on Jefferson Miles' farm (Miles Orchard). A replacement was rededicated in 1956.
1929, June 14
Abijah Bigelow Chapter
On the building at the corner of 4th and Pine Streets in Michigan City to mark the site of the first schoolhouse.
1929
General Francis Marion Chapter
A flagpole placed in Memorial Coliseum Park with a bronze tablet
1929, October
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
At the Dearborn County Courthouse in Lawrenceburg to honor Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Dearborn County.
1929, October11
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
Along United States Route 50 at the Indiana-Ohio state line to mark the location of the first principal meridian in 1798.
1929, November 9
General de Lafayette Chapter
A granite monument at "Prophet's Rock" along North River Road in Lafayette to mark the site where The Prophet sat and sang to encourage the Indians in the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811.
1930
Samuel Huntington Chapter
Elm tree planted and marked in Memorial Park in Huntington honoring the George Washington Bicentennial. The park is located at 1200 W. Park Drive in Huntington.
1930, June 1
General John Gibson Chapter
A marker west of a bridge over the canal dedicated to the use of the Wabash and Erie Canal.
1930, June
Francis Vigo Chapter
A merker in Old Cemetery in Vincennes honoring five unknown Revolutionary War soldiers who assisted George Rogers Clark in the capture of Fort Sackville.
1930, June 15
Nathan Hinkle Chapter
At the courthouse in Sullivan to commemorate 25 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Sullivan County.
1930, September
Captain Harmon Aughe Chapter
A memorial to the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Clinton County.
1930, October
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
Stones located at George and Morrison Streets and at Hogan Creek Bridge in Aurora honoring the first white child born in the Northwest Territory outside of Vincennes, Samuel Morrison, son of Ephraim Morrison who was a Revolutionary War soldier.
1930, November 5
Colonel Augustin de la Balme Chapter
Five miles east of Columbia City to mark the spot where Colonel de la Balme, while he was helping American soldiers clear a way for commerce, was massacred by Miami Indians under Chief Little Turtle. Base replaced and stone reset in September 2010 by the chapter.
1931, June 14
General Francis Marion Chapter
Marker at the Marion Memorial Fountain in memory of an early pioneer, David Branson, who donated land for a courthouse in May 1831.
1931, November 11
Julia Watkins Brass Chapter
On the front of the American Legion building in Crown Point to mark the homestead site of the first permanent pioneer family and founders of Crown Point, Solon and Maria Evans Robinson.
1932
General de Lafayette Chapter
A marker on the Main Street Bridge denoting the old Wabash and Erie Canals and the first buildings in Lafayette.
1932, May
Mississinewa Chapter
A boulder at 235 West Walnut Street in Portland in honor of the Bicentennial of George Washington and marking the site of the first school building erected in Portland in 1850.
1932, July 4
William Tuffs Chapter
A native boulder with a bronze tablet honoring three Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Elkhart County.
1932
General de Lafayette Chapter
A Washington Elm on the community house lawn in Lafayette.
1932, September 12
Miriam Benedict Chapter
A boulder near the New York Central Station marking the site of the first cabin in LaPorte.
1932, September 17
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
At Sherman, south of the bridge, in Fort Wayne marking the site of the first French fort built in 1686.
1933, April
Winchester Chapter
A Washington Elm was dedicated in Memorial Park by Mrs. Sarah Clevenger commemorating the George Washington Bicentennial.
1933, July 2
Abijah Bigelow Chapter
On the superior courthouse grounds at the corner of Michigan and Washington Streets in Michigan City to mark the Michigan Road from the Ohio River to Lake Michigan (1833-1933).
1933
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
In Newton Park on United States Route 50 (now Eads Parkway) in Lawrenceburg honoring James B. Eads, engineer, who built the jetty at New Orleans, the Mississippi River Bridge at St. Louis, and was commissioned by President Lincoln to build iron clad gun boats for the Union.
1933, June 17
Nancy Knight Chapter
A bronze tablet on a boulder on the courthouse lawn in Hartford City honoring four Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Blackford County.
1933
Cornelia Cole Fairbanks Chapter
A marker on the grounds of James Whitcomb Riley Hospital in Indianapolis indicating the site of the homestead of Isaac Wilson, the first Revolutionary War soldier who died in Marion County.
1933, July 4
Lost River Chapter
A bronze tablet was unveiled, and a large native boulder dedicated in the park of the French Lick Springs Hotel commemorating the site of the French Lick Fort, built about 1815, which stood on the present hotel site.
1933, July
Dorothy Q Chapter
A marker placed in Memorial Park in Crawfordsville in memory of departed soldiers of all wars.
1933
Mishawaka Chapter
Marked the grave of Indian Princess Mishawaka.
1934
Lost River Chapter
A road sign was placed on State Road 37 six miles south of Paoli. Inscribed: "Pivot Point, 200 yards west intersection of base line and second principal meridian. The line fixed 1805 by E. Buckingham to govern land survey in Indiana under system of Continental Congress, 1785."
1934, February
Vanderburgh Chapter
Three pin oaks planted at Evansville College honoring the first three chapter regents, to be known as "Regent's Row".
1934, May 30
Lafayette Spring Chapter
A marker on the Cannelton Courthouse yard dedicated to General de Lafayette and the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Perry County.
1934
Mary Mott Green Chapter
A marker at the grave of Susan Wetzel Goodrich who helped blaze the old Wetzel Trail through Shelby County.
1934, October
Frances Dingman Chapter
A boulder and marker at the corner of South Main and East Diamond Streets marking the "Old Indian Trail."
1935, July 25
Ouibache Chapter
A bronze marker at Indian Rock in Ravine Park in Attica to mark the spot where Indian tribes gathered. The inscription reads, "Here by Indian Rock the Kickapoo, Miami, Shawnee, Potawatomi, Wea, Delaware and Wyandotte smoked their Tribal Pipe of Peace."
