Terre Haute

Terre Haute (Terre pron. Ter-re), capital of Vigo county, Indiana, on the river Wabash (crossed here by three bridges), 72 miles by rail WSW. of Indianapolis and 178 S. of Chicago. It is regularly built on a plateau some 60 feet above the river, and, being within a dozen miles of the great block-coal mines of Clay county, contains numerous foundries, rolling and other mills, and factories. Its public institutions include the state normal school, a college, a polytechnic and other institutes, an orphans' home, &c. Pop. (1870) 16,103; (1880) 26,042; (1890) 30,217.