"To Honor the Memory and the Work of the Pioneers of Indiana" Pioneer Founders 2011 of Indiana The Society of The Society of Indiana Pioneers is seeking to identify Indiana Pioneers to recognize and honor their efforts in building early Indiana foundations. Indiana Pioneers Each year, 15-20 counties will be selected for honoring pioneers at each annual meeting. The task of covering all 92 counties will be completed by 2016, the year in which we celebrate the centennial of the founding of the Society of Indiana Pioneers. For 2011, the counties include the following: Benton, Boone, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Fulton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Henry, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Perry, Pike, St. Joseph, Tippecanoe, and Washington. Office: 140 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2207 (317) 233-6588 www.indianapioneers.com
[email protected] The Pioneer Founders of Indiana Project In 2010, the Society of Indiana Pioneers embarked on a project to recognize Indiana Pioneer Settlers who helped to lay the first foundations of civilized life in Indiana. The Society plans to recognize founding settlers in each county. The project's completion is designed to coincide with Indiana’s 200th anniversary of statehood in 2016. Each year, nominations are solicited from a different group of counties so that all nominations will have been received from each county by the time we reach the bicentennial celebration. All nominations of qualified individuals will be accepted. The only criterion is that they must have settled in Indiana before the cut-off dates already established for individuals to be recognized as Pioneers. Anyone may make a nomination.