marion indiana marion indiana About (brief history) In December 1812, an expeditionary force sent by William Henry Harrison against the Miami towns engaged in combat north of the modern city of Marion. At the largest War of 1812 reenactment in the US, the “Mississinewa 1812” festival, residents of Grant County and other reenactors and aficionados… Read More »
terre haute indiana terre haute indiana History The name Terre Haute is derived from the French word terre haute, which means “highland” and is pronounced [t ot]. In order to reflect the distinctive location above the Wabash River, French-Canadian explorers and fur trappers who came to the region in the early 18th century gave… Read More »
Richmond, Indiana Richmond, Indiana. ABOUT (brief history) The earliest European American settlers in the region were Quaker family from North Carolina who made their home near the East Fork of the Whitewater River in 1806. In the early decades following the American Revolution, there was a general westward migration that included this. One of the… Read More »
Muncie Indiana Muncie Indiana, ABOUT (brief history) The Lenape (Delaware) tribe moved to new territories in modern-day Ohio and eastern Indiana in the 1790s after being evicted from their tribal lands in the Mid-Atlantic region (all of New Jersey, southern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware). Along the White River, the Lenape established a… Read More »
lafayette Indiana lafayette indiana ABOUT (brief history) The Ouiatenon or Weas, a Miami Indian tribe, lived in this region when European explorers first arrived. The French government built Fort Ouiatenon in 1717, three miles (five kilometers) south of Lafayette today and across the Wabash River. Fur trappers, traders, and Indians all conducted their business out… Read More »
Bloomington Indiana Bloomington Indiana ABOUT BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA In the middle part of the American state of Indiana, Bloomington is both a city and the county seat of Monroe County. It is the fourth-largest city outside of the Indianapolis metropolitan area and Indiana’s seventh-largest overall. The “Gateway to Scenic Southern Indiana” is Bloomington, according to… Read More »