Dr. William B. Laughlin

Historical marker location:

Rushville, Indiana

( Marker is on East 2nd Street east of Main Street (State Road 3), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1923

Dec. 17, 1778 - - Jan. 1, 1837.

The first European settlement in Indiana was established by the French in 1732 at Vincennes, in the southwestern part of the state.