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HISTORY
ALIVE.
Jefferson County
established
1811

City of Madison
incorporated
1824

Hanover College
founded
1827

Madison Railroad
history begins
1837
Over 200 Years of

Fair Play No. 1
Firestation
opened
History
1841

Eleutherian College
founded
1848

J.F.D. Lanier
finances Indiana’s In 1809 the town of Madison was founded and in
Civil War effort Fair Play No. 1 1811 Jefferson County was formed from parts of two
1861-1865 adjacent counties. In 1824 the City of Madison was incor-
porated. Together the county, city, and the ten towns that
make up the county are an area of firsts within the state
Schroeder Saddle Tree of Indiana.
Factory
opened
1878 A HISTORY OF FIRSTS
Hanover College, the oldest private college in the
state, was founded in 1827. The Madison,
Broadway Fountain Indianapolis, and Lafayette Railroad, the first railroad in
originally presented
the state, was started in 1836. The oldest volunteer fire
1884
company in Indiana, Fair Play No. 1, was established in
1841. Eleutherian College in Lancaster, the first coedu-
Chautauqua Broadway Fountain cational, desegregated college in the state, was founded
Art Festival in 1848. The college also played a significant role in the
started underground railroad, which shepherded many slaves
1901
to freedom through Jefferson County.
YEARS OF EXPANSION
Madison
State Hospital The 1850’s, ‘60’s, and ‘70’s were boom times in
opened Madison and Jefferson County. In 1851 Jenny Lind, the
1910
Swedish Nightingale, sang here. In 1852 pork slaughter-
houses processed 130,730 hogs. In 1860, along with the
slaughterhouses, there were 3 breweries, a glue factory,
Clifty Falls
State Park a vinegar plant, and a starch factory in Madison. In 1870
established
1920 two flour mills and 3 saddle tree factories were added to
the list.
18 MADISONINDIANA.COM Clifty Falls State Park