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Terre Haute: Rise & Resilience is a story of the American experience. This program takes viewers through the history of Terre Haute, starting with its French colonial origin as "high ground" along the banks of the Wabash River. Post-revolutionary Terre Haute played host to some of the key players in the War of 1812, including William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor and the Native American Chief Tecumseh. During peacetime, the city was founded by wealthy real estate investors, and its prime location eventually turned it into one of the "gateways to the west."

  • terrehaute.com - A robust community information site for greater Terre Haute/Vigo County.
  • Clabber Girl Museum - Adjacent The Clabber Girl Bake Shop within the historic Hulman & Co. building, this museum celebrates the history of one of America’s longest-standing brands.
  • Eugene V. Debs Museum - This museum is dedicated to a pioneer of the labor movement and democratic socialism in America, a champion of peace and human rights, and five-time presidential candidate for the Democratic Socialist party in the early 1900s.
  • Indiana Historical Society - A private, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to connecting people to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing Indiana’s history.
  • Indiana State University Cunningham Memorial Library - University library with millions of volumes in its Special Collections, including one of the world’s largest and most important dictionary collections, the Cordell Collection of Dictionaries.
  • “Terre Haute: Queen City of the Wabash” by Mike McCormick - A chronicle of Terre Haute & Vigo County detailing the rise of the "Pittsburgh of the West”, home to prominent schools, railroads, and distilleries as well as social reformers, national figures, and corrupt politicians, suffered devastating setbacks but also soared to spectacular achievements.
  • Tribune-Star - Daily local newspaper and online news source based in Terre Haute.
  • Vigo County Historical Society - A local history center in Terre Haute collecting, preserving and exhibiting Vigo County history for more than 90 years, and housing permanent & rotating exhibits.
  • Vigo County Public Library - Local public library in operation since 1882 with a wide-ranging collection of books, newspapers, magazines, materials for local history and genealogy, reference help, public computers, children’s story times, downloadable audiobooks & media, interlibrary loans and offering numerous community educational programs and services.
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