1935, September 8
Wa-pe-ke-way Chapter
A bronze marker four miles southwest of Brownsburg in White Lick Cemetery marking the grave of Real Daugher Nancy Mitchell Wilson.
1935, October
Lafayette Spring Chapter
A bronze tablet on native stone in Tell City marking the southwest corner of the Vincennes Tract which was surveyed by Thomas Freeman and called Freeman's Corner.
1935
Vanderburgh Chapter
Three pin oaks added to "Regent's Row" at Evansville College honoring past chapter regents.
1935
New Harmony Chapter
Assisting in New Harmony, marking the Rapp Community House Number Two.
1935
Lost River Chapter
A marker located on ground owned by the town of Orleans just north of town on State Road 37 marking the northwest corner of the Vincennes Tract surveyed by Thomas Freeman in 1802-1803. The corner, "Freeman's Corner" is located 839 feet north and 38 feet east of the marker. Freeman's surveys helped landowners to secure clear title to the property.
1936, April
Miriam Benedict Chapter
A tree planted in the courthouse yard in LaPorte in honor of the Washington Bicentennial.
1936, May 15
Washburn Chapter
A marker west of the junction of the National Road and the Ten O'Clock Line to commemorate the treaty with the Indians that enabled the marking of townships and counties.
1936, August
Margaret Bryant Blackstone Chapter
At the junction of Route 152 and the Kankakee River to commemorate LaSalle's voyage down the Kankakee River.
1936, August
Margaret Bryant Blackstone Chapter
Located at the north end of Baums Bithel Road in Kouts, Porter County, at the site of Tassinong, the oldest village in northern Indiana. It was a French mission and trading post in 1673. A post office was established in 1837 with John Jones, postmaster. It was incorporated as a village in 1852 by Joseph Bartholomew and Jesse Spencer.
1936, August
Margaret Bryant Blackstone Chapter
At the junction of Routes 152 and 8 to commemorate the founding of Hebron.
1936, August
Margaret Bryant Blackstone Chapter
A marker one and one-half miles south of Hebron along State Road 152 indicating the birth site of Margaret Bryant Blackstone.
1936, August 14
Pokagon Chapter
At the Steuben County Courthouse honoring the 1836-1936 pioneers of Steuben County.
1936, August 21
William Henry Harrison Chapter with Elizabeth Bassett Harrison C.A.R.
A marker on the lawn of the courthouse in Valparaiso placed during the Porter County Centennial, in memory of Porter County soldiers and sailers of all American wars.
1936, November 7
Washburn Chapter
A monument in Washington Township, Putnam County, commemorating the first white man, James H. Athey, to build in the community. The first court was held in his home.
1936
Dubois County Chapter
A marker dedicated to the honor of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Dubois County.
1936
The Hoosier Elm Chapter
A sandstone shelterhouse was erected about the trunk of Constitution Elm on West High Street in Corydon. Embedded in the stone front of this shelter is a bronze tablet marking the site where the Constitution of Indiaan was framed in June 1816. The elm lived until 1925. It attained a height of fifty feet, a trunk diameter of five feet and a branch spread of one hundred thirty-two feet. This shrine was under the care of The Hoosier Elm Chapter but has been donated to the State of Indiana.
1936
National Old Trails Chapter
A bronze marker placed at the west edge of Cambridge City on United States Route 40 to mark the Twelve Mile Purchase boundary line.
Prior to 1937
Lost River Chapter
A marker on Road 150 east of Paoli near the farm of Noble Bosley, inscribed, "First stage route, Old Louisville, Vincennes trace route of the first stagecoach line in the state established in 1820."
Prior to 1937
Lost River Chapter
Marker three-eighths of a mile south of the first stagecoach line at Half Moon Spring and the site of Half Moon Fort which was built by early settlers as protection against Indian raids.
Prior to 1937
Lost River Chapter
A marker along State Road 56 near the farm of Clyde Kearby, inscribed, "Moore's Fort site 300 feet north, one of several Orange County forts established during the early part of the 19th century for the protection of pioneer settlers from Indians."
Prior to 1937
Lost River Chapter
A marker was placed near West Baden at the junction of Orangeville Road and Road 150 with the inscription, "Rise of Lost River 4 1/2 miles north at Orangeville, after following underground from its disappearance 7 miles east, Lost River springs out of a huge rock."
Prior to 1937
Lost River Chapter
A roadside marker along Road 150 near the Lick Creek Church east of Paoli with the inscription, "First church site five hundred yards south near cemetery, first church of Orange County erected in 1813 by Lick Creek Meeting of Society of Friends; also site of early Lick Creek Friends Academy."
1937, May 30
Frances Dingman Chapter
A marker placed on the left gatepost of the old cemetery in Kendallville honoring the pioneers buried in the cemetery.
1937, September 17
Twin Forks Chapter
A bronze marker was placed to mark the location of the old land office in Brookville.
1937, November 19
James Hill Chapter
Dedication of the Herr Log Cabin, given by charter member Abigail Herr, located in Memorial Park. The cabin was built in the early 1800s for the Herr family. It belonged to the chapter until 1937 when the structure was turned over to the city of Lebanon.
1938, May 18
Frances Dingman Chapter
A boulder marker along Angling Road northwest of Kendallville on the site of an Indian village burning ground and trading post.
1938, May 23
General Van Rensselaer Chapter
A bronze tablet at the Washington Street Bridge in Rensselaer to mark the historic site of the first cabin.
1938, September 16
Schulyer Colfax Chapter
A tablet on the left of the main entrance of the school administration building at 228 South St. Joseph Street, South Bend, to mark the site of the first schoolhouse in 1831.
1938
Rushville Chapter
A bronze marker placed on the grave of Dr. Marshall Sexton, the first white child born in Rush County, 1823.
1939, April 13
General Arthur St. Clair Chapter
A marker on the lawn of the Indianapolis Central Library at St. Clair and Meridian Streets to honor General Arthur St. Clair.
