William G. Bray

Historical marker location:

Martinsville, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of East Morgan Street and North Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling east on East Morgan Street.)

Marker installed: 1982

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.