Joe Dawson

Historical marker location:

311 Park St, Odon, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of Park Street (County Route 1250N) and Local Route 900E, on the right when traveling east on Park Street.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.