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906 E. First St., Madison, Indiana, 47250, United States
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Indiana Historical Bureau: ID#: 39.1963.1
County: Jefferson
Title: Morgan's Raid July 8-13, 1863
Marker Text: Confederate forces under Gen. John Hunt Morgan camped near Dupont the night of July 11. They destroyed railroad track, burned bridges, freight cars and a warehouse, and stole 2,000 hams from Mayfield's pork house.
Credit Line: Erected by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963
Directions: SR 7, Dupont. Missing.
Indiana Historical Bureau: ID#: 39.2004.3
County: Jefferson
Title: Eleutherian College
Marker Text: Side one:
College developed 1854 from Eleutherian Institute, founded 1848. Thomas Craven and anti-slavery advocates in the area created and supported the institution for education of students of all races and genders. This structure, built in the 1850s for classes and a chapel, was purchased for restoration 1990. Designated National Historic Landmark 1997.
Side two:
Eleutherian provided one of earliest educational opportunities for women and African-Americans before Civil War.
The Underground Railroad refers to a widespread network of diverse people in the nineteenth century who aided slaves escaping to freedom from the southern U.S.
Credit Line: Installed 2004 Indiana Historical Bureau, Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology, IDNR, African American Landmarks Committee of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, Inc., Historic Eleutherian College, Historic Madison, Jefferson County Preservation Council, Cornerstone Society, Jefferson County Civil War Roundtable, and City of Madison
Directions: 6927 West SR 250, Lancaster.
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