Trooper Paul Vincent Minneman

Location: NW corner of SR 16 & CR 1450 E adjacent to the United Methodist Church, 0.5 mile west of the Cass-White county line. (White County, Indiana)

Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau, State Police Alliance, and David Morrison

ID# : 91.1992.1

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Site of gun battle May 25, 1937, with infamous Brady Gang after bank robbery in Goodland. Minneman (1904-1937) died from his wounds, the first trooper to be killed by criminals' bullets since formation of Indiana State Police in 1933.

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