Historical Marker
"It All Started Here"
Historical marker location:
1000 Gordon M. Buehrig Place, Auburn, Indiana
( Marker is on Gordon M. Buehrig Place just east of South Wayne Street, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2013
1874.
The state's capital, Indianapolis, was originally founded in 1821 as a planned city to serve as the new state capital. It was named after the Indiana tribes that once inhabited the area.