Morgan's Raid

Historical marker location:

Salem, Indiana

( Marker is at the intersection of Public Square (South Side) (State Road 135) and South Main Street, on the left when traveling east on Public Square (South Side).)

Marker installed: 1963

July 8-13, 1863.

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.