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1 November –
1814 – Perry County, IN, established. County seat is Tell City. Carved from Gibson and Warick counties, it is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1929 – Louisville, KY; Jeffersonville, IN. The Municipal Bridge, later named the George Rogers Clark Bridge, at Second Street in Louisville, opens. Toll charge: 35 cents per automobile
2 November –
1811 – Vermillion County, IN. Saturday. William Henry Harrison’s army builds a small blockhouse on the Wabash River. The entire army is ordered to parade for Governor Harrison. All comply, except the Corydon Yellow Jackets. As the scouts, they are out hunting and patrolling. Harrison threatens to demote all the Yellow Jacket officers, but does not carry out the threat. He knows that thus provoked, the entire company of Yellow Jackets would probably hie themselves back to Corydon. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29 October; 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 24 November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
3 November –
1811 – Vermillion County, IN. Sunday. The army crosses the Big Vermillion River. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29 October; 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 24 November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
1971 – southern IN. Frank O’Bannon is elected to the state representative seat which has been occupied by his father, Robert O’Bannon, for 20 years. The district includes Crawford, Floyd, Harrison and Perry counties. [Griffin 2; p. 185]
4 November –
1791 – OH; 11 miles east of Portland, IN. Little Turtle, leading the Miami Indians, abetted by Blue Jacket and his Shawnee warriors, inflicts the worst carnage yet delivered to the US army. General Arthur St. Clair loses some 600 men and women in the “Battle of the Wabash,” better remembered as “St. Clair’s Defeat.” [Funk, p. 13-16]
1811 – Vermillion County, IN. Several of the Corydon Yellow Jackets scout ahead of the army. Spier Spencer recovers from yesterday’s illness. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29 October; 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 24 November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
1816 – Corydon, IN. The first general assembly of the state of Indiana convenes. [Griffin 2, p. 1]
1838 – Kansas Territory. The “trail of death” of the Potawatomie Indians, under Chief Menominee, finally ends, two months after its horrific beginning. [Funk, p. 44-7]
1971 – Corydon, IN. Robert O’Bannon, 72 years old, announces his retirement from the state house of representatives. His son Frank has been elected to this seat the previous day. He will continue to publish the Corydon Democrat, a family business purchased by his father in 1907. (See 8 November 1988; 9 January 1989; 13 January 1997.) [Griffin 2, p. 185]
5 November –
1806 – Clarksville, IN. George Rogers Clark, and other dignitaries, greet the returning Corps of Discovery. [Kramer, p. 69]
6 November –
1811 – Battlefield, IN. Wednesday. William Henry Harrison and his army march through two miles of timber, then come out into open prairie county. Harrison arrays his troops in battle formation near Prophetstown, but the Indians ask for a truce and a peace conference next morning. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29 October; 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 17, 24 November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
1888 – Indianapolis attorney Benjamin Harrison elected president of the United States. (See 20 August 1833; 22 March 1865; 25 June 1888; 13 March 1901.) [Funk, p. 108]
1941 – Corydon, IN. Movables of the county (poor) farm are sold at public auction. [Griffin 2, p. 98]
7 November –
1811 – Prophetstown, IN. 4:30 a.m. American Indians led by the Prophet attack William Henry Harrison and his army. They are routed. Tecumseh’s plan of an alliance of all Indian nations to halt the rapacious advance of white settlers dies along with many Indian braves, and white army men. All senior officers of the Corydon Yellow Jackets are dead. Ensign John Tipton is now the ranking officer. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 20 October; 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 17, 24 November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
1816 – Corydon, IN. Jonathan Jennings takes office as first governor of the state of Indiana. (See 4 December 1922.) [Griffin 2, p. 30]
8 November –
1811 – Prophetstown, IN. The town is burned by William Henry Harrison and his troops. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29 October; 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 17, 24 November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
1988 – Corydon, IN. “At the Harrison County Court House last night, State Rep. Paul Robertson said: ‘Who would have thought two years ago that George Bush would win the presidency in a landslide, the vice-president would be from Indiana, and the Democrats would win the Statehouse.’”
Secretary of State Evan Bayh, 32 is elected governor and State Sen. Frank L. O’Bannon of Corydon, lieutenant governor. [Griffin 2, p. 185]
9 November –
1811 – Tippecanoe Battlefield, IN. William Henry Harrison and his troops depart for home. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 31 October; 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 17, 24 November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
10 November –
1770 – Lieutenant-General Thomas Gage, British commander in chief in North America, sums up the French strategy in the Northwest Territory. They established only so much presence as necessary to secure “a Communication” between Canada and Louisiana, and to monopolize the Indian trade to facilitate inciting Indian raids against anyone [i.e.: the British] who might interfere with the French corridor through North America and corner on the fur trade. [Cayton, p. 62-3]
1814 – Corydon, IN. Harrison County recorder Harvey Heth at last issues a deed to William Branham for 5 shillings giving Branham clear title to the log structure purchased from William Henry Harrison, where Branham currently keeps a tavern. (See 4 April 1809.) [Griffin 2, p. 1]
1865 – Washington City. Captain Henry Wirz, last commander of Andersonville Prison, GA, is hanged at the Old Capital Prison. Convicted of “conspiracy to kill and weaken Union soldiers,” many today think that he is a scapegoat. The President of the military court which tried him the past August was Major General Lew Wallace of Indiana. (See 15 February 1864; 20 February 1864; 24 March 1864; 7 June 1864; 19 July 1864; 22 July 1864.) [Funk, p. 90-97]
1881 – Corydon, IN. The Corydon Republican reports that many in Harrison County are disgruntled at the commodious size of the new brick county office building. Furthermore, in the face of such extravagance, why was a court room not included in the structure, when so much money has already been expended? [Griffin 2, p. 63]
11 November –
1814 – Posey County, IN, established. County seat is Mount Vernon. Carved from Warrick county, it is named in honor of Thomas Posey. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1921 – Washington, DC. Lt. Samuel Woodfill, joins Sgt. Alvin York and other dignitaries for the entombment of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery. (See 12 October 1918.) [Funk, p. ]
Births –
1759 – Raritan, NJ. John George born. (See 1 January 1777; 8 September 1777; 28 November 1847.) [Funk, p. 17-18]
12 November –
1782 – Ligonier, PA. William Hendricks born.
