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Established in 1827 along the newly formed “National Road”, Knightstown, Indiana is probably most famous for it’s ties to the filming of the 1986 movie “Hoosiers” whic…[View More]
Located in Henry County, Indiana just soutwest of New Castle is the village of Greensboro. In this video we discover the beginnings of this town by the Quakers, it’s involvement in the Civil …[View More]
Established in 1935 the Mt. Lawn Speedway has been the major attraction in Henry County, Indiana for over 80 years. Many Indianapolis 500 race drivers made their way up through the ranks by using t…[View More]
The Court House was built between 1865–1869 at a cost of $120,000. An annex was added in 1905 at a cost of $44,000.
When it was built the commissioners wanted a fireproof courthouse. They …[View More]
This beautiful stone culvert is said to have been built in 1864 when a rail line was built down here through Bonnell and Guilford, Indiana. Apparently there were several different lines built in th…[View More]
Built around 1860 by the Massilon Bridge Company of Massilon, Ohio, this rare bowstring pony truss bridge once carried traffic over Oxford Road. The bridge is about 54 feet long and originally span…[View More]
The Henry County Historical Society Museum has many “one of a kind” items in its possession but probably the most interesting, beautiful and mind boggling item in the museum and for tha…[View More]
Built in 1900 when Brownsboro Road was just dirt, the Old Brownsboro Road stone arch bridge is about 50 feet long and spans Harrods Creek. The bridge was bypassed in 1967 when the road was realigne…[View More]
Built in 1919 by E.O. Kennedy of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, while we couldn’t find any information as to whether E.O. Kennedy was related to Archibald McMichael Kennedy who built the Guilford Cov…[View More]
Immaculata Church was built in 1859, just before the American Civil War, for the German congregation in the city’s Mt. Adams neighborhood. Archbishop John Baptist Purcell decided to build the chu…[View More]
