Bridgeton Mill
The Bridgeton Mill was established in 1823. Family owned and operated for over 180 years (not the same family). Stone ground products, Amish products, snacks, souvenirs and ice cream. Food available Friday - Sunday. Open April - November, Thursday -…
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Juliet Strauss Memorial, Inside Turkey Run State Park
Juliet V. Strauss was born in 1863 in Rockville, Indiana, in a rural agricultural area of the state. Her parents were William and Susan (King) Humphreys, both new to the region and there to make new lives as pioneer farmers. She grew up and married…
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Lusk Home
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The Lusk Home and Mill Site was the first European-American development in present Turkey Run State Park, Indiana’s second oldest state park.
Vermonter Salmon Lusk was awarded this land for serving in the Battle of Tippecanoe under…
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Mansfield Roller Mill
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The Mansfield Roller Mill or Mansfield Mill was a (gristmill) that was built in 1820 by James Kelsey and Francis Dickson and has always run on water power from Big Raccoon Creek. The original mill was a 30-foot (9.1 m) by 30-foot (9.1 m) log…
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Marshall Arch
The Arch in the Town of Marshall, also known as Marshall Arch, was built in 1921 by Carroll Beeson.
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Mecca One Room School House
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Open during Covered Bridge Festival for viewing.
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Mordecai Brown Historical Marker
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. Due to a farm-machinery accident in…
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Parke County Courthouse
Cost: $79,000.00
Constructed: 1879 - 1882
"Original plans (for the courthouse) called for 'red pressed brick with white limestone trim.' Before the foundation was finished, the contractor agreed to substitute stone for the red brick at no…
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Turkey Run State Park- Nature Center
Turkey Run State Park offers interpretive naturalist services all year long. Scheduled programs include hikes, planetarium programs, history talks, a junior naturalist program, and evening programs. Special groups wishing programs just for their…
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County Map Parke County 4-H Fair
July 13th-19th Summer's End Market
August 31st Bridgeton Milling Days
September 7th-8th Model T Covered Bridge Tour
September 28th- October 2nd PARKE COUNTY COVERED
BRIDGE FESTIVAL
October 11th-20th