Elkhart County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

101 N. Main St, Goshen, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of W. Clinton St and N. Main St (U.S. 33), on the right when traveling east on W. Clinton St.)

Millrace Canal Trail.

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.