Yesterday, I wrote that this town was named after Lt. Fairbanks, leader of the first group to be ambushed at the Attack of the Narrows. I looked up the town, and didn't find much about it other than it is unincorporated and has a population of about 100. It is in the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area, in Fairbanks Township in Sullivan County.
Plus, Fairbanks might also have been a sergeant and his first name was Nathan.
I did come across plenty of stuff about Fairbanks, Alaska, though. Also, there was no mention of who the Fairbanks in Indiana was named, but I'm fairly sure it must have been the lieutenant.
According to IMDB, an Indiana State Historical Marker was erected in Fairbanks in 1989 that reads:
A War of 1812 military action occurred in September 1812 three miles west of here. While escorting supplies from Fort Knox near Vincennes to Fort Harrison at Terre Haute, Sergeant Nathan Fairbanks and approximately a dozen soldiers were ambushed--and most killed-- by Indians."
I definitely Will Have to Do a War of 1812 Tour the Next Time I'm On US-41 Driving Through There. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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