In 1873, line was extended from Grayson to Willard. Located here were a turntable, water tower, railroad scales, & engine house. Near-by, the Lick Branch & Lost Creek spurs, as well as EK coal mines and coal camp existed. In 1892, an angry mob stole the EK train and, south…
In Franklin County, white mobs lynched at least six Black people between the end of the Civil War and 1950. Two of these victims were lynched here at the Singing Bridge. In the early morning hours of August 15, 1894, a white mob hanged a Black man named Marshall Boston…
On June 10, 1882, three Black men – Isaac King, George Robertson, and Peter Vinegar- were lynched at this site by a mob of at least 100 white men. Mr. King and Mr. Robertson were living temporarily with the Vinegar family when they discovered a white man sexually assaulting Mr….
On February 26, 1901, a white mob lynched George Ward, an African American husband and father of two, near the old Wabash River Wagon Bridge. The day prior, a white woman had been shot and stabbed in the woods near Terre Haute and died later that evening. Fear and anger…
On August 15, 1908, William Donnegan, a seventy-six-year-old retired black shoemaker, was taken from his nearby home by the mob and across the street to Edwards School. His throat was slashed after which the mob attempted to hang him. Upon the approach of the militia, the mob fled. The militia…
On August 15, 1908, at about 2:00 a.m., the mob reached the home of Scott Burton. The fifty-six-year-old black barber tried to escape out a side door of his home but was overtaken and pummeled unconscious by the mob. He was then dragged to Twelfth and Madison Streets and hanged…