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Fountain City was originally called New Garden, and under the latter name was laid out in 1818. [4] [5] [6] New Garden became Newport in 1834, which was renamed Fountain City in 1878, [6] named for its natural springs. [7] It was incorporated as a town in 1844. [4] The Fountain City post office has been in operation since 1878. [8]
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 ...
Riverside was originally called Fountain City, and under the latter name was established in the 1850s when the Wabash Railroad was extended to that point. [3] The post office was established as Riverside in 1872, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1946. [4] [5]
Indiana was granted statehood near the end of 1816. The first non-indigenous settler in the future Fountain County is thought to have been a Mr. Forbes, who arrived in early 1823 and was soon followed by others. [8] The legislative act creating Fountain County was passed on December 30, 1825, setting an effective date of April 1, 1826.
1/4 mile NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series: Green Mountain Raceway: Milton: Vermont: 1962-1972 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Green Valley Raceway: North Richland Hills: Texas: 1963-1984 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Kansas City International Raceway: Kansas City: Missouri: 1967-2011 Asphalt 1/4 Mile Memphis International Raceway: Millington: Tennessee: 1987 Concrete ...
The home is located at 113 U.S. Route 27 in the center of present-day Fountain City, Indiana. The two-story, modified Federal-style brick home is painted red and had a two-story rear wing on the northwest corner of the main structure.
East of SR 63, the freeway descends slightly to cross the Wabash River, where it leaves Vermillion County and crosses into Troy Township, Fountain County. I-74 ascends from river crossing and comes to a diamond interchange with South Stringtown Road, which provides access to the city of Covington to the north.
Levi Coffin and his wife Catharine aided more than 1,000 refugees at their home in Fountain City, now designated as a National Historic Landmark and State Historic Site significant to the Ohio River National In the 1920s, Indiana had the strongest Ku Klux Klan organization in the country, led by Grand Dragons D. C. Stephenson and Walter F. Bossert.