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What a shame that old mill burned in about 1938 or 39! We lived just north
of Maple Avenue on North 29th Street. The fire was visable even there and
large enough that although I was 6 years old, I can still remember that
night. Daddy loaded up all of us in his old car and we went to see what was
burning east of North Terre Haute.
Mary
In response to Carol Genung's request for info on the Markle Cemetery, I
just thought I'd post this interesting piece of information:
The following is taken from a book I recently picked up in a used bookstore
in Columbia, TN. The title of the book is "The Wabash Valley Remembers
1787 - 1938" and put out by the Terre Haute Northwest Territory Celebration
Committee. Not being a prolific writer like so many others and the fact that
this contains so many names from the past that I don't want to leave any
out, I am quoting verbatim from the book.
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Markle's Mill
Perhaps there is no more picturesque spot in all Indiana than the old Markle
Mill in Vigo County. Standing amid well tended farms and but a few miles
northeast of the National Highway, it is ever a source of interest to
tourists, hundreds of which visit it monthly.
The mill was erected in 1817 by Abraham Markle, who, besides being a
miller, was a brave soldier and one of Indiana's first real estate men. Land
warrant No. 1 was issued to him in 1816 as a reward for his services in the
war of 1812. Leaving Canada, he boated down the St. Lawrence, down the
Allegheny, through the headwaters of the Ohio and up the Wabash to Terre
Haute where he later moved to his land grant on Otter Creek. As he became a
miller, he chose the present site on the creek for his base of operations.
Setting to work with a will, he finished the mill, doing much of the labor
himself.
Intermingled with the records of sales are the signatures of visitors to
whom the old mill was a true haven after long journeys on ever muddy roads.
Picturesque travelers they would be to our eyes - the men in high hats, long
full-skirted coats, with high rolling collars, their hair worn rather long -
one can refresh his memory by looking at the pictures of Byron or Sir Walter
Scott - with tight trousers and high boots in which to brave the mud when it
was necessary to lend a hand to get the mired stage coach out of the
mud-hole. The women of that time were certainly not equipped for travel with
their voluminous skirts, wide mantles and thin slippers. Yet the Markle
homestead held them all and the overflow were given quarters in the old
mill.
When Mr. Markle died in 1826, he left the mill to his son Fred who
immediately began to improve on his father's plans. He remodeled the
building at a great cost, using five-sevenths of the original material.
During the turbulent years preceding the Civil War, the mill was a busy
place. It was rumored by hostile slaveholders that fugitive slaves were
hidden in and around the mill until a way could be made clearer for them
into Canada. There was much talk of secret passages and rooms unopened until
midnight when the dusky inmates were brought forth to continue on their way
to freedom. Many were the occasions when black faces shone with gratitude
and fervent thanks were expressed to "massa and 'kin' missus." Markle's Mill
was quite a useful link in the Underground Railroad.
During the Civil War soldiers and citizens depended largely on the mill for
their sustenance and they were not disappointed. When Oliver P. Morton,
Indiana's war governor, called for volunteers, the men of Vigo County
responded nobly. Although the mill was forced to work short-handed it never
missed a day's work.
Following the close of the Civil War the mill was operated by Fred and
William Markle. The brothers worked together and kept the mill a going
concern until 1878, when they sold out to Henry Creal. In 1898 it passed
into the hands of J. T. Walsh, who instituted to roller process.
Mr. D. C. Hansel, the present owner, has done much to preserve the mill's
air of antiquity. In every way possible he has endeavored to keep the mill
exactly as it was the days of powdered wigs and hoop-skirts.
Hoosiers, particularly those in Vigo County, are eagerly awaiting the day
when Markle's Mill will be considered in the same class with Mount Vernon,
Monticello, the home of Betsy Ross, and other famous buildings dear to the
hearts of Americans. That day is not far off.
Enjoy,
Rob Robbins
Columbia, TN
Can anyone give me directions to, or the location of, Markle Cemetery and
Wood Cemetery, both in Otter Creek Twp in northern Terre Haute, or Brown
Cemetery, in Linton or Pierson Twp. in southern Terre Haute? I would be
coming from the north on route 41.
Thanks!
Carol
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