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Little River, Eel River, Tippecanoe River, Vermilion River, Little Vermilion River, Embarras River, Little Wabash River. The Wabash River / ˈwɔːbæʃ / (French: Ouabache) is a 503-mile-long (810 km) [ 2 ] river that drains most of the state of Indiana, and a significant part of Illinois, in the United States.
Terre Haute (/ ˈtɛrə ˈhoʊt / TERR-ə HOHT) [4] is a city in, and the county seat of, Vigo County, Indiana, United States, [5] about 5 miles (8 km) east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 [6] and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716.
1,190 (455 in prison camp) Opened. 1940 (as the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute) Managed by. Federal Bureau of Prisons. The Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute (FCI Terre Haute) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Indiana. It is part of the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute (FCC Terre ...
Fort Harrison, Indiana. Coordinates: 39°30′31″N 87°24′40″W. Fort Harrison was a War of 1812 era stockade constructed in Oct. 1811 on high ground overlooking the Wabash River on a portion of what is today the modern city of Terre Haute, Indiana, by forces under command of Gen. William Henry Harrison. It was a staging point for Harrison ...
Wabash Valley. Coordinates: 38°50′N 87°30′W. The Wabash River, shown within its drainage basin. The Wabash Valley is a region located in sections of both Illinois and Indiana. It is named for the Wabash River and, as the name is typically used, spans the middle to the middle-lower portion of the river's valley and is centered at Terre ...
June 30, 1983. Wabash Avenue–West Historic District is a national historic district located at Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. It encompasses 24 contributing buildings in the central business district of Terre Haute. It developed after 1870 and includes representative examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Renaissance Revival ...
Wabash Confederacy. The Wabash Confederacy, also referred to as the Wabash Indians or the Wabash tribes, was a number of 18th century Native American villagers in the area of the Wabash River in what are now the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The Wabash Indians were primarily the Miami, Weas and Piankashaws, but also included ...
Aug. 30—Those who wish to celebrate America's workers on Labor Day are in luck: The annual Terre Haute parade, sponsored by Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 157, will return to its usual route.