SURVEY
OF MARKERS AND LANDMARKS IN CLAY COUNTY JULY 1927
McKinley Inn—Oldest
brick building now standing in the county—built in 1834—located on
Pell farm and national Road—half mile east of Harmony, four miles east
of Brazil, Section 27, Township 13, Range 6 West.
Ten
O’clock Line—boundary of Harrison
Purchase by Treaty with Indians at Ft. Wayne in 1809—enters County about
100 years north of National Road at Putnam-Clay County Line—passes out
of County east of Carbon.
Revolutionary
Soldiers—Granite Monuments to Lawrence
Thompson and Amos Kelley
in Zenor Cemetery six miles south of Brazil, half mile east of State Road
59, Section 29, Township 10, Range 6 West—monuments erected by County
appropriation.
Daniel
Harris Tree—Grown from the sapling on
bank of Eel River to which Daniel Harris,
the father of Clay County, and his Indian guide tied their canoe on their
first trip to this territory in 1820.
The stream has straightened its course and the channel is about ¼
of a mile away, located on Mrs. Jacob Luther
farm, west of State Road 59, about four miles north of Clay City—Section
7, Township 10, Range 6 West.
Daniel
Harris Grave—Stone over grave of
Daniel Harris in Baumunk or
Harris Cemetery—16 miles south
of Brazil, and 5 miles north of Clay City, on State Road 59, where old
tow-path crosses it near Feeder Dam—Section 6, Township 10, Range 6
West. State Road 59 now
passes Cemetery on the East.)
Pioneer
Memorial Cabin—Located
in Forest Park, Brazil—cabin erected in 1856 by Philip Fernsel
in Sugar Ridge Township, 12 miles south of Brazil—presented to Clay
County Historical Society by his children—removed in 1926, erected and
dedicated in 1927. Oldest
Two-Story Brick House—built
about 1840 by George Grimes—one-mile
south east of Ashboro, Section 20, Township 11, Range 6 West Granite
Drinking Fountain—Donated
by W.C.T.U. of Clay County—placed in Forest Park Civil
War Cannon—two field
pieces used in Civil War---placed on Brazil Court House Lawn—sent on
request of Congressman Elias Holliday. Frost
Cabin—erected in
1805 in Jackson Township by a Mr. W. Payne—good
logs trucked to Forest Park, Brazil, erected just west of Fernsel Cabin
and accepted Sunday, August 5, 1951. Revolutionary
Soldier’s Graves—Markers
dedicated Sunday, May 20, for William Oard,
Hill Cemetery, Brazil John Yocum,
Kumpf Farm, South State Road
59 in Posey Township Old
Hayes School—Stood
on southwest corner of Hendrix St. Road and Water Works Road—Stone
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