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Fredericksburg is located at (38.432609, -86.190128 It is located on the Blue River, just downriver from the confluence of its North and South Forks.The river was a valuable resource in the town's beginning as the construction of a water mill brought growth and prosperity to the town.
At the urging of friends, the Indiana Military Museum was founded by Osborne in 1982 and opened to the public in 1984 on Bruceville Road east of Vincennes. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A pair of buildings slated for demolition were moved to the property and were the museum's first buildings. [ 5 ]
James Marr House and Farm is a historic home and farm located at Columbus Township, Flat Rock Township, and German Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana. The house was built in 1871, and is a two-story, three-bay, brick dwelling with a two-story, rear ell. It sits on a stone foundation and has a gable roof.
Eckrich was founded as a local meat market in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, in 1894 by Peter Eckrich, an immigrant from Waldsee, Germany. The firm expanded in the local market, becoming a wholesaler in 1907 and incorporating as Peter Eckrich and Sons in 1925. It closed its last retail operation in 1932 and operated exclusively as a wholesale meat ...
Water mills were built along the Blue River to supply demand from local farms. Towns such as Fredericksburg and Milltown flourished. As watermills in the United States went into decline after the arrival of electricity, so did many of the towns alongside the river. Fredericksburg, incorporated in 1859, was especially prone to flooding.
The James Elliott Farm is a historic farmstead located on the edge of the town of New Harmony in Posey County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The farm is composed of the farmhouse and seven outbuildings, [ 1 ] including corn cribs , a barn , a shed , a silo , and a milkhouse. [ 2 ]
Nickerson Farms had as many as sixty restaurants located along Interstate highways, mainly in the Midwestern United States. Each Nickerson Farms location had a full-room restaurant, with a gift shop. Honey, collected from on-site beehives, could also be purchased at Nickerson Farms stores. [1] [2] A former location in High Hill, MO.
Entrance to Stream Cliff Farm. Stream Cliff Farm, also called the Stream Cliff Herb Farms, is a historic farm located in southern Jennings County, Indiana, USA, near the village of Commiskey. It was visited by John Hunt Morgan during his cavalry march through Indiana on July 11, 1863. As of 2007, it is the oldest herb farm in Indiana. [1]