Tag Eaton Indiana

Union Township’s Poor schoolhouse in Delaware County

Ted Shideler Leave a comment
Read time: 3 min.

Many Delaware County residents know about the stone marker that commemorates Union Township’s District 2 schoolhouse in northern Delaware County. It’s stood at the corner of County Roads 1200-North and 200-East since 19491! Fewer probably realize that they’ve driven past the old schoolhouse as well: if my research is correct, it sits about a third of a mile east of the monument.

Continue reading “Union Township’s Poor schoolhouse in Delaware County” →

Union Township’s Center schoolhouse in Delaware County

Ted Shideler Leave a comment
Read time: 3 min.

Delaware County’s Union Township was divided into unique school districts in 18371 in an arrangement made fourteen years before Indiana established funding for a system of common schools2. In 1882, William Cox granted the township a portion of his land at the corner of Center and Eaton-Wheeling Pike to build a schoolhouse3.

Continue reading “Union Township’s Center schoolhouse in Delaware County” →

Mt. Zion Church on Eaton-Wheeling Pike in Delaware County

Ted Shideler Leave a comment
Read time: 5 min.

I started driving and exploring my surroundings during my senior year of high school. It’s been years, but I remember the impetus clearly: I asked my mom if I could take the girl I was dating to a soccer game at Delta High School, just northeast of town near where two highways intersected. Mom responded with a key question that got right to the point: “Do you even know the way to get there?”

Oof. I didn’t.

Continue reading “Mt. Zion Church on Eaton-Wheeling Pike in Delaware County” →