American Road Spring Cruise-- Indianapolis-- Part 4

CROWN HILL CEMETERY

I followed Pat and Jennifer to Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis to see Carl Fisher's grave. They added a few other highlight graves, though. The first was that of bank robber John Dillinger. It was nothing fancy, just an in-ground stone with name and dates. I've since read that people take souvenir chips, but it looked in fine shape to me. However, people had put quite a few coins (mostly pennies) on it, probably because he liked money so much.

We then saw the grave of Pat's grandfather.

This has to be the largest cemetery I've ever seen. I mentioned that with one this large and in a major city, there must be a president buried there, and there was. Next stop was the grave of the 23rd president, Benjamin Harrison. It also wasn't as big as I might have expected.

A short distance from it was the mausoleum of the Fisher family, where Lincoln Highway, Dixie Highway, Indianapolis Speedway, and Miami Beach founder Carl Fisher is buried. Other than the family name, there is nothing else to indicate the importance of the man buried there.

Also, a short distance from Harrison and Fisher's grave is Strawberry Hill, where Indiana children's poet James Whitcomb Riley is buried. It is the highest point in Indianapolis and offers a great view of the skyline.

We also found the grave of Richard Gatling, inventor of the first machine gun, the Gatling Gun.

Quite a Cemetery. RoadDog

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