13 November –
14 November –
1883 – Corydon Junction, IN. S.J. Wright, S.M. Stockslager and Thomas McGrain give land for a town to be called Gresham. It is now the north part of Corydon Junction. [Griffin 2, p. 31]
15 November –
1817 – Madison, IN. Having sold the Indiana Gazette, John Lodge has moved from Corydon to Madison, and purchases the Indiana Republican, at the end of the first volume of that paper. [Griffin 2, p. 180-1]
1986 – Lanesville, IN. The oldest man to compete in harness racing, Elmer G. Conrad, 83, is found dead in his garage. During a career of almost 60 years, he won 697 races and $1 million. [Griffin 2, p. 345]
16 November –
1998 – Harrison County, IN. Caesar’s casino opens. [EL, p. 154]
17 November –
1811 – Danville, KY. John Baptiste Ford born. He will build steamboats in New Albany, and found Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Company. (See 1 May 1903.) [EL, p. 309]
1811 – Vincennes, IN. William Henry Harrison and his army arrive back. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29 October; 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 24 November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
18 November –
19 November –
1912 – Corydon, IN. Dr. John Calhoun Bottorff places an envelope within the walls of his home located East Walnut at Mulberry Street, SW corner. The envelope contains a photograph of the house, built about 1852. The photograph shows a sign with the Bell telephone symbol on the side of the Bottorff home, meaning that the doctor has one of the very rare long distance telephone lines. [Griffin 2, p. 5]
1921 – Corydon, IN. Harrison County Historical Society organized. [Griffin 2, p. 107]
1975 – Corydon, IN. Hon. Otis R. Bowen, MD, governor of Indiana cuts a ribbon and officially opens I-64 from SR 135 Interchange at Corydon, west to SR 37 Interchange, in Crawford County, near Sulphur. [Griffin 2, p. 178]
20 November –
1880 – Indianapolis, IN. Isaac P. Gray takes office as governor, […wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Governors_of_...]
1907 – Clark County, IN. A new building for housing the poor, aged and infirm of Clark County, is turned over to the county commissioners. The Clark County Poor Farm is a clean, safe and sanitary environment for persons needing assistance to care for themselves. (See also 16 January 1941 entry.) [EL, p. 203]
21 November –
22 November –
Deaths –
1924 – Ashville, NC. Caroline Persise Sinclair, widow of Lee Wiley Sinclair, dies. She is entombed with her husband in Crown Hill Cemetery, Salem, IN. [Bundy; Visions…, p. 107]
23 November –
1810 – Jefferson County, IN, established. County seat is Madison. Carved from Clark, Dearborn and Knox counties, it is named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1891 – Indianapolis, IN. Ira Joy Chase takes office as governor. […wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Governors_of_...]
24 November –
1811 – Corydon, IN. The Yellow Jackets, now commanded by Ensign John Tipton, arrive back home. Tipton brings home the sword of Spier Spencer and gives it to his widow. (See 12, 16, 18, 30 September; 3, 7, 10, 16, 22, 27, 28, 29 October; 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, November 1811.) [Griffin 2, p. 12-14]
25 November –
26 November –
1922 – Corydon, IN. Sunday, 9:00 p.m. An earthquake is felt. [Griffin 2, p. 151]
27 November –
1810 – Wayne County, IN, established. County seat is Richmond. Carved from Clark, Dearborn and Knox counties, it is named in honor of General Anthony Wayne. […Wikipedia.org/ …/List_of_counties_in_In…]
1883 – Corydon, IN. The 1906 Harrison County Atlas gives this as the date that the first train arrives in town. Almost the entire town turned out to welcome the dignitaries arriving from Louisville. The contract of the railroad company required that a train arrive on the track no later than this date. [Griffin 2, p. 240]
28 November –
1871 – Corydon, IN. Evidently the Old Capitol was not always well cared for. An uncredited newspaper disputes the Terre Haute Express claim that the Clay County courthouse is the “dingiest” in the state, some 50 years old and the cobwebs having never been swept down. They claim: Harrison County Courthouse beats that all hollow. It has not been swept since the State Legislature last met in it and the Capital changed to Indianapolis. [Griffin 2, p. 56]
1883 – Corydon, IN. About 1,000 people assemble at the railroad depot to greet the excursion party from Louisville and New Albany who are arriving on the first train of cars from Louisville about 1:30 p.m. (See 27 November 1883.) [Griffin 2, p. 238]
Deaths –
1847 – Perry township, Marion County, IN. John George dies. At the death of his wife in Mercer County, KY, George had re-located to live with his daughter and son-in-law, Peter Stuck. They live just east of the present campus of Indiana Central College. He is buried in Round Hill Cemetery, his standard military grave marker not indicating that he was “George Washington’s drummer boy.” (See 11 November 1759; 1 January 1777; 8 September 1777.) [Funk, p. 17-18]
29 November –
30 November –
1838 – Vincennes, IN. Dr. Thornton Offutt announces that he is moving his practice to the house of John Hannah, on Broadway Street, near the “new bank,” so apparently the Old Vincennes State Bank building was complete, or nearly so. [Funk, p. 60-65]
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