The World's Most Beautiful Places
A view of Y Mountain from the Rock Canyon Overlook on Squaw Peak Road. In the distance you can see Utah Valley, Utah lake, and the City of Provo. Rock Canyon, Y Mountain and Squaw Peak are popular hiking destinations, particularly for students from nearby Brigham Young University. Y Mountain is named after Brigham Young, an early leader of the Mormon Church.
The Battle of Corydon, the only Civil War battle in Indiana, occurred on July 9, 1863. The battle included the Union’s Harrison County Home Guard, and 2,400 confederate cavalry commanded by General John Hunt Morgan (known as Morgan’s Raiders). Morgan ultimately went on to win the battle and continue a rampage through Indiana, Ohio and up into Pennsylvania.
The monument is a copy of Marie Antoinette’s Temple of Love, in the gardens at the Palace of Versailles in Paris. It was dedicated to Florence Brokaw Martin Satterwhite, who died in 1927, by her husband Preston Pope Satterwhite, a wealthy surgeon.