Located just 70 miles west of the Indiana state capitol, Indianapolis, Terre Haute sits on the Illinois/Indiana border, just off Interstate 70, and is within a three-hour drive of Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis.
The city where the original Coca-Cola bottle was designed. Home to Indiana
State University, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Harrison College and Ivy Tech. An area that has been called home by Socialist leader, Eugene V. Debs; writer, Theodore Dreiser; labor leader, James R. Hoffa (Brazil, IN); basketball (Boston Celtics) sports legend, Larry Bird, Major League Baseball star with the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, Tommy John, popcorn king, Orville Redenbacher (Brazil), actor-singer-dancer, Benjamin Sherman “Scatman” Crothers, musical star, Claude Thornhill and three Olympic Gold Medalists, Clyde Lovellette, Greg Bell and Terry Dischinger.
Terre Haute is more than just its past and famous Hauteans, though. It’s a city of beautiful parks, community activities, festivals, sights and sounds, interesting people and shopping! That’s the purpose and goal of this site, ExperienceTerreHaute. We want the residents of Terre Haute and the Wabash Valley to be proud of the towns we call home and what we have to offer visitors to our area.
This area is a great place to visit and a great place to live!
Click on the Crossroads of America sign or here to visit Terre Haute!