1939, January
Alexander Hamilton Chapter
A marker was placed on the new Indiana Cottage at Tamassee DAR School honoring chapter member Georgis Duckworth Schlosser, State Regent.
1939, November 16
Julia Watkins Brass Chapter
A bronze plaque was placed on the Timothy Ball Grade School building in Crown Point to commemorate the pioneer teacher, preacher and historian, Timothy Ball. The name of the school was selected by the Julia Watkins Brass Chapter, who also presented an oil painting to the public library.
1939, November 16
Miriam Benedict Chapter
Marked the home of Mariam Benedict near Westville.
1939
Nineteenth Star Chapter
A boulder, which was pulled into place by an elephant near the Mississinewa River Bridge on the Frances Slocum Trail marks the site of the Osage Indian Village where an Indian Treaty was made.
1939
Twin Forks Chapter
A bronze plaque on the Franklin County Courthouse lists all the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in the county.
1940, May 26
Spier Spencer Chapter
On the courthouse square in Rockport to commemorate 12 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Spencer County.
1940, June 2
National Old Trails Chapter
A bronze tablet placed on the Huddleston house along U.S. 40 marking the 1821 home built by John Huddleston and used as a shelter by pioneers traveling the Old National Road.
1940, June2
Ouibache Chapter
Dedicated murals which has been painted by chapter member Mrs. Louis Johnson and daughter Mrs. Howard Miller and placed in the Fountain County Courthouse in Covington.
1940, June 3
National Old Trails Chapter
A large bronze tablet, attached to a boulder taken from the basement of the Huddleston homestead, was placed one mile west of Cambridge City along United States Route 40 to commemorate the homestead, then 101 years old, which was a famous tavern during stage coach days.
1940, October
Lost River Chapter
A memorial marker, built with old stone burrs from pioneer Orange County grist mills, carries a plate on its face inscribed with the names of 26 Revolutionary War soldiers and two patriots who are buried in Orange County.
1941, May 4
General de Lafayette Chapter
A bronze marker placed on the north wall of the courthouse in Lafayette commemorating the Wabash-Erie Canal which operated 1841-1872 between Toledo, Ohio and Evansville, Indiana, running through Lafayette.
1941
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
Assisted in planting a Washington elm at former U.S. President Benjamin Harrison's home in Indianapolis.
1942
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
A plaque placed on the cathedral grounds on South Calhoun Street in Fort Wayne to mark the buriel place of Jean Baptiste de Richardsville, who was the grandson of the first white merchant of Fort Wayne and the son of Tahcum-wahm who was the sister of Chief Little Turtle. The plaque also commemorates Jean Baptiste de Richardsville's bravery in saving a white prisoner from being burnt at the stake by drunken Indians.
1946
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
A bronze marker placed and a red oak tree planted on the grounds at President Harrison's home in Indianapolis to honor members of families of the chapter who served in World War II.
1947, June 15
Fort Harrison Chapter
Replacement of grave markers placed by the historical society in Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute.
Date Unknown
Nancy Knight Chapter
Two bronze plaques set in stone on the courthouse lawn in Hartford City in memory of those who served in World War I and World War II.
1948, June 14
Manitou Chapter
A flagpole and marker placed at Woodlawn Hospital at 7th and Pontiac Streets in Rochester.
1949
John Wallace Chapter
Marker at the Lawrence County Courthouse in Bedford to honor 28 Revolutionary War soldiers of Lawrence County.
1950
Major Hugh Dinwiddie Chapter
A plaque placed at the public library in Knightstown to commemorate 23 gold star soldiers of World War II from Wayne County.
1951, June 28
Cradle of Liberty Chapter
Pride's Fort Marker at the entracnce to Hornady Park in Petersburg, a short distance southwest of the original fort location in a field north of the highway, commemorates the pioneer spirit of early Pike County settlers who built the fort at White Oak Springs near this site.
1953, November 1
Julia Watkins Brass Chapter
A bronze plate, originally placed here on September 28, 1927 and destroyed in an auto accident in 1952, was remounted on a native red granite boulder and rededicated to the pioneer woman and Real Daughter Julia Watkins Brass.
1955, May 23
General James Cox Chapter
A cast aluminum marker painted colonial blue with raised silver letters and inscribed, "Pioneer Cemetery" was placed at the corner of Purdum and Superior Streets in Kokomo as a part of the DAR restoration project in 1955 to mark the site of Kokomo's first cemetery where many pioneers and Civil War soldiers are buried. A chain link fence was placed around the cemetery.
1955, August 3
Twin Forks Chapter
Along United States Route 52 at Boundary Hill in Franklin County to mark the Greenville Treaty Line which opened southeastern Indiana to white settlement.
1955-1956
Desardee Chapter
A marker in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis in honor of the first white woman resident of Knox, Rachel Tilman Lambert, in whose home the county was organized and the first court held.
1958, September 10
William Tuffs Chapter
A bronze marker put on the southeast corner of a brick building occupied by the Martin Feed Store at 116 West Jackson Street in Elkhart to commemorate the first building erected in Elkhart for a United States Post Office.
1958, November 24
Lafayette Spring Chapter
A bronze plaque placed three miles east of Cannelton commemorating General Lafayette's shipwreck and inscribed, "Lafayette Spring." Lafayette and his party spent the night in this community after the steamer Mechanic sank in the Ohio River May 9, 1825. Pioneers came from miles around to visit him at his spring before he departed the following day on a passing steamer. From this historic spot, Lafayette Spring Chapter DAR takes its name.
1960, February 18
Lafayette Spring Chapter
A bronze plaque three miles east of Cannelton commemorating the Abraham Lincoln Sesquicentennial and inscribed, "Dedicated to Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln ideals and to all Perry County of his boyhood years, 1816-1830. Lincoln - Humble, Homely, Lonely, Gifted, Great. By Lafayette Spring Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution."
1960, October 27
Indiana DAR Marker
A cast aluminum marker was placed to commemorate the site of Fort William Henry Harrison at the northwest corner of U.S. 41 and Fort Harrison Road in Terre Haute.
