Madison, Indiana, "The Prettiest Small Town in the Midwest"-- Part 1

That is the title given the town by Ladies Home Journal and I would tend to agree with them. This was a pleasure to find as I drove the whole length of US Highway 421 several years back. "Clinching" the road as they call it when you drive from one end of a road to the other.

This information is from the Madison Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Madison was settled in 1809 and became a major steamboat trading city. However, with the arrival of trains, a decline set in, and what ended was a town set in history, much like Illinois' Galena.

HISTORIC SITES--

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH-- 1850--Madison was very important in the Underground Railroad.

DR. WILLIAM HUTCHING'S OFFICE % HOSPITAL-- takes you back to the days of horse and buggy doctors.

HISTORIC ELEUTHERIAN COLLEGE-- Pre-Civil War college that educated all sexes and races established by abolitionists.

JEREMIAH SULLIVAN HOUSE-- 1818, considered city's first mansion

LANIER MANSION STATE HISTORIC SITE-- 1844-- National Historic Landmark

LANIER-SCHOFIELD HOUSE-- 1816

SCHROEDER SADDLETREE FACTORY MUSEUM-- America's only restored 19th century. Making saddles.

And, That's Just Some of the Stuff to See and Do. --RoadDog