On this site John Conner operated a two story log Indian trading post from 1808 to 1815. Born in 1775 and dying in 1826, he founded Connersville on March 4, 1813, served as scout and Indian interpreter for General William Henry Harrison, helped make the treaty for the 12 Mile Purchase in 1809, served as an Indiana State Senator from 1815 to 1822, became the first sheriff of Fayette County in 1819, served as a State Representative in 1824, and was a member of the State Commission that selected Indianapolis as the site of the capitol on January 11, 1820.