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Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House is a historic home in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana that was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It is owned by the non-profit group, Historic Eleutherian College Incorporated. Built about 1850, the two-story, rectangular, limestone dwelling has Greek Revival-style design elements.
The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. Developed in the 1820s, it became synonymous with the "plains rifle", the buffalo gun, and a trade rifle for fur trappers, traders, clerks, and hunters.
Lilly Biological Laboratories, also known as Eli Lilly and Company and Greenfield Laboratories, is a historic laboratory complex located in Greenfield, Indiana.The laboratory was designed by Robert Frost Daggett and built in 1913-1914 for Eli Lilly and Company.
William Henry was born near Downingtown, Pennsylvania [1] to a family of Scots-Irish extraction. [2] Prior to his service in the Continental Congress, Henry was a gunsmith and provided rifles to the British during the French and Indian War: Henry himself, serving as armorer, accompanied troops on John Forbes's successful mission to retake Fort Duquesne in 1758.
Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex is a sports and entertainment complex owned by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pennsylvania.The complex, which contains multi-use space for conferences and events as well as arena which will serve as the university's primary indoor venue totals 150,000-square-foot (14,000 m 2), and stands on approximately 6.55 acres (26,500 m 2) of ...
The Indiana State Museum houses a John Small flintlock rifle owned by James Girty (1743–1817), [4] and another believed to be owned by Francis Vigo. [11] The state museum collection also includes a tomahawk pipe made by John Small. [12] One of Small's rifles is on display at William Henry Harrison's territorial governor's home, Grouseland.
Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock (1846-1917) was a famous hunter and trapper of Potter County, Pennsylvania.He wrote stories about his life and experiences which were published in the Hunter-Trader-Trapper Magazine between 1903 and 1913.
Thomas Jackson Rodman (July 31, 1816 – June 7, 1871) was an American artillerist, inventor, ordnance specialist, and career United States Army officer. [1] He served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, in which he was noted for his many improvements and innovations concerning the artillery used by the Union forces.