1961, May 26
James Hill Chapter
East of Thorntown at the site of an historic Indian burial ground to commemorate the Eel River Indians. The graves of Capadocia and Dixon, two chivalrous chieftains who perished in moral combat are in this burial ground.
1962, July 1
Washburn Chapter
New bronze plaques placed on the Bog Cabins in Greencastle City Park in Greencastle marking two cabins built as pioneer homes during 1840 in Putnam County.
1963, June 12
Twin Forks Chapter
At the Old Brookville Church and Cemetery in Brookville to mark the permanent church in Brookville. It was built by Methodists in 1820, occupied by Methodists 1821-1839, by Presbyterians from 1839-1855, by Lutherans from 1855-1922 and by Baptists since 1953. Buried in the cemetery in addition to many early settlers are four Revolutionary Way soldiers and a signer of Indiana's first consititution.
1963, September 29
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
A plaque located by the Benjamin Harrison monument in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis honoring Caroline Scott Harrison, the first President General, NSDAR.
1963, October 19
Dorothy Q Chapter
A plaque at the study grounds of General Lew Wallace in Crawfordsville inscribed, "To the Honor of David Wallace 1799-1859, Governor of Indiana 1837-1840. Father of General Lew Wallace."
1964
Potawatomi Chapter
A plaque along United States Route 20 near Chesterton and Rensselaer near the historic residence of Joseph Baily, first white man and fur trader to settle in northern Indiana.
1965, May 15
Schuyler Colfax Chapter
A marker placed at Hamilton Church in New Carlisle marking one of the oldest churches north of the Wabash River. Buried in the cemetery are two Revolutionary War soldiers, soldiers of the War of 1812, and soldiers of other major conflicts in American history.
1966, June 8
Twin Forks Chapter
A marker in Maple Grove Cemetery one quarter mile west of the west fork of Whitewater River inscribed, "This land was homesteaded by David Stoops, pioneer, 1811."
1966, June 14
Pokagon Chapter
A marker along State Road 120 at Fremont to commemorate the Vistula Territory Road.
1966, August 20
Multiple chapters
Five markers were placed to designate the historic Red Banks Trace, which played an important part in the development of the Northwest Territory, running from the Ohio River at Evansville to the Wabash River at Vincennes. The markers were placed as follows: 1. White School at Broadway and Red Banks Road in Evansville by the Mary Anthony McGary Chapter; 2. Mesker Park Amphitheater entrance in Evansville by the Vanderburgh Chapter; 3. At the entrance to the Gibson County Fair Grounds by the Genearl John Gibson Chapter; 4. Federal Road 41 and State Road 241 near Decker by Indiana DAR; and 5. Greenlawn Cemetery in Vincennes by the Francis Vigo Chapter.
1966, September 10
Desardee Chapter
A plaque at the north end of Main Street in Knox to mark the site of the first court and the organizing of Starke County in 1850.
1966, November 10
Major Hugh Dinwiddie Chapter
A sweet gum tree was planted on the northeast corner of the new school year to commemorate the new school of Knightstown.
1966
Washburn Chapter
A bronze marker on the courthouse honoring the Revolutionary War soldiers buriedin Putnam County.
1967, January 14
The Hoosier Elm Chapter
A marker placed at teh Posey House in Corydon. The house, owned and maintained by the chapter, was built in 1817 by Colonel Thomas Posey (1792-1863) who served as treasurer of Harrison County, cashier of the Corydon Bank of Vincennes, and was a legislator representing Harrison County.
1967
Fowler Chapter
A marker placed at 5 Michigan Street in Oxford at the site of the home of Basil Justus where the first Benton County Court was held in 1840.
1968, October 20
Dorothy Q and Olde Towne Chapters
Washburn Monument in Round Hill Cemetery at Montgomery in Coal Creek Township was dedicated to George Washburn, a Revolutionary War Indian spy.
1968
Captain Jacob Warrick Chapter
A marker placed at Darlington to mark the first county seat of what is now Warrick County.
1969, May 27
John Wallace Chapter
A plaque along Highway 50 east of Bedford to mark the site of the James Gregory house where Lawrence County was organized June 4, 1818.
1969, August 1
Multiple chapters
Five markers were placed along Old Trail from Fort Wayne to Fort Dearborn to indicate the pioneer trails which tracedd the way the Indians, pioneers, and military forces found their way across northern Indiana. As the first project of the Indiana DAR for the United States of America Bicentennial, the markers were placed as follows: 1. The parkway in front of St. Vincent's Villa, 2000 N. Well Street, Fort Wayne by the Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter; 2. At Federal Road 20 and State Road 2 by the Miriam Benedict and Schuyler Colfax Chapters; 3. North of the south junction of State Roads 2 and 421 by the Indiana DAR; 4. Along State Road 51 three blocks north of Central Avenue in East Gary by the Potawatomi Chapter; 5. Along U.S. 20, two miles west of Route 41 and one mile east of Dyer by the Timothy Ball Chapter.
1969
Paul Revere Chapter
Removed an original bronze tablet to the new courthouse. The plaque honored Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Delaware County.
1971
Twin Forks Chapter
A roadside marker along 8th Street in Brookville placed at The Hermitage, marking the early studios of the famous landscape artists of Indiana, J. Ottis Adams and T.C. Steele, and the home of an art colony in the early 1900s.
1971, September 26
Sprinklesburg Chapter
A marker placed in Newburgh to commemorate Newburgh, a town north of the Mason-Dixon Line to be captured by the Confederate forces during the Civil War on July 18, 1862, when General Adam R. Johnson with a guerilla band crossed the Ohio River and confiscated supplies and ammunition without a shot being fired.
1973
Julia Watkins Brass Chapter
A world time clock was placed in the Crown Point Library honoring Harriet Warner Holton, Lake County's first teacher in the spring of 1835.
