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Dresser, Indiana
Ghost town in Indiana, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Dresser, Warren County, Indiana. For the community known as Dresser, Vigo County, Indiana, see Taylorville, Indiana.
Dresser was a small town in Steuben Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It was founded shortly before the turn of the 20th century and consisted of several residences and a post office. The post office operated only from 1899 to 1903.[1] The town was named after Paul Dresser, the American songwriter who wrote "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" (which became Indiana's state song); Harvey Porter Layton, the first postmaster, had met Dresser at the Hotel Mudlavia and was so impressed with the man that he named the town after him.
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