The First Horse Thief Detective Association organized in the U.S.A
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Council Grove Minute Men, the first horse thief detective association organized in the U.S.A. was founded at this place June 1845 and incorporated February 1848.
Waymark Code: WMG6PK
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2013
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Erected in 1930.
The Council Grove Minute Men marker
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The first horse thief detective association organized in the U.S.A. was founded at this place June 1845 and incorporated February 1848.
* * * Incorporators * * *
James Meharry, William Cosseboon, Absolom Kirkpatrick, Jesse MeHarry, Christian Coon, Elias Moody, John M. Thomas, James Gregory, Thomas Meharry, Edward McBroom, and their associates and successors to the number of two hundred.
* * * Preamble * * *
We, the Citizens of Montgomery, Tippecanoe, and Fountain Counties in the State of Indiana, do pledge our sacred honor to assist each other to suppress horse stealing, horse robbing, pick-pockets, and all other thieving, and to regain the stolen horse or horses and all other property and to apprehend the thief or thieves, and for the betterment of our social movements, we adopt this preamble and constitution.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 06/01/1845
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