EDUCATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

"Let There Be Light"

South Whitley, Indiana
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Education

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During 1837, in a log cabin near this spot, David Parrett taught the first school in Whitley County. This memorial was dedicated on December 4, 1937, by the teachers of Whitley County.
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South Whitley, Indiana · United States

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