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Conner Prairie is a living history museum in Fishers, Indiana, United States, which preserves the William Conner home. The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , and the museum recreates 19th-century life along the White River .
William Conner (December 10, 1777 – August 28, 1855) was an American trader, interpreter, military scout, community leader, entrepreneur, and politician.Although Conner initially established himself as a fur trader on the Michigan and Indiana frontiers, his business interests later expanded to include ownership of Indiana farms, mills, distilleries, and mercantile shops.
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Conner Prairie Interactive History Park. Location: Fishers, Indiana Era: 1800s What to do: Explore an 1836 Indiana prairie town, discover Hoosier life during the Civil War, ...
The season of picnics, lawn chairs and outdoor concerts is finally headed our way, and Symphony on the Prairie will contribute 21 al fresco performances to Conner Prairie between June and August.
Like a Black Conner Prairie,” Austin said. ... The 28th was Indiana’s only African American regiment in the Civil War and fought in the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, Virginia.
The land that Conner settled is now known as Conner Prairie and is preserved as a living history museum. [7] Conner House at Conner Prairie. Settlers started moving to the area after Indiana became a state in 1816 and the Delaware Indians gave up their claims in Indiana and Ohio to the United States government in 1818 in the Treaty of St. Mary's.
William Conner and Josiah Polk laid out what is now downtown Noblesville in 1823, which was designated as the Hamilton County seat in 1824 and incorporated in 1851. Conner's 1823 home is now one of a village of historic buildings that make up Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement, a living history museum south of Noblesville in Fishers.