Conner Prairie
the museum
prairie technology
History of the Area
Lenape Indian Lodge (1816)
traveling overland with the Conestoga wagon
William Conner meeting the Lenape Indians
Conner Prairie traces its lineage
to William Conner. Trader, interpreter, scout, community leader, and
entrepreneur, Conner came to central Indiana during the winter of 1800-1801 and
soon fixed himself upon the land now encompassing the museum complex. He lived
there until moving to Noblesville in 1837. During his thirty-seven year tenure
on the prairie he raised two families, built the two-storey brick home that is
one of Conner Prairie's focal points, and helped shepherd the transition of
Indiana from wilderness to settled state.
William Conner's home
showing the semicircular bake oven
schoolhouse (1836)
Whitaker's store
the store interior
Cedar Chapel Covered Bridge
More Photos of Cedar Chapel Covered Bridge
Zimmerman's Farm and Home (1886)
log farm buildings
