A schoolhouse sat on the land of Uriah Columbus Vermillion as early as 18801. Vermillion was a prominent farmer who lent his last name to a creek, two churches, and Monroe Township’s District 15 schoolhouse. All that made up a loose community located near his land along the Jackson Street Pike in eastern Madison County.
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I’ve been hooked on exploring old roads since I was fourteen and stumbled across a residential cul-de-sac that once carried Indiana State Road 67 from Anderson toward Muncie. The regions between the two cities have served as my stomping grounds for nearly thirty years. and we’ve talked about the old alignments of State Road 32 and State Road 67 that once connected them. Today, we’ll complete the series by discussing Jackson Street Pike, along with the highway that superseded it, State Road 332.
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