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Terre Haute Tourism Government Office
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Terre Haute Tourism Government Office
Terre Haute Tourism Government Office
17 Harding AvenueTerre Haute Indiana 47807United States
812-244-2311
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Terre Haute, Indiana, is known as the Queen City of the West. It sits on the banks of the Wabash River. This small town offers visitors much more than just river views. Terre Haute offers many activities, including a hike along Wabash River Trail, learning about history at Terre Haute Museum & Planetarium and delicious food. You can also see live theater. Here are 20 fun things to see and do while in town.
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About Terre Haute
Terre Haute ( TERR-ə HOHT) is the city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, 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 and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716. Located along the Wabash River, Terre Haute is one of the largest cities in the Wabash Valley and is known as the Queen City of the Wabash. The city is home to multiple higher-education institutions, including Indiana State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. == History == Terre Haute's name is derived from the French phrase terre haute (pronounced [tɛʁ ot] in French), meaning "highland". It was named by French-Canadian explorers and fur trappers to the area in the early 18th century to describe the unique location above the Wabash River (see French colonization of the Americas). At the time, the area was claimed by the French and British and these highlands were considered the border between Canada and Louisiana. The construction of Fort Harrison in 1811 marked the known beginning of a permanent population of European-Americans in the area that would become known as Terre Haute. A Wea Indian village already existed near the fort, and the orchards and meadows they kept a few miles south of the fort became the site of the present-day city. (Terre Haute's currently affiliated Order of the Arrow lodge of the Boy Scouts of America is named after the last leader of the Wea village, Jacco Godfroy.) The village of Terre Haute, then a part of Knox County, Indiana, was platted in 1816.