1973, June 5
John Connor Chapter
A plaque on the lawn of the fire station at 6th and Grand Avenue in Connersville to mark the site of Roots Woolen Mill 1845-1875, inscribed, "Birthplace of the Blower."
1974, February 17
General Charles Scott Chapter
At the county courthouse in Scotsburg to honor 19 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Scott County.
1975, February 1
John Paul Chapter
A plaque in the Springdale Cemetery in Madison to honor the Alois O. Backman Post, G.A.R., for their foresight in donating burial sites for our honored veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces of Jefferson County.
1975, May 19
Dr. Manasseh Cutler Chapter
A tulip tree planted in Warvel Park in North Manchester in honor of Honorary Vice President General Mrs. Furel R. Burns.
1975, June 8
Francis Vigo Chapter
A plaque in the Old Cathedral St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Vincennes in memorial to George Rogers Clark and his men who fought in the swamps to take Fort Sackville from the British in 1779.
1975, August
Ross' Run Chapter
A marker at the juntion of Routes 48 and 229 in recognition of early Indiana circuit riders and honoring Reverend Joseph Williams, a Methodist minister.
1975, October 3
Ouibache Chapter
A plaque on the south wall of the Attica City Building to mark the site of the Tecumseh Council Oak where Tecumseh and the Prophet held council before the Battle of Tippecanoe.
1975, November
General Thomas Posey Chapter
A plaque on the entry wall of the Working Men Institute in Mount Vernon to commemorate the valor of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Posey County.
1975
Christopher Harrison Chapter
A plaque on the State Bank in Salem marking the home site of Christopher Harrison, inscribed, "Site of home and garden of Indiana's First Lieutenant Governor, pioneer merchant, attorney, judge, horticulturist, member Territorial Legislature and one of the Commissioners to lay out State Capital City."
1975
Mary Bryan Chapter
A plaque near Southport Cemetery in Greenwood honoring one of the first pioneer American women to come across the Cumberland Mountains around 1776.
1976, May 16
Pokagon Chapter
A plaque on the Steuben County jail and sheriff's residence in Angola marking two buildings on the National Register of Historic Landmarks.
1976, May
Ten O'Clock Line Chapter
A marker at Story denoting the Ten O'Clock Line.
1976, May 26
General Van Rensselaer Chapter
A plaque in the First Presbyterian Church yard in Rensselaer honoring James Van Rensselaer, Revolutionary War soldier and founder of the town.
1976, June 10
John Conner Chapter
A marker along Road 475E three and one-half miles west of Eerton designating the site of Bentley Grange Hall, post office and store where Milton Trusler conceived the idea of "rural free delivery."
1976, June 12
Dr. Manasseh Cutler Chapter
A boulder along North Main Street at the entrance to the former Holderman Cemetery, founded before 1840, in North Manchester and dedicated to patrons and soldiers of early wars.
1976, June 13
Lafayette Spring Chapter
A redwood sign, with a picture of General Marquis de Lafayette enclosed in plexiglass, placed three miles east of Cannelton indicating where he was shipwrecked in the Ohio and took shelter at Lafayette Spring on May 9, 1825.
1976, June 13
James Hill Chapter
A marker on the courthouse lawn in Lebanon with additional names of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Boone County.
1976, June 13
Kentland Chapter
A plaque along North County Farm Road near Kentland to mark the site of "The Old Log Church," the first church in Newton County.
1976, June 15
John Paul Chapter
A plaque in the John Paul Park in Madison marking the pioneer burial ground deeded March 9, 1826 by John Paul.
1976, June 26
Mary Anthony McGary and Vanderburgh Chapters
A brass plaque on a granite stone at the U.S. Post Office Federal Building in Evansville honoring nine Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Vanderburgh County.
1976, July 4
Antoinne Rivarre Chapter
A marker on the Rivarre Indian Reservation honoring Revolutionary War soldiers.
1976, July 4
Antoinne Rivarre Chapter
A monument at the courthouse in Decatur honoring Revolutionary War soldiers of Adams County.
1976, July 5
Richmond Chapter
Rededication of the Madonna of the Trail monument at the entrance to Glenn Miller Park in Richmond.
1976, July 10
Obadiah Taylor Chapter
A plaque in the Creston Cemetery in Cedar Creek Township, Lake County, to mark the grave of Rosina Surprise, the only known Indian woman buried in Lake County.
1976, August 29
Colonel Archbald Lochry Chapter
A marker at the Fulton Burying Ground along State Road 56 north of Rising Sun with the inscription, "In 1798 Samuel Fulton and father Job, Revolutionary War Soldiers, his mother Jane Dils Fulton, brother Thomas, brother-in-law Christopher Huston and families made first permanent settlement on bank of Ohio River in present Rising Sun."
1976, September
Twin Forks Chapter
A tulip tree planted on the grounds of the public library in Brookville was dedicated to pioneer settlers of Franklin County.
1976, October 16
Sprinklesburg Chapter
A marker commemorating the landing of Major John Sprinkle on the Ohio River in the spring of 1803. The town founded there was the first permanent settlement in Warrick County and named Sprinklesburg, later renamed Newburgh.
1976, November 26
Capital William Wells Chapter
A plaque on a store front in the 100 block of North Main Street in Bluffton marks the site of the first Wells County Courthouse.
1976
Fort Harrison Chapter
A marker at old Fort Harrison along Route 41 north of Terre Haute in memory of the patriots buried at Fort Harrison.
1976
Christopher Harrison Chapter
A plaque on the museum in Salem honoring Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Washington County.
1976
Spier Spencer Chapter
A plaque in Heritage Park in Rockport honoring Revoutionary War soldiers buried in Spencer County.
1977, May 28
General Thomas Posey Chapter
Marker on courthouse square in Mount Vernon in memory of 15 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Posey County.
1977, May 30
Fort Harrison Chapter
A marker was in the parking lot at First and Sycamore Streets in Terre Haute to commemorate the valor of the pioneers who defended Fort Harrison.
