FIRST - County Seat - Merom, IN
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YoSam.
N 39° 03.421 W 087° 34.029
16S E 450928 N 4323256
Lots of war around here, back then
Waymark Code: WM109JM
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2019
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County of Marker: Sullivan County
Marker Erected by: The Merom Improvement Association
Marker Location: 3rd St., @ city hall
Marker 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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