Indian Cemetery

Historical marker location:

6691 West State Road 47, Thorntown, Indiana

( Marker is on State Road 47 west of Evans Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1961

Eel River Tribe of Miamis.

The first successful experimental farm in the United States was established in Indiana in 1862. Known as the Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, it paved the way for modern agricultural practices.