1977, July 26
General Van Rensselaer Chapter
At the east end of the Washington Street Bridge in Rensselaer, the site of the first log cabin built during the American Revolution along the Iroquois River by Joseph D. Yeoman in 1836, was rededicated.
1977, September 18
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
A marker in Zion M.E. Cemetery in Wrights Corner commemorating Reverand Daniel Plummer, a circuit rider with 50 years service in the ministry as a pioneer preacher.
1977, October 8
Old Ridge Road Chapter
A marker one quarter mile east of Girard Road along the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) inscribed, "The Ridge Road, also known as Sugar Ridge Road or Van Wert Road, was originally a natural pathway following the glacial ridge, once the southwestern beach of Lake Maumee. It extended from Van Wert, Ohio to Fort Wayne, being used by Indians and early settlers." It is now the Lincoln Highway.
1977, November 10
General John Gibson Chapter
A monument on the south side of the courthouse in Princeton honoring Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Gibson County.
1978
John Paul Chapter
Redeication of memorial in John Paul Park in Madison.
1978, May 29
Muscatatuck Chapter
A plaque at the county courthouse in North Vernon honoring Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Jennings County.
1979, September 19
Schuyler Colfax Chapter
A tablet on a boulder at 120 South St. Joseph Street in South Bend remarking the site of the first city school built in 1831.
1979
Paul Revere Chapter
Additional names of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Delaware County added to the plaque at Delaware County Courthouse.
1980, May
Seeks Village Chapter
Marker along Old Trail Road in South Whitley indicating the site of Seek's Village Indian Reserve. Destroyed by vandals prior to dedication.
1980, June 16
Dorothy Q Chapter
Additional names of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Montgomery County added to the plaque located at Elston Place in Crawfordsville.
1981, March 28
Rushville Chapter
An additional plaque on either side of the original tablet at the courthouse in Rushville honoring 21 additional Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Rush County.
1981, May 30
Antoinne Rivarre Chapter
Flag staff erected over the original stone marker at the Rivarre Indian Reservation.
1981, October 1
Mary Anthony McGary and Vanderburgh Chapters
The marker at the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building in Evansville was rededicated to celebrate the Bicentennial of Yorktown.
1981
Ten O'Clock Line Chapter
Plaque in Brown County marking the Brown County Bluebird Nesting Trail.
1982, May 1
Paul Revere Chapter
Marker at 715 East Washington in Muncie indicating the site of the birthplace of Emily Kimbrough.
1982, June 10
John Conner Chapter
Marker at the corner of 5th and Eastern Avenue in Connersville, naming historic sites on that corner.
1982, August 22
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
Marker in Riverview Cemetery in Aurora honoring additional Revolutionary War soldiers killed by Indans while in the service of Colonel Archibald Lochry.
1982, September 17
Schuyler Colfax Chapter
Marker at 112 Lafayette Boulevard in South Bend in memory of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in St. Joseph County.
1983, June 12
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
A new plaque, replacing the stolen one originally set in 1930 at the south end of the Sherman Street Bridge on the bank of the St. Mary's River in Fort Wayne marking the site of Post Miami, the first French fort in the area used from 1680-1750.
1983, July 24
Mississinewa Chapter
Replacement and rededication of marker accidentally destroyed. See original May 1923 placement date for details.
1983
Paul Revere Chapter
The renovation of the September 6, 1926 marker.
1983, August 9
Colonel Archibald Lochry Chapter
Replaced and rededicated bronze marker commemorating first family to settle permanently in Dearborn County in 1796.
1983, September 8
Francis Vigo and Vanderburgh Chapters
Marked revived grave site of Henry Vanderburgh in Woodlawn Cemetery in Vincennes. He was a Revolutionary War soldier, member of Society of Cincinnati, and judge of Indiana Territory. Vanderburgh County was named in his honor as was Vanderburgh Chapter.
1985, November 12
Margaret Bryant Blackstone Chapter
A bronze plaque located two miles south of Hebron on State Road 2 was placed marking the birthplace of Margaret Bryant, first white child born in Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana.
1986, May 28
Hindostan Falls Chapter
Plaque placed at Houghton House, State Road 550 near Shoals and Loogootee commemorating Evergreen Hill, the homestead of Aaron Houghton, ca. 1835.
1987, December
Winchester Chapter
Bronze plaque on a large boulder dedciated at the Randolph County Courthouse in memory of the Revolutionary War soldiers of Randolph County.
1988, October 2
Indiana DAR and Richmond Chapter
Rededication of the Madonna of the Trail at Glenn Miller Park in Richmond, Indiana. A bronze tablet mounted in granite was dedicated commemorating the restoration of the Madonna of the Trail, state project of Mrs. Robert P. Rehl.
1988, December 18
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
A bronze plaque was placed on the east side of the entry hall to the Allen County-Ft. Wayne Historical Museum, Berry Street, Fort Wayne commemorating the gift of over 500 artifacts collected and donated by the chapter since its founding in 1901.
1989, October 7
Francois Godfrey Chapter
Marker placed at Montpelier commemorating the Treaty of St. Mary's (6 October 1818) which reserved six sections of land for Chief Francois Godfrey of the Miami Nation.
1990, May 6
Seek's Village Chapter
Historic marker dedicated, replacing the original one set in 1980 on the Old Trail Road at the site of Seek's Village Miami Indian Reserve.
1990, September 8
Lost River Chapter
Rededication of the bronze marker at French Lick Springs Resort which was the site of an early American fort erected by William Henry Harrison in the early 1800s for the protection of early settlers from the Indians.
1990, October 11
Vanderburgh Chapter
Marker placed in Wesselman Park in Evansville at the site of the McCallister Cemetery in honor of the pioneer McCallister family. This marking was completed in honor of NSDAR commemorating "A Century of Service to the Nation, 1890-1990."
1990, December
Indiana DAR
Bronze plaque was placed in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana, section 23, lot 24, in memory of Jaine Griffith Beck, State Regent, 1915-1918.
