Greg Kinnear

Gregory Kinnear

Logansport, Ind., native.

Gregory Kinnear was born in Logansport, Indiana, the son of Suzanne, a homemaker, and Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat who worked for the U.S. State Department.

Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside

According to the Indiana Historical Marker (ID# : 81.1963.1) located at Main & Union Streets, NW lawn, Courthouse Square, Liberty. (Union County, Indiana) and erected in 1963, Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881) was:

Born in Liberty, Indiana, Ambrose E. Burnside invented the breech-loading rifle in 1856. Commanded a brigade at First Bull Run and the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg. He was commander of the Army of Ohio when Morgan's Raiders were captured.

Schuyler Colfax

According to Indiana Historical Marker (ID# : 71.1966.2) located at Colfax & Taylor Streets, South Bend. (St. Joseph County, Indiana) erected in 1966:

Prominent newspaperman and political leader; member of Congress, 1855-1869; Speaker, House of Representatives, 1863-1869; and Vice-President of the United States, 1869-1873.

Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

According to the Indiana Historical Marker (ID# : 75.2000.1) erected South of US 30 on CR 50 E/ N. Range Road, 0.6 mile east of the La Porte & Starke county line & Kankakee River; Turkey Foot Conservation Area parking lot, Davis Station, Hamlet area. (Starke County, Indiana) in 2000:

Side one:

Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, born Rouen, France 1643; died 1687. Emigrated 1666 to New France (near present Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Led explorations 1679-1682 in search of trade, expanded empire for France, and mouth of Mississippi River. On April 9, 1682 claimed entire Mississippi River basin for France, naming it Louisiana.

Side two:

In 1679, La Salle and his men came to present Indiana traveling on St. Joseph and Kankakee rivers. They canoed down the meandering Kankakee River through vast marsh-swamp-dune ecosystems--which covered over 625 square miles and teemed with game including fish, waterfowl, and mammals. Kankakee River forms part of northern and northwestern boundary of Starke County.

Edwin Way Teale

According to Indiana State Historical Marker (ID#: 64.2009.1) at 285 East U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton, IN (Porter County) erected in 2009:

Side One

Born 1899 in Illinois, Teale became an influential naturalist, author, and photographer[ who won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for his book Wandering Through Winter. Teale wrote that boyhood summers and holidays spent near here at his grandparents’ farm inspired his interest in nature. Teale moved to New York City; employed by Popular Science Monthly 1928-1941.



Side Two

Teale published his first critically acclaimed book, Grassroot Jungles, in 1937. In 1943, he published Dune Boy, recollections of time spent exploring the dunes and woodlands in this area. During his life, he wrote, edited, and contributed to over 30 books, which educated Americans about nature’s importance and beauty. He died in Connecticut in 1980.

Howard W. Hawks

Howard W. Hawks was (according to his historical marker, erected at 301 South Fifth Street at Jefferson, SW corner, Goshen. (Elkhart County, Indiana) in 1998 (ID# : 20.1998.1):

Born 1896 in house on this site into locally prominent family. Moved with parents to Neenah, Wisconsin 1899 and to Pasadena, California 1906. Hawks - director, producer, screenwriter - is recognized as one of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers. His more than forty-six movies include fine examples of traditional film genres, both comedy and drama. Died 1977.