Birthplace of Paul Dresser (1859-1906)

Location: Dresser Drive & 1st Streets, Fairbanks Park, Terre Haute. (Vigo County, Indiana)

Erected by the Indiana Historical Bureau, 1966

ID# : 84.1966.1

Marker Review Report: Learn more here. See also markers 84.1966.3 Birthplace of Paul Dresser (one block west) and 84.1947.2 Terre Haute (Home of Paul Dresser).

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Composer of Indiana State Song, "On the Banks of the Wabash, " and other songs popular in the Gay Nineties. His famous brother, Theodore Dreiser, wrote An American Tragedy and other novels.

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