Markleville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Markleville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Markleville was laid out by John Markle in 1852, and named after him. It was incorporated as a town in 1912.
The site of the Fall Creek Massacre, chronicled by Jessamyn West in her novel Massacre at Fall Creek, is located about a mile from Markleville. A historical marker located just east of Markleville on State Road 38 tells the story of the massacre. In 1824, four men named Hudson, Sawyer, John T. Bridge Sr. and John Bridge Jr. were tried and sentenced to death for the murders of eight members of a small group of Seneca Indians, including women and children.
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Start Markleville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Markleville’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMarkleville-indiana-from-above: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Markleville
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Markleville, decade by decade
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Nothing in Markleville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Markleville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Henry F. Whitelock House and Farm in Harrison, 4 miles away.
Markleville and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Markleville-indiana-from-above and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.