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Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“Trippettt-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm is a historic home and farm complex and national historic district located at Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana. It encompasses seven contributing buildings, three contributing sites, three contributing structures, and two contributing objects.”

Wikipedia article Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 10 National Register listings published here for Gibson County · listed in 1993 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Listed as. Trippett--Glaze--Duncan--Kolb Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. IN 65 E of Patoka, Patoka, 47666
  • When was it listed? May 1993
  • Category. district
  • Township. Washington township
  • National Register reference number. 93000470 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

2,885 words

The chapter on Washington Township in History of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884 names Patoka. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

The soil is quite productive, and-in some parts, especially in the fertile bottoms, yields bountifully to the hand of labor. The township is well supplied with streams which furnish an abundance of water for stock purposes. The surface water is drained by White and Patoka Rivers, Yellow, Engine, Goose, Pond, Sand Branch and other tributaries. The Patoka River flows in a northern and westerly direction and drains the southern part of the township, and White River flows in a southwesterly direction and drains the extreme northern portions of the township. Washington is irregular in shape, and is bounded on the north by Pike County and White River, east by Pike County, south by Center and Patoka, west by White River Township and White River. It comprises within its boundaries portions of Township 1 South, Range 9, Township 1 South, Range 10, and Township 1 North, Range 10.

Passage source: History of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884.

Joseph Decker, Jacob Decker and Luke Decker, brothers, came to the territory now embraced in Washington Township about or before 1800, and established a ferry across the White River at a point where Buena Vista now stands, known as Decker's ferry. This ferry and the Severns' ferry across the Patoka were the first in the county, and were in operation long before this was a county, under the authority of Knox County.

Passage source: History of Gibson County Indiana, published 1884.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Washington Township - 2,885 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm between 2001 and 2012, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
1 July 2012Natural1.0 acresPatoka River National Wildlife RefugeWHITE RIVER
29 April 2001Recreation and ceremony20 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Gibson County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gibson County Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer

Every working recorded in Gibson County

Storms near this property

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Patoka, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 21 flood, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Tornado (EF0)Patoka1 hurt, $20,000The tornado began on the northwest side of Patoka along U.S. Highway 41. The tornado was captured on video. A barn roof and side walls were torn off. Part of the roof of a residence was damaged. One male was injured by airborne debris from his garage. The man received a concussion and some cuts. Limbs were broken off of several trees. Crops were damaged in a bean field. Peak winds were estimated near 85 mph.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPatoka$60,000At Wheeling, the windows were blown out of a church, and holes were in some vinyl siding. Between Wheeling and Patoka, a 50,000-bushel grain bin was blown over. The bin and three large propane tanks were blown about 75 feet, and some farm equipment was damaged. At Oakland City, there was damage to the metal roof of a golf course club house. About a half dozen trees were down in the same place.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPatoka$40,000A powerful line of storms moving southeastward brought down trees and powerlines in Patoka, Princeton, and in northern portions of Gibson County, while corn fields were flattened.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPatoka$40,000Numerous trees were down in Princeton, Patoka, and Fort Branch. Tree sizes were mostly 8 to 10 inches in diameter. Damage was reported to the roofs of houses.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPatoka$30,000Power poles and power lines were blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPatoka$10,000Several trees were blown down. A tree was blown down in Patoka. A tree and a utility line were blown down in Princeton. Another tree was down on Indiana 64, and one more tree was down on County Road 475.
April 2014FloodPatoka$8,000Major flooding occurred along the Patoka River. Many roads were closed in the vicinity of the river, including State Route 64 between Oakland City and the Arthur area. At the river gage along the Patoka River just east of Patoka, the river crested at 22.34 feet on the 10th. This crest was just a few inches lower than the crest of 22.60 feet in January, 2005. Flood stage at Patoka is 18 feet, and major flooding begins at 22 feet.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Patoka$4,000A brief EF-1 tornado struck the west side of Patoka on the afternoon of July 9th. A power pole was leaning on W 350 N with tree limb and crop damage. The tornado tracked northward producing more tree limb damage before dissipating near W 450 N. Estimated peak winds with this tornado were 100 mph.
March 2018FloodPatoka$2,000Moderate flooding continued on the Patoka River from late February. At the river gage near Princeton, the river crested at 22.79 feet on March 2. Flooding affected primarily farmland. Many county roads were closed in the vicinity of the river. Seasonal camping trailers closest to the river were flooded or moved to higher ground.
December 2011FloodPatoka$1,000Moderate flooding of low-lying fields occurred along the Patoka River.
February 2022FloodPatoka-The Patoka River rose above flood stage and remained there into March. The river crested in March.
January 2020FloodPatoka-Moderate flooding occurred on the Patoka River. The river crested at 20.83 feet around noon on the 18th at the Princeton river gage. Moderate flooding begins at 20 feet. Some rural county roads were closed in the vicinity of the river. Seasonal camping trailers closest to the river were moved to higher ground.
June 2019FloodPatoka-Moderate flooding occurred on the Patoka River. Fields and woodlands in the flood plain of the Patoka River were inundated. At the river gage near Princeton, the river crested at 22.24 feet on the 24th. Flood stage is 18 feet.
February 2018FloodPatoka-Moderate flooding developed on the Patoka River. Flooding affected primarily farmland. Seasonal camping sites closest to the river became inundated. The river continued rising into March.
January 2016FloodPatoka-Minor flooding occurred along the Patoka River. Some low-lying woods and fields were flooded.
July 2015FloodPatoka-Minor flooding continued along the Patoka River from June into early July. Low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were inundated.
June 2015FloodPatoka-Minor flooding occurred along the Patoka River. Low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were inundated. The flooding continued into July.
March 2015FloodPatoka-Moderate flooding occurred along the Patoka River. At the river gage near Princeton, the river crested at 20.75 feet. Flood stage is 18 feet. Lowland woods and fields were inundated.
January 2013FloodPatoka-Minor flooding occurred along the Patoka River near Patoka and Princeton. Some low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were underwater.
December 2013FloodPatoka-Moderate flooding occurred along the Patoka River. Low-lying fields and woodlands were underwater, along with river access roads. The river crested at 21.08 feet on the 27th. Flood stage at Princeton is 18 feet.
March 2008FloodPatoka-Major flooding of the Patoka River occurred. At the gage northeast of Princeton, the river crested at 24.11 feet on March 25. Flood stage there is 18 feet, and major flooding begins at 22 feet. Floodwaters reached the edge of old U.S. Highway 41. Two to three inches of water was over Indiana Route 65 at Wheeling Crossing. Extensive flooding of low-lying fields occurred.
April 2008FloodPatoka-Moderate flooding of the Patoka River occurred. At the Princeton gage, the April river crest was 21.74 feet on the 1st. Flood stage at Princeton is 18 feet. Farm fields and woodlands were flooded. Since planting season was not underway when flooding began, there was little if any crop damage.
May 2008FloodPatoka-Minor flooding of the Patoka River occurred. At Princeton, the river crested at 18.45 feet on the 16th. Flood stage is 18 feet. Minor flooding of low-lying fields and woods occurred.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindPatoka-Several trees were down between Patoka and Hazleton.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPatoka-A few trees and power lines were blown down at Gordon Hills.
March 2022FloodPatoka-no account filed
July 2019FloodPatoka-no account filed
May 2019FloodPatoka-no account filed
April 2018FloodPatoka-no account filed
September 2012HailPatoka-no account filed
April 2011FloodPatoka-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gibson County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93000470 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Gibson CountyAll 10 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.