High School Draw Well - Merom, IN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 03.421 W 087° 34.029
16S E 450928 N 4323256
Well used to mark spot of old High School and become a display for the school bell.
Waymark Code: WMP5G1
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
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County of Well: Sullivan County
Location of Well: 3rd St., town council lawn, Merom
Bell erected by: Merom High School Alumni
Date bell dedicated: April 10, 1971

Dedication plaque text:

ORIGINAL BELL
and
Former Site of
MEROM HIGH SCHOOL
1924 - 1958

Found some old stuff: a Merom High School Baseball Team Photo and Graduation Class 1925   both provided by Wabash Valley Visions & Voices

Indiana Historic Plaque next to well
Plaque erected: 1989
Plaque erected by: The Merom Improvement Association: Plaque text:

MEROM
FOUNDED 1817
A log courthouse here served as Sullivan's first county seat from 1819-1842. Merom was an important river port and a stop on the stage route ~ The Old Harrison Trail. Harrison's troops camped near here on their 1811 march to Tippecanoe.

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