Oliver Perry Morton

Historical marker location:

Indianapolis, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of North Capitol Avenue and West Market Street, on the right when traveling south on North Capitol Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1907

The Great War Governor.

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.