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Ruins of the town of Griffin, Indiana, after the tornado where 26 people were killed. Griffin was originally called Price's Station, and under the latter name was laid out in 1881 by William Price, and named for him. [4] The present name honors Samuel Griffin, an early postmaster. [5] A post office called Griffin has been in operation since ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Posey County, Indiana, United States by the Indiana Historical Bureau. The locations of the historical markers and their latitude and longitude coordinates are included below when available, along with their names, years of placement, and topics as ...
Location of Posey County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Posey County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Posey County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The Griffith State Bank, E.J. and E. Griffith Interlocking Tower and Griffith Grand Trunk Depot are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. [11] In 2018, citizens of Griffith voted by a margin of 98% to 2% to leave Calumet Township, in part because of the high property taxes they pay to the township, which also includes Gary, relative to the services received.
The Erie Canal "Soda" Pop Festival, also known colloquially as the Bull Island Rock Festival, was a rock festival held on September 2–4, 1972, on Bull Island, a strip of land in Illinois but on the Indiana side of the Wabash River near Griffin. A crowd of an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 people attended the concert, four times what the ...
In the midday and afternoon hours of March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in United States history and second-deadliest worldwide moved through Eastern Missouri, Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana, killing 695 people and injuring 2,027 more in what is sometimes known as the Great Tri-State Tornado.
The NHLs in Indiana comprise approximately 2% of the 1,656 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana as of December 2009. The landmarks are among the most important nationally recognized historic sites in the state; the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park is one other site that has high ...
Location of Steuben County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Steuben County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Steuben County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for ...