Dubois County Pageant Chronicles Buffalo Trace Tales
The Dubois County pageant presents historic figures along the Buffalo Trace route from Louisville to Vincennes. It features General George Rogers Clark and General William Henry Harrison in early military scenes, surveyors like Thomas Freeman and Ebenezer Buckingham, and Dr Simon Morgan the county's first clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rogers Clark
Great Northwest Territory
Vincennes
Buffalo Trace
Louisville
William Henry Harrison
Odiana
Fiest
Tippecanoe
William McDonald
Harrison
Thomas Freeman
U. S
Vincennes Tract
Cass Township
Dubois County
Ebenezer Buckingham
Buckingham
Freeman
William Rector
Elihue Stout
Indiana Legislative
Dubois Co
Indiana
Western Sun
United States Mail
Matthias Mount
Treverborough
Simon Morgan
Virginia
Philadelphia
St. Louis
McDonald Cabin
Thge County
Dubois County History and Early Settlements
A Genealogy of Dubois County recounts Captain Dubois Patents and battles around Vincennes and Prophetstown, home to early figures like Tecumseh and Harrison. It traces seat-of-justice sites, Rev. Kundeck’s work in Jasper Ferdinand and Celestine, and Civil War era recruitment at Jasper with Company K in Dubois County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordin Agad Township
Dabels County
Ind
Frank Holdet i
Geel Saterday
Eged
Jasper Town Mourns and Prepares Troops for Civil War
In 1861 John Mehringer is elected captain with Dr. R M Welman as first lieutenant and Stephen Jerger as second lieutenant. Jasper’s women host a farewell dinner on August 6 at the courthouse and present a home made flag later carried at Antietam. The company leaves Jasper August 8, arrives in Indianapolis August 10, and musters into the 27th Regiment September 8 under Colonel Silas Colgrove. they muster out November 4, 1864. News of Fort Sumter triggers mobilization with Camp Edmonston drill and officers chosen. The town hallmarks a strong home front as men march off and later return under the old flag after Union victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Jennings
Indiana
Corydon
General Assembly
Dublin County
Pike County
William McDonnear
McDonald
Porteraville
Dubois County
Thomas Purke
Perry County
Thomas Montgomery
Gibson County
W. Johnson
Ephram Jourdan
Knox County
Richard Palmer
Davieas County
McDonald Home
Portersville
Acat
John Wibfact
Hosea Smith
Simon Morgan
Adam Hope
Father Kundeck
Joseph Kundeck
Croatia
Austria-Hungary
America
Brate
Vincvanes
Jasper
Baden
Germany
Rundeck
Jasper College
St. Meinrad’s Abbey
Spencer County
Ferdinand
Fulda
Troy
Celestine
St. Joseph’s
Maurice de St. Polais
Col
Bazil B. Edmonston
Jesper
Mother Benedict
Covington
John Mehringer
R. M. Welman
Stephen Jerger
Court House
Antietam
Sasper
Udianapolis
Silas Colgrove
Ft. Sumpter
Camp Edmonston
Richmond
Jauper
Pinal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reckelhoff & Muller
Batalo Trace
Captain Dubois
Beene J
Dubois
Jane
Susane
Thomas
James
Jesse
Gabriel
Ann
Jefferson
Sheritt
Willam H. Harrison
Elkskatawa Teccumseh
Prophet
Tecumseh
Harricon
Prophet's Town
Ateal
Tippencoe
Harrisons
Kentucky
Captain Geiger
Joseph H. Davies
Spiers Spencer
Yellow Jackets
Col. Owen
Washington Johnson
Prophet's
Illinois
Little
Wabash River
Vinesnnes
Wavia
Boie County
Spirode
Jasperisél
Academy of Tit Immaculate Conception
Ferdinand, Indilona
Sisters of St. Benedict
Board of Education
State of
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Ferdinand Saloon
Mathias Olinger
Marengo, Ind
Southern Railway
Woodman
Wor
Round Grip
Hun
Tingburg
F. N. Westermann, A. G. PL. A
St. Louis, Mo
Ferdinand Township
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