1990, December
Indiana DAR
Bronze plaque was placed in Greenwood Cemetery, also known as Pleasant Grove Cemetery, W100 N, Etna Road at State Road 9 in Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, in memory of Edna Belle Simons Felter, State Regent, 1918-1921.
1991, March 17
Indiana DAR, Fort Vallonia, Joseph Hart and Horseshoe Prairie Chapters
Three markers were placed along the Barholomew Trail from Vallonia through Tiptonia (now Columbus) to the Upper Delaware Town on White River near the trading post of William Conner. The markers were placed as follows: 1. At Fort Vallonia; 2. Near Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus; and 3. On the grounds of Conner Prairie.
1992, October 18
Joseph Hart Chapter
Bronze plaque placed at State Road 9 and 300 N near Sharon Cemetery at Hope in Bartholomew County commemorating Jonathan Moore, Revolutionary War soldier who served with General George Washington's lifeguards and is buried in Sharon Cemetery.
1993
Nineteenth Star Chapter
Moved and restored the Osage Rock which was placed in memory of the Osage Indian Village.
1994, April 9
Joseph Hart Chapter
Bronze marker placed at the site of the first licensed ferry on the Driftwood River, Bartholomew County, commemorating John Lindsey who, on March 19, 1821, was issued a license to operate the ferry. The marker was restored by the chapter in 2016.
1995
Washburn Chapter
Held dedication ceremony for restoration of the 1840 log cabin in Robe Ann Park in Greencastle.
1995, May 7
Indiana DAR
Bronze marker placed at the Newsom home in Azalia, Bartholomew County, commemorating the purported overnight stop of Samuel Merrill, state treasurer, and John Douglass, state printer, and their families in October of 1824 when state records were moved from Corydon to Indianapolis. This marking was a project of State Regent Mary M. Morgan.
1995, May 7
Joseph Hart Chapter
Bronze marker placed at the Sandcreek-Azalia Friends Meeting at Azalia commemorating the families of John Hall and John Thomas whose homes stood nearby and were stations on the underground railroad. It was restored by the chapter in 2017.
1995, July 4
Indiana DAR
Bronze marker placed on State Road 60 in Pekin honoring Pekin, Indiana, a town reported to have held Fourth of July celebrations regularly since the 1830s. This marking was a project of State Regent MarjiAnn Martin Souder (Mrs. Dawson C.).
1996
Winchester Chapter
Restoration and preservation of World War I Doughboy statue erected by Winchester Chapter on November 11, 1928.
1996, August 11
Alexander Hamilton, Joseph Hart and Ten O'Clock Line Chapters
Marker placed at Camp Atterbury honoring civilian contributions during World War I, World War II, and the Korean Conflict.
2001, April 7
Indiana DAR
Bronze marker placed near Grouseland, home of William Henry Harrison in Vincennes, honoring the 200th Anniversary of the Indiana Territory. Formed from the Northwest Territory on July 4, 1800, Vincennes was the territorial capital and William Henry Harrison the first territorial governor. This marking was a project of State Regent Janice Powell Bolinger (Mrs. Donal L.) and was funded by the sale of commemorative plates.
2002
Indiana DAR
Bronze marker at site of Ft. Harrison in Terre Haute which had been placed during the administration of State Regent Mrs. John G. Biel was restored and reset. The restoration was funded from the plate sales which was a project of State Regent Janice Powell Bolinger (Mrs. Donal L.).
2004, September
Indiana DAR
Bronze marker at site of the Madonna of the Trail in Richmond, placed during the administration of State Regent Jane Haymaker Rehl (Mrs. Robert P.) was repaired and reset. A new bronze marker was placed commemorating the restoration of the Madonna of the Trail, a project of State Regent JoAn Lowes Nichols (Mrs. Lowell). The two markers were placed side by side on a new base.
2005
William Tuffs Chapter
Rededication of the bronze tablet that was placed July 4, 1932 honoring three Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Elkhart County. Two additional names of soldiers were added to the tablet.
2006
Manitou Chapter
Erected five metal historical highway signs across Fulton County north to south along the Michigan Road to mark the Potawatomi Trail of Death.
2006, July 15
General John Gibson Chapter
Rededication of marker that was placed in 1914. Marker was moved from original site to opposite corner of courthouse grounds. The marker commemorated Judge William Prince, who was a judge of the district, then part of the Northwest Terrirtory.
2007, April 7
Indiana DAR
INDAR marker, Janice Bolinger (Mrs. Donal), State Regent, cast aluminum marker "Indiana Territory," Vincennes State Historic Site, One West Harrison Street, Vincennes.
2007, May
Indiana DAR
Bronze marker placed commemorating Acton Campground that was established before the Civil War to provide for Christian and proper social events. This marking was a project of State Regent JoAn Lowes Nichols (Mrs. Lowell).
2008, May 22
Captain Henry Vanderburgh Chapter
Dedicated and placed a commemorative marker in honor of Willard Carpenter, philanthropist, community leader, and founder of Willard Library in 1885. Marker placed at the Willard Library in Evansville.
2008, December 29
Alexander Hamilton Chapter
Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots of Johnson County.
2009, June 20
Indiana DAR
Cast aluminum marker dedciated at Seiberling Mansion, 1200 W. Sycamore Street, Kokomo, Howard County. Home built in 1890 for Monroe Seiberling, a well known Kokomo natural gas boom industrialist. The New Jacobean, Romanesque mansion took three years to build, costing $50,000. George Kingston, investor of the carburetor used in Henry Ford's Model-T, lived in the mansion from 1914 to 1946. Project of State Regent Cynthia Thompson Stout (Mrs. Allen).
2009, August 22
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
Placed a monument and marker at the grave of Real Daughter Patsy Patterson, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.
2009
Colonel Augustin de la Balme Chapter
Dedicated grave marker for Zilpha Burdge Hurd, daughter of Revolutionary War soldier, Michael Burdge at the Eel River Presbyterian Cemetery, Union Township, Whitley County.
