See 200 Years of History at Wabash Paradise Spring Historical Park September 24th

Over 70 groups will set up at Paradise Spring Historical Park on Saturday, September 24th to showcase Wabash County History over the past 200 years.  EVERYONE IS INVITED – Reminisce at the Veterans’ table, visit your friends at the School Alumni exhibits, and for the sports enthusiasts, wear a vintage jersey or ball cap and come down at noon when they’ll highlight the history of sports in the County.

Actors from “Light Up the Town” will perform; Southwood Elementary music students, directed by Sarah Rees, will sing songs; the “Cannonball Kickers” will get you rockin’ with dancing, the Community Band plays and so much more!

Ashley Lengel, a sophomore at Southwood H.S., has painted a canal scene mural for the 200 Year Wabash County History Event.

Deanna Unger said, “We sincerely thank Ashley Lengel, a Southwood sophomore for sharing her artistic talent in creating the canal scene mural.  It took hours of work designing and painting during the hot August and Sept. heat to finish this project!  Thanks to her grandparents, Chris and Cheri Niccum, and Sam Frazier of Big City Paints and her Mom, Amy Wendt, for donating the supplies for the project!”

The mural can be disassembled to use for future displays at Paradise Spring Historical Park.

Today’s program made possible by the Melba Johnson Custer Endowment in memory of her parents Henry and Annetta Johnson, residents of Wabash County for whom education and self-reliance were hallmarks of their children’s lives; Also Richvalley Lions Club

Thanks to all our participants: First Century, by cabins, smaller tent and independent exhibits

Pre 1816 – Miami Nation of Indiana                                                                 (1)

1816           Indiana Becomes 19^th State (Cooks’ Cabin) Lynns & OJN          (2)

Lafontaine Lions Kettle Corn                                                           (3)

1826           Treaty of Paradise Spring (Paradise Spring Players)                   (4)

Frances Slocum (Karen Eppley)                                                       (5)

1832           Wabash County Created                                                                   (6)

1832           Wabash & Erie Canal starts                                                            (7)

1834           St. Patrick’s Church & Lagro Community                                       (8)

1834           Wabash is Platted – Hugh Hanna (Ware Wimberly)                    (9)

1836           Presbyterian Church founded                                                       (10)

1836           Laketon Platted                                                                                (11)

                                 1840s         Big Four Railroad (Kyle Coble)   (12)

                                1841           Dr. James Ford (Robert & Penelope Galley)                               (13)

1842           Wabash Christian Church                                                             (14)

1848           First Friends Meeting (Pastor Dave Phillips)                               (15)

1850           White’s Founded                                                                            (16)

1863           Falls Cemetery                                                                               (17)

1863           Gene Stratton-Porter is born (Juanita Rapp)                (41)

1866           Wabash City Inc. Mayor Joseph Matlock (Scott Long)             (18)

1869           Wabash H.S. 20^th H.S. in Indiana                                                   (19)

1870           Richvalley – Boyd Park, Church                                                    (20)

1880s         Ag Community                                                                                (21)

1887           Belgian Draft Horse Corporation                                                 (22)

1890s         Wabash Athletic Assoc (W.A.A.) & other Sports                        (23)

1890s         Co. Extension 4-H clubs formed                                                    (24)

1906           Eagles Theatre opens                                                                      (25)

1908           Tri Kappa                                                    (26)

History of Financial Institutions                                                  (27)

 

Tent 1 – City of Wabash, Christian Church, St. Bernards, Wabash Carnegie Library, Dora Christian Church, Veterans, Military, College Corner & Mississinewa Cemetery, Woman’s Clubhouse, Order of Eastern Star & Masons, VP Thomas Marshall, Author Jennifer McSpadden

 

1889          Manchester University                                                                (28)

Parkview Wabash Hospital                                                             (29)

1920s         Crossroads Bank                                                                           (30)

1920s         Charley Creek Inn Hotel – Indiana                                                (31)

??         1918           Rotary Founded                                                                              (32)

1920           Kiwanis Founded                                                                             (33)

1930s         CCC & Salamonie Lake                                                                  (34)

1936            Rural Electric                                                                                    (35)

1936           CARS! (Denneys, Dorais, Maggarts)                                            (36)

1941           Honeywell Foundation                                                                   (37)

1950s         Miller’s Merry Manor                                                                    (38)

Community Band                                                                            (39)

1988           Paradise Spring Board                                                                     (40)

 

Second Century closer to West End of Paradise Spring near Allen Street

 

Tent 2 – Communities – Lafontaine, Urbana, Somerset, Roann, Lincolnville, Roann Community Heritage, Ford Meter Box, General Tire, Noble, Chippewa, Linlawn, MSD, Museum Displays – Crystal Gayle, Wabash Genealogical Society