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All of the amenities you expect, and unique adventures you may not. There are few places where you will find as much as Wabash County has to offer. This charming community, located on the banks of the Wabash and Eel Rivers, has been welcoming visitors since 1834. Wabash County is known for its warm welcome, unique historical perspective, outstanding downtowns, and beautiful sites. Whether you're interested in history, shopping, the arts, or museums, there's so much to do you'll need more than one day! Let one of the travel experts at the Wabash County Convention and Visitors Bureau suggest itineraries, book tours, make reservations, or plan your convention or reunion. We are the resource for your Wabash County experience! WABASH COUNTY, INDIANA TOUR OPTIONS 2011 Step-On Tour Guides are available at no charge. CITY OF WABASH, INDIANA Wabash County Courthouse – Estimated Time: 20 minutes/Dedicated in 1879; display of brush arc lamp in lobby which was one of the original lamps used when making Wabash the “first electrically-lighted city in the world”. Honeywell Center – Estimated Time: 1 hour. Fee: $2.00 per person./The Honeywell Center provides opportunities for artistic and cultural enhancement. Concerts, theater productions, art exhibits and educational outreach programs are all part of the facility’s activities. Also, special events such as a juried craft show, family festivals and dinner theater are presented. Elegant and functional meeting spaces are available, as well as gourmet and buffet dining opportunities. Honeywell House – Estimated Time: 45 minutes. Fee: $2.00 per person./Home of Mrs. Mark Honeywell, (Eugenia) widow of Honeywell, Inc. founder. Group lunches also available. www.honeywellhouse.org Wabash County Historical Museum – Estimated Time: 1 – 1.5 hours. $5.00 per person (Children 6-12 $3.00, Seniors $3.00). /More than 20,000 square-feet of floor space, with an orientation theater, current collections, hands-on modern exhibits, Museum store and much more!! Known as “The Best County Museum in the State of Indiana”! www.wabashmuseum.org Dr. James Ford Historic Home – Estimated Time: 1 hour. Fee: $3.00 per person./A restored 19th Century physician's home and surgery invites you to experience the daily lives, personalities, and activities of the Dr. James Ford family in the years before, during, and just after the Civil War. Period decor and furnishings provide a look at what life may have been like in the mid-1800s. www.jamesfordmuseum.org Charley Creek Gardens Open dawn to dusk, every day of the year. Six acres of naturalized and formal gardens, waterfall, stone labyrinth, evergreen maze along a quarter- mile path of varied terrain. Brochure provided for self-guided tours, guided tours by appointment. Golf cart tours available for $4 per person by appointment only. www.charleycreekgardens.org
OTHER OPTIONS BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Campbell's Pumpkin Patch – Estimated Time: 1 – 1.5 hours/Hayrides, pumpkins and gourds, goats and donkeys, craft and gift barn, and snack bar. www.campbellspumpkinpatch.com Paradise Spring Historical Park & Riverwalk – Estimated Time: 30-45 minutes/This is the historical site where the signing of a peace treaty took place between the United States and the Potawatomi and Miami Indians in October 1826 . Now a park and riverwalk, the site is utilized for festivals and various activities. There are also cabins present that were erected to represent a military post at the time period when the treaty was signed. Historic Homes of Wabash – Estimated Driving Tour Time: 45 minutes with guide Legend of Frances Slocum and Frances Slocum Cemetery – Estimated Time: 1 – 1.5 hours/Still known today by her Miami descendants as the "White Rose of the Miamis," Frances Slocum is a symbol of the cultures and people that shaped the Wabash Valley. As a young girl she was "stolen" by the Delaware Indians and her final resting place, a Miami Indian Shrine, is along the banks of the Mississinewa River. Mississinewa Reservoir - Scheduled activities all year, including camping weekends, canoeing, reliving the Battle of Mississinewa. www.dnr.IN.gov/uwis Salamonie Reservoir Scheduled activities year-round. www.dnr.IN.gov/uwis
