Historical Marker

Benack's Village

Historical marker location:
Potawatomi Wildlife Park, 16998 SR 331, Tippecanoe, Indiana
( Marker is on 17th Road, 0.3 miles east of State Road 331, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2011

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.