2009, September 19
Cornelia Cole Fairbanks Chapter
Dedicated bronze marker commemorating Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, President General, NSDAR, 1901-1905, at the home of Mrs. Fairbanks in Indianapolis.
2010, April 25
Joseph Hart Chapter
Marked grave of Real Daugher Mary Forbes Gano Bryan Cobb near Kokomo, Howard County.
2010, September
Colonel Augustin de la Balme Chapter
Removed the original DAR stone marker placed in 1930 to commemorate the Revolutionary War battle site on de la Balme Road in Whiley County and replaced the crumbling base, resetting the stone. Rededicated November 2010.
2011, August 19
Indiana DAR
Rededicated the La Petit Fort Revolutionary War Historical marker at the site of small Revolutionary War battle on December 5, 1780. The site is now within Indiana Dunes State Park and originally placed in May 1957. The marker was restored by Roger and Martha Barnhart and moved to a more prominent location due to park expansion.
2011, August 20
Indiana DAR
Dedication of the new historical marker placed at the restored Stewart-Griesinger Cemetery entrance in Washington Township, Noble County. Buried here is the grave of Revolutionary War soldier Pvt Joseph Galloway PA, one of only two Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Noble County. The cemetery restoration was a project of Martha Barnhart and husband Roger. The marker was the project of State Regent Martha Barnhart.
2012, May 10
Eagle Creek Chapter
Flagpole at Speedway Junior High School. Dedicated to those patriotic students of Speedway, past, present, and future who serve their community and country.
2013, July 20
John Paul Chapter
Rededication of the bronze marker, "The Beginning of Michigan Road," at the intersection of West and Milton Streets, Madison, Jefferson County.
2013, August 3
Joseph Hart Chapter
Placed a marker honoring Ceraline Mfg. Co. and Joseph Gent for his patents and mass production operations with Gaff and Thomas to make Ceraline Corn Flakes in Columbus in 1880, the beginnings of cold breakfast cereal and a corn malt alternative for brewers.
2013, October 12
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
Placed a DAR marker at the grave of Caroline Scott Harrison, first NSDAR President General, at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.
2014, September 14
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
Placed a marker at Bell Cemetery in cooperation with the Indiana Historical Bureau and Daniel T. Moriarity, Trustee, Perry Township, Indianapolis.
2014, November 11
Joseph Hart Chapter
Dedication of marker commemorating Mary Means Hart, wife of Joseph Hart, Revolutionary War Patriot, Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, Bartholomew County.
2015, April 18
Richmond-Indiana and National Old Trails Chapters
Commissioned a granite bench in honor of Revolutionary War soldiers and patriots buried in Wayne County. The bench was dedicated and placed in Veteran's Memorial Park in Richmond.
2015, May 21
Joseph Hart Chapter
Dedication of marker commemorating Mary Means Hart, wife of Joseph Hart, Revolutionary War Patriot, Garland Brook Cemetery, Bartholomew County.
2015, June 20
Captain Jacob Warrick Chapter
Placed a marker commemorating Jesse Boon. The city of Boonville was named in his honor. He was the son of a Revolutionary War Patriot and the father of Ratliff Boon, the second Governor of Indiana.
2016, May
Cornelia Cole Fairbanks Chapter
Regained ownership of the National Old Road Obelisk and restored it along with planting native landscaping as part of the Indiana Bicentennial. Also deddciated bricks at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Indianapolis.
2016, September 10
Mississinewa Chapter
Placed a marker on a boulder at the entrance of the Old Portland Burying Ground in Jay County in honor of Indiana's Bicentennial.
2016, September 18
Schuyler Colfax Chapter
Remarked the site of the first school built in South Bend.
2018, October 16
Galloway-Prentice Chapter
Rededicated a restored Civil War marker recognizing Fort Mitchell, located on the northeast corner of West Rush and South Orchard Streets in Kendallville, Noble County.
2016, November 12
Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter
In cooperation with the Indiana Bicentennial Legacy Project, placed a stone marker beside Governor Bigger's marker with dedication ceremony for burial site of William Polke, a signer of the first state constitution, in McCulloch Park, Broadway Street, Fort Wayne, Allen County.
2017, October 27
Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter
In cooperation with the Indiana Historical Bureau and Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site placed a marker honoring Caroline Scott Harrison, as First Lady and First President General NSDAR, at the President Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, Indianapolis.
2018, June 2
General de Lafayette Chapter
Placed a historical marker at the Buddell Sleeper House and Underground Railroad Station near Farmers Institute, Friends Meeting House, Tippecanoe County.
2018, October 16
Galloway-Prentice Chapter
Rededicated a restored Civil War marker on Rush Street in Kendallville, recognizing Fort Mitchell.
2018, October 28
Indiana DAR
Dedication of newly restored and recoated Madonna of the Trail Statue, Glenn Miller Park, Richmond, celebrating the 90th anniversary. Coating, landscaping, walkways, historical research and additional new markers placed. Plaques placed and rededicated for the administration of Jane Rehl, Vicky Zuverink 70th Anniversary, and JoAnn Nichols 75th Anniversary, in addition to the large Indiana DAR marker placed for the Huntington administration restoration.
2018, November 11
Kikthawenund Chapter
World War I Centennial Memorial and Rededication for the relocation of the World War I monument to the Maplewood Cemetery Veterans Section, Anderson.
2019, May 30
Captain Henry Vanderburgh Chapter
Bronze marker commemorating Colonel Hugh McGary, Jr., Evansville's first landowner. Bicentennial of Vanderburgh County, south west corner on Old Courthouse lawn, intersection of 4th and Vince Streets.
2019
General de Lafayette Chapter
Placed and dedicated a marker commemorating Lafayette native USAF Capt Mary Therese Klinker (1947-1975), a flight nurse killed in a plane crash outside Saigon during the Vietnam mission known as "Babylift", for which she received the Medal of Heroism and Meritorious Service, posthumously. Marker is located at Lafayette Central Catholic Jr/Sr High School.
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