Havilah Beardsley

Historical marker location:

Elkhart, Indiana

( Marker is on W. Beardsley Avenue west of N. Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1913

1795 1856.

The USS Indiana, a battleship that served in both World War I and World War II, was named in honor of the state. It was commissioned in 1895 and was the lead ship of its class.