TOWN OF LAGRO, INDIANA Gene Stratton-Porter Birthplace - Born in Lagro, Stratton-Porter was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. “Hopewell” was the Stratton family farm for almost thirty years. The 240 rolling acres was heavily forested with several flowing springs and little streams crossing it in three directions. http://www.wabashcountycvb.com/www.genestrattonporter.net Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run - A spectacular gorge with waterfalls, reef fossils, exposed bedrock and vertical cliffs as high as 75 feet. Kokiwanee Nature Preserve - Features bluffs along the Salamonie River and streams tumbling down waterfalls to flow into the river. This is a place of many species of trees; wildflowers, including snow trillium; and many birds from wood ducks on the river to great blue herons wading where the water is shallow, and many woodland species. Wabash-Erie Canal Kerr Lock - In the 1830s this canal was responsible for putting Lagro on the map as “the largest and most promising town in the county of Wabash”. But the canal was no longer in use by 1870 with the advent of the railroad. But the original lock structures are still there today, and are an awe-inspiring thing to see. Put yourself back in 1830 and imagine … Hanging Rock - A huge out-cropping of limestone, one hundred feet in height, overhanging the Wabash River near the mouth of the Salamonie River near Lagro. The top is somewhat rounded by erosion, and part of one side has been torn away by the river. At the summit is a flat a space some twenty feet square which commands a broad outlook over the river and valley below. St. Patrick’s Catholic Church – Estimated Time: 1 – 1.5 hours/The first church building was erected in 1838 and was a little frame church that stood 30 x 40 feet. The present church building dates back to 1870 when the parish of 300 families decided they needed more room. It is said that the bell which hangs in the belfry of St. Patrick=s was brought to Lagro in 1837 from Buffalo, New York.
TOWN OF NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA Birthplace of Thomas R. Marshall – 28th Vice-President of the United States Historic North Manchester – Estimated Driving Tour Time: 1 hour/Includes home of Thomas Marshall, U.S. Vice President, beautiful Victorian brick homes, Peabody & Timbercrest retirement communities, Manchester Covered Bridge, Manchester College, Library, Historic Downtown District, Warvel Park, Town Life Center, Halderman Park (the original pioneer cemetery started in 1835, now a passive park). North Manchester Center for History – Estimated Time: 45 min. – 1 hour/Regional historical museum located in historic former Oppenheim department store. Special exhibits, archives and research room. Permanent local history exhibits in development. www.nmanchesterhistory.org Manchester College - Plan to visit this beautiful 125 acre campus that regularly receives acclaim from popular guides for college-bound students for its exceptional academic program. The 2010 America's Best Colleges guide of U.S. News & World Report ranks Manchester College 18th in the Midwest among "Best Colleges" and sixth in its "Great Schools, Great Prices" ranking. MC has received the "Best College" ranking for 15 consecutive years. The Princeton Review consistently ranks MC as a "Best in the Midwest" school. www.manchester.edu Manchester Covered Bridge - Experience the history of the American heartland by touring our well maintained covered bridges. One of two covered bridges in the county; built in 1872. TOWN OF ROANN, INDIANA Roann Covered Bridge – Estimated Time: 1 hour/Experience the history of the American heartland by touring our well maintained covered bridges.
Stockdale Mill – Estimated Time: 45 minutes/Standing firmly on the banks of the Eel River near Roann, the Stockdale Mill welcomes visitors to experience a bygone era. See water-powered equipment in action. The tranquil mill site is one of the most photographed and painted vistas in the region. www.stockdalemill.org
SAMPLE ITINERARY 9:00 - 10:00 Coffee at Modoc's Market, 205 South Miami Street, Wabash. 10:00 - 12:00 Wabash County Historical Museum, 36 East Market Street, Wabash. 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch at Eugenia’s, 275 West Market Street, Wabash. 1:00 – 1:30 Honeywell Center Tour, 275 West Market Street, Wabash. 1:45 – 2:30 Dr. James Ford Historic Home, 177 West Hill Street, Wabash.
2:30 - 3:30 Ice cream and chocolate break at Charley Creek Inn, 111 West Market Street, Wabash. 3:30 - 4:30 Honeywell House, 720 North Wabash Street, Wabash. |
