Location: This marker is located in the southeast corner of the Lincoln Pioneer Village at the west end of Main Street, Rockport, Indiana.

The plaque contains this information:
1800 1873
Wm. Holmes McGuffey
"From 1836
until the close of the century
Professor McGuffey exerted the
greatest influence, culturally, of
any person in American History."
here
in this Pioneer Village
at Rockport, Indiana,
the Southern Indiana McGuffey Club
was organized, July 4th, 1935
with the following officers:
Jroy Strickland, Pres.
Dr. Claude Lomax, Vice Pres.
Alidore Cassidy Huffman, Secy.
Tablet Dedicated June 19, 1938

Close-up of the plaque taken in 2005.

This photo, courtesy of Willard Library, was taken at the plaque dedication on June 19, 1938. George is at the left, behind the boy, and Alda is on the right side of the stone.