Historical Marker
The Paper Maker's Shop
Historical marker location:
12252 West North Washington Street, Delphi, Indiana
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of West North Washington Street and North Charles Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Wabash and Erie Canal Park Trail. Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village.
The first public school system in the United States was established in Indiana in 1852. The state was also home to the first kindergarten in the United States, which was founded in 1873 by a German immigrant named Margarethe Schurz.