Editing Fountain County, Indiana (section)

==Notable people==
[[Daniel Wolsey Voorhees]] was born in Ohio but was raised in Fountain County. He attended school in Veedersburg, graduated from college in 1849, was admitted to the bar, and began practicing law in Covington; he moved to Terre Haute in 1857. He served as a United States Senator (1877–1897), and was known as "the tall sycamore of the Wabash". He died in Washington in 1897 and is buried in Terre Haute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000116 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |publisher=United States Congress}}</ref>

[[John T. Myers (Congressman)|John Myers]] was born in Covington in 1927. He graduated from Covington High School, then from Indiana State University in Terre Haute; he served in the United States Army and then served in the US House of Representatives 1967–1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: Myers, John Thomas |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001130 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |publisher=United States Congress}}</ref>
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File:Sen Daniel W Voorhees 04790r.jpg|Daniel Voorhees
File:Daniel Voorhees historical marker.png|Voorhees historical marker
File:JTMyers.jpg|John Myers
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