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Lyles Station, Indiana IN128 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
1886..........LYLES STATION, INDIANA...........1986
Dedicated to preserve the memory of Joshua Lyles
Lyles Station, Indiana, the state's only remianing Black-named community, was settled more than one hundred years ago by Joshua Lyles, a freed slave from Tennessee.
He encouraged other freed slaves to settle as farmers in Indiana. The "Negro Colony", as it was called prior to and after the Civil War, became a Northern picture of Southern culture.
The community served as a symbol of hope for freed men and slaves. THENCEFORWARD - FOREVER FREE
Lyles Station Community; AME Church; Gibson County Historical Society
5 miles W. of Princeton, ½ mile N. of IN-64/65, CR-500, Lyles Station, Gibson County Indiana
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