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Bound by Laughery Creek on the north and Grant’s Creek on the south, Ohio County is the smallest county in the United States. |
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Mr. John James plotted Rising Sun in 1814. By 1816, Methodists and Presbyterians were making Rising Sun a regular stop in their travels. |
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The earliest Masonic Lodge meetings held in the state of Indiana were in Rising Sun. |
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The invention of the first steel bladed plow occurred in 1830 by the Clore Plow Company of Rising Sun. A Museum is now housed on the former manufacturing property |
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Shadrack Hathaway arrived in 1817 and built the Courtyard building in 1827. It was a general store at the time. All of the row houses were completed by 1840 and they became part of the underground railroad system during the Civil War. |
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Rising Sun is home to the oldest courthouse in continuous use in the state of Indiana. It was built in 1845 with funds raised entirely from donations. |
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A local builder and mill owner, J.W. Talbott was the great grandfather of Senator Robert Dole. |
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The 19th Century melodrama, “Blue Jeans”, by playwright Joseph Arthur was set in Rising Sun. It has been seen in repertory theatres throughout the United States. |
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The first two electric chairs were invented in Rising Sun. |
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The auto-harp, a coin-operated music player was invented and built by J.W. Whitlock in Rising Sun. |
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The Laughery Club was the early spring training camp for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. |
