Historic Driving Tour of Miami County, Indiana
  

Chief John Baptiste Richardville's House
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Go S. on Broadway Site #1 at the NE corner of the bridge.  Cross bridge, turn E. on U.S. 124 - turn right S. on road 300E.  Sites 2 & 3 on right side of road.

3.  CHIEF JOHN BAPTISTE RICHARVILLE'S HOUSE - This brick house was built by the United States Government and given to Chief Richardville as a token of good will and friendship between the government and the Miami Nation.  The U.S. Government eventually acquired all the Miami lands by 1840.  The displaced Miami were moved to present day Kansas - only a handful stayed behind.

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