Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A. O. Smith developed the Smith Flyer with a fifth wheel, called the Smith Motor Wheel, driven by a gas engine.Manufactured in Lafayette, Indiana, by the American Motor Vehicle Company, from 1916 to 1919, A. O. Smith sold the rights to Briggs & Stratton who marketed the cyclecar as The Briggs & Stratton Flyer.
Location of Ripley County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ripley County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Ripley County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...
In 1940 the Gene Stratton-Porter Association purchased Wildflower Woods from Stratton-Porter's daughter, Jeannette Porter Meehan, the sole heir of her estate. In 1946 the association donated 13 acres (5.3 hectares) of property to the State of Indiana , including the cabin, its formal gardens, orchard, and a pond.
Winfield Scott Stratton (July 22, 1848 – September 14, 1902) was an American prospector, capitalist, and philanthropist.He discovered the Independence Lode near Victor, Colorado on July 4, 1891, and became the Cripple Creek Mining District's first millionaire in 1894.
Versailles / v ər ˈ s eɪ l z / is a town in Johnson Township, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2] The population was 2,113 at the 2010 census . The town is the county seat of Ripley County.
Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 – December 6, 1924), born Geneva Grace Stratton, was an American writer, nature photographer, and naturalist from Wabash County, Indiana. In 1917 Stratton-Porter urged legislative support for the conservation of Limberlost Swamp and other wetlands in Indiana .
Fernando G. Taylor House, also known as the Taylor-Kaiser-Smith House, is a historic home located at Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, rectangular, five bay, vernacular frame dwelling with Gothic Revival style influences. It measures 44 feet wide and 36 feet deep.
The county seat of Ripley County is Versailles, Indiana. It was selected as the county seat in 1818, and was laid out in 1819. According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of 448.06 square miles (1,160.5 km 2), of which 446.43 square miles (1,156.2 km 2) (or 99.64%) is land and 1.64 square miles (4.2 km 2) (or 0.37%) is water.