In 1811, Fort Harrison was founded on the Wabash River in western Indiana. The river settlement of Terre Haute grew around it. American Socialist leader Eugene Debs and novelist Theodore Dreiser were born in Terre Haute. The city has a park, which is dedicated to the memory of the songwriter Paul Dresser, who was Dreiser's brother. Other points of interest the Debs home, the Early Wheels Museum, an art gallery and a historical museum.
Terre Haute is the seat of Indiana State University and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and a federal penitentiary are not far from town.
Terre Haute is the commercial and trade center of a farm and coal-mining region. Products that are manufactured in the city include foods, beverages, paper goods, aluminum, steel and farm and communications equipment.
Accommodation and restaurants are available in town.Terre Haute is in the west of Indiana, 110 km west from Indianapolis and 890 km west from Washington D.C.
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