The Lincoln Highway

Historical marker location:

803 Washington St, La Porte, Indiana

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Washington Street, on the left when traveling north.)

America's First Paved Coast-to-Coast Highway.

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.