Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Daily Telephone, September 2, 1938, p. 1. HISTORICAL SITES ARE MARKED Project Nearly Completed in City and County With erection of 13 of a scheduled 14 painted-metal signs, the WPA Historical Marker project has practically completed marking a representative number of historical sites in Bloomington and in Monroe County. The sites have been selected and the markers worded by Miss Estella R. Dodson of this city with the aid of Ross F. Lockridge, Indiana historian and former state director of the WPA Federal Writer's project. Erection of nine such markers has been completed in Monroe County by the State Highway commission. City markers were erected through the courtesy of the city. The markers are as follows: Marker No. 1-located on State Road 46 three miles east of Bloomington where the Knight Ridge Road branches off, marks the old pioneer road from Bloomington to Brownstown. Marker No. 2-located on the northeast corner of College Avenue and Second Street marks the old Maxwell home built in 1934 (undoubtedly this should have read 1834), now the American Legion home. Marker No. 3-on the southeast corner of Walnut and Second streets, names the old Wylie home built in 1835 by Andrew Wylie, first University president. Marker No. 4-on Whitehall Road back of Rose Hill Cemetery marks the home of Abner Blair on the corner of Fifth and Madison streets where the first circuit court of Monroe County was held. Marker No. 5-on State Road 45 seven and one-half miles southwest of Bloomington marks the Blue Springs community established in 1826. Marker No. 6-located at the west entrance to town on State Road 45 names Indiana University founded in 1820. Marker No. 7-located at the east entrance to town on State Road 46, names the Monroe County Female Seminary, 1833-1856, the site now occupied by the Masonic temple. (NOTE: in 1940, as noted in the Bloomington City Directory, the Masonic Temple was located at 120 W. 7th.) Marker No. 8-located on State Road 46 at the west entrance to town, speaks of the City of Bloomington plotted in 1827. Marker No. 9-located south of the city limits on State Road 37, refers to the first Monon train to enter Bloomington. Marker No. 10-on State Road 37, just south of the city limits, marks the site of the home of Aunty Myrears, a station in the "Underground Railroad." (Note: I did not find anyone in Monroe County named Myrears in the 1842 tax duplicates or the 1850 or 1860 census. Perhaps Myrears is a typo.) Marker No. 11-on the corner of Walnut and Seventh, names the Seward foundry, founded in 1821. Marker No. 12-located on West Eighth Street located the center of population in the United States in the year of 1910. Markers number 12 (sic) and 13-one located eight miles south of the courthouse on State Road 37 and the other between Old and New Unionville on State Road 45, marks the "Ten O'clock Boundary Line" of the year 1809. Extensive programs will be arranged at a later date for the dedication of the various markers. Persons contributing to provide for posts for the markers include Fred C. Lockwood, Roy O. Pike, Philip Hill, Carl Breeden, O. H. Cravens, A. F. Hirsch, William Graham, M. R. Currie, Mrs. Grace P. Young, Fred Seward, Mrs. Alta B. Sembower, Mrs. A. S. Hershey, Ross F. Lockridge and Dr. Rodney D. Smith.