Archaeology in Action

Historical marker location:

12308 Strawtown Ave, Strawtown, Indiana

( Marker is on Strawtown Avenue, 0.3 miles west of Essig Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)

Strawtown Koteewi Park.

The notorious bank robber John Dillinger was born in Indiana in 1903. He gained national notoriety during the Great Depression for a string of daring bank robberies and was eventually shot and killed by law enforcement in 1934.