Jan Vetrhus, president of Historic Eleutherian’s board of directors and board member Roland Newman welcomed WISH TV's Adam Pinsker to the college to learn more about its history.https://www.wishtv.com/celebrating/preservationists-tout-indiana-colleges-legacy-of-flaunting-slavery-laws/ ..
Read More Eleutherian College likely would not have existed if not for the perseverance of a Baptist minister from Oxford, Ohio.Elder Thomas Craven, born 19 March 1792 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, to the Rev. Thomas Lindsey Craven and the former Eleanor Adams, was described as an...
Read More When children attended the first day of classes at the new Lancaster Elementary School in 1887, they arrived prepared to learn to read and write and do arithmetic.They would learn about President Grover Cleveland and Indiana Governor Isaac P....
Read More Not long after settlers came to Jefferson County, Indiana, a group of Baptists formed the Neil’s Creek Anti-Slavery Society in 1839, in a town named Lancaster. They brought in speakers and collected dues, but were more than a social organization. These families were involved...
Read More Which Thomas Walker was the one listed as a student in the 1857-58 catalog?The puzzle pieces: A student listed in the 1857/58 Eleutherian College catalog: Thomas Walker, College Hill, Indiana.In the 1828,...
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