Wabash Valley Visions & Voices

A Digital Memory Project is dedicated to the documentation and the preservation of the region's history and heritage in print, pictures, and sound.

As a collaborative effort involving the libraries, museums, cultural organizations and community groups, the project provides free access to its digital collection via the internet and promotes remembrance and lifelong learning for all Hoosiers.

Wabash Visions & Voices focuses on the Wabash Valley region in west central Indiana and east central Illinois. The digital collection contains artifacts, administrative and personal papers, manuscripts, photographs, texts, yearbooks, maps, oral histories, and other audio/video files. Genealogical resources are not included.




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Fort Turman, Indiana Territory, 1810-1816

The United States Army expanded the blockhouse constructed in 1810 by Benjamin Turman and his sons in Sullivan County, Indiana. A large military installation, Fort Turman played an important role in the network of defensive outposts established in Indiana during the War of 1812. Fort Turman became the headquarters for scouts and spies and served as a garrison for rangers patrolling the Ontario and Wea Trails.
Please watch the video to know more about Fort Turman.

           

Vigo County Indiana Civil War Sesquicentennial Project

"This project provides access to the collections of the Vigo County Public Library, the Vigo County Historical Society, and the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Archive..."