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History of Terre Haute, Indiana:
The Name Terre Haute (pronounced As "terra Hote" In English And Tare Oat In French) Is A French Phrase Meaning High Land, And Was Used By The French Explorers In The Area In The Mid 18th Century To Describe The Plateau-like Rise Of The Land Next To The Wabash River (See French Colonization Of The Americas). In 1811, Construction Of Fort Harrison Marked The Known Beginning Of Permanent Population By Non-natives (a Wea Village Already Existed Near The Fort).
Terre Haute's First Success As A City Came As A Port For Steamboats And Other River-craft, But Was Quickly Overtaken By The Railroads. When Coal Was Discovered, Terre Haute Became A Mining And Industry Town And Business Boomed. This Led To Institutes Of Higher Education, Culture, Extremely Stong Unions (Eugene V. Debs) And To Extreme Excesses. Terre Haute Developed A "Red Light District" Where Prostitution And Gambling Ran Rampant. Coupled With Famously Crooked Politicians, At The Turn Of The Century Terre Haute Was Labeled Sin City By The Press. Although It's Had Different Nicknames ("The Crossroads Of America," For One), It Was "Sin City" That Stuck.
Eventually The Coal Mines Were Spent, The Importance Of The Railroads Declined, The Town Was Labeled A "bad Labor Town" And The City Began A Rapid Decline From Which It Never Fully Recovered. Although Some Remnants Of Its Glory Days Remain And Terre Haute Is Home To Some National Events, It Was Recently Called "A Model Of Stagnation" By The Indianapolis Star, A Monkier Not Easily Disputed By Its Citizens And Is Best Known Today By The General Public For The Execution Of Timothy McVeigh At The Terre Haute Federal Penitentiary For His Role In The Oklahoma City Bombing.
Historical Figures Who Called Terre Haute Their Birthplace Or Home Include: Author Theodore Dreiser, His Brother, Songwriter Paul Dresser (On The Banks Of The Wabash Far Away), Actor Scatman Crothers, Baseball Pitcher Tommy John, Lawyer-poet Max Ehrman (A Prayer And Desiderata) And Socialist Leader Eugene V. Debs.
Terre Haute's History Is The Subject Of A Weekly Public Radio Program Based In Bloomington, IN Called "Hometown With Tom Roznowski" Which Describes Various Aspects Of Terre Haute In The Summer Of 1926.
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