Jeff Gordon
Historical marker location:
6127 River Greenway, Saint Joe, Indiana
( Marker is on River Greenway, 0.3 miles south of County Route 60, on the left when traveling south.)
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(Born August 4, 1971). Former NASCAR Driver
The first public demonstration of the electric light bulb was given by Thomas Edison in Menlo Park, New Jersey, but the first practical incandescent light bulb was invented by Lewis Howard Latimer, who was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, but lived in Indiana for a time. Latimer was also the first African American to be employed as an engineer by the U.S. Patent Office.