Historical Markers in
Warrick County, Indiana

Abraham Lincoln Came Often to Boonville James A. Hemenway Newburgh Captured Ratliff Boon Warrick County Desert Storm Veterans Memorial Warrick County Vietnam Veterans Memorial William L. Barker
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.
~ Indiana random facts