Pigeon Roost State Historic Site facts for kids

Pigeon Roost State Historic Site is located between Scottsburg and Henryville, Indiana, near Underwood, Indiana. A one-lane road off U.S. Route 31 takes the visitor to the site of a village where Indians or Native Americans massacred 24 settlers shortly after the War of 1812 began.

Memorials

In 1904 the state of Indiana authorized $2,000 to build a memorial to the victims of the Pigeon Roost Massacre. It is a 44-foot-tall (13 m) obelisk and the area was made a state historic site in 1929.

Recently, new historic markers were placed on US-31 at the entrance to the site and a picnic shelter was built. The state has turned the site over to Scott County. This year a log cabin was built on the site, similar to the ones that would have been built by the early settlers. An annual picnic is held on the site, the second Sunday in September.

Gallery

Historical marker for the Pigeon Roost settlement on IN state Hwy 31.
40 ft tall Memorial made of Bedford limestone, raised in 1903 and dedicated October 1, 1904
Memorial to the families of the Pigeon Roost attack, located next to the Sassafras tree.
Marker located next to memorial, with massacre information.

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