Terre Haute
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- Names
Terre Haute
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on plateau above Wabash river; was meeting place for Amerindians, Shawnees under Tecumseh frequently attacked nearby Fort Harrison; became important town on National (Cumberland) Road; grew with industry based on nearby bituminous coal deposits.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
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