Terre Haute

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Terre Haute is a city in the midwestern United States, with a population of nearly 60,000. It is the county seat of Vigo County, located in west-central Indiana state, about 4 hours (300 km) south of Chicago, Illinois and 1 hour southwest of Indianapolis, Indiana. The name "Terre Haute" is French for "high land" and refers to the area's history in the French colonization of the Americas, as well as its geographic location next to the Wabash River.

Contents 1 Understand 1.1 Tourist Information 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By car 2.3 By bus 3 Get around 3.1 By car 3.2 By public transit 3.3 By taxi 4 Talk 5 See 6 Do 7 Buy 8 Eat 9 Drink 10 Sleep 10.1 Budget 10.2 Mid-range 11 Learn 12 Stay safe 13 Contact 14 Get out 15 External links

Understand

Terre Haute's history reaches back to the early 1800s with the construction of Fort Harrison as a permanent settlement within Indian territory. ...

Tourist Information

• Terre Haute Convention & Visitors Bureau. 643 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute. (812) 234-5555 or (800) 366-3043. 24-hour information line: (812) 238-TALK. http://www.terrehaute.com/

Get in

By plane

By car

By bus

Get around

By car

By public transit

By taxi

Talk

See

Do

Buy

Eat

• Gerhardt's Bierstube Restaurant. 1724 Lafayette Ave. (812) 466-9249. *** insert description here ***
• Harry & Budd's. 1440 S. 25th St, Terre Haute. *** insert description here ***
• M. Moggers Eatery & Pub. 908 Poplar St. http://www.moggers-terrehaute.com/ *** insert description here ***
• Sushi Umi. 2801 S. 3rd St. (812) 232-7874. *** insert description here ***

Drink

• Java Haute. 3805 Wabash Ave., Terre Haute This coffee shop is a huge local hangout for everyone from young to old. It also has a 24 hour drive through.
• The Coffee Grounds. 423 Wabash Ave, Terre Haute. (812) 238-9664. *** insert description here ***
• Market Bella Rosa. 669 Wabash Ave, Terre Haute. (812) 234-3663. *** insert description here ***
• M. Moggers Eatery & Pub. 908 Poplar St, Terre Haute. http://www.moggers-terrehaute.com/ *** insert description here ***

Sleep

Budget

Mid-range

For easy access to I-70, there is a cluster of hotels off the Terre Haute Highway 41 exit:

• Comfort Suites Terre Haute. 501 E Margaret Ave. (812) 235-1770.
• Drury Inn Terre Haute. 3040 S US Highway 41.
• Fairfield Inn by Marriott Terre Haute. 475 E Margaret Ave. (812) 235-2444.
• Hampton Inn Terre Haute. 3325 S US Highway 41. (812) 242-2222.
• Holiday Inn Express Terre Haute. 3300 S US Highway 41. (812) 232-6081.

Learn

Unlike other cities its size, Terre Haute boasts five institutes of higher education:

• Indiana State University. 200 N 7th St. http://www.indstate.edu/ Founded in 1865, Indiana State University is a public university with around 10,000 students.
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. 5500 Wabash Ave. http://www.rose-hulman.edu/ Founded in 1874, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is a private college with about 2,000 students. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks it the #1 undergraduate engineering institution in the United States.
• Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, IN. http://www.smwc.edu/ Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a liberal arts college for women. Founded in 1840, it is the nation's oldest Catholic college for women.
• Ivy Tech Community College.
• Indiana Business College.

Stay safe

Dial 911 from any telephone for emergency police, medical, and fire services.

Contact

The area code is 812.

Get out

Terre Haute makes an excellent starting point for ...

External links

• Terre Haute - A Level Above by the Terre Haute Convention & Visitors Bureau
• City of Terre Haute government website