Hay's connections to the town. Robert H. Milroy, general in the Union Army during the Civil War, born in Salem. John Pickler, member of the United States House of Representatives; born in Salem. Brad Pennington, MLB relief pitcher Roy Robertson, Inventor of the Process for 2% Milk while working at the Salem Creamery Terry Hall, Women’s NCAA Basketball Coach (Eastern Kentucky, Univ. of Louisville, Univ. of Kentucky & Wright State) 1988 bomb scare On July 5, 1988, 13 homemade bombs placed inside brown grocery bags were discovered near bridges and buildings around the town containing sticks of dynamite. However, due to faulty blasting caps, none of the bombs exploded. Had the explosives gone off, it would have severed the town from outside aid. Two men, John Hubbard and Jerry Conrad, were convicted on all counts in September and October 1989. Prosecutors allege that Hubbard had a long-standing rivalry with Democratic State Representative Frank Newkirk Jr. References Further reading Indiana Historical Commission. Archaeological and Historical Survey of Washington County (August 1924). Wm. B. Burford. External links City website Record snowfalls City-Data.com The John Hay Center Cities in Indiana Populated places established in 1814 Cities in Washington County, Indiana County seats in Indiana Louisville metropolitan area 1814 establishments in Indiana Territory Sundown towns in Indiana