TippecanoeHistory @TippeHistory
Tippecanoe County Historical Association (TCHA) is a not-for-profit organization in Lafayette, Indiana. The TCHA operates four sites in Tippecanoe County, IN. tippecanoehistory.org Lafayette, Indiana Joined August 2013-
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September program schedule is ready! See Tippecanoehistory.org for more details.
Just got a sneak peak at the new exhibit at the Otterbein Public Library for their 150th Celebration- congratulations! #Otterbein150
The Ouiatenon Preserve, a site co-owned and operated by @TippeHistory and The Conservancy in #Indiana, recently received designation as a #NationalHistoricLandmark! Thank you to the French Ambassador for the recognition and support!
Lafayette's Lincoln School girls, 1936. There are many important stories to tell & we want to make sure they are preserved for future generations at TCHA. Please consider contributing your family’s history in the form of stories, artifacts and photographs.
#OnThisDay, December 7th, 1776, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general. battlefields.org/learn/articles…
Donate today for #GivingTuesday and you help TCHA to care for thousands of artifacts, photos & documents telling Tippecanoe County’s history! Tippecanoehistory.org
Greater Lafayette: Join us for a FREE Quarantine Chronicles Writing Workshop on 12/1 and share your COVID-19 pandemic story with @tippecanoearts and @TippeHistory. Register here: ow.ly/aAhJ50C3Yfk #greaterlafayette #livinglafayette #westlafayette #community
What's your COVID-19 story? What's behind @tippecanoearts' project, Quarantine Chronicles jconline.com/story/news/202…
A Spanish American war veterans parade in downtown Lafayette in 1940. #ArchivesVeterans #ArchivesHashtagParty
OTD: On November 1, 1826, Tippecanoe County’s first marriage license was issued to William Tenary and Rebecca Franklin. Justice of the Peace Levi Thornton married them on November 2nd. This original license (along with all the other county licenses) is kept at TCHA!
Just 30 minutes until our free online concert! Thanks to all the musicians & our sponsor Duke Energy! #feastofthehuntersmoon
Join us Saturday at 6 pm for an online concert of your favorite Feast music! Go to our website for your Zoom link. #feastofthehuntersmoon
Don't forget our Follow the Pack tour is extra special tomorrow as we explore Indiana History with @TippeHistory in relation to the park's species! Get your tickets here: wolfpark.org/tours/follow-t…
Follow the Pack Through Indiana History with Wolf Park and @TippeHistory on Saturday October 3rd. Get your tickets while you can here: wolfpark.org/tours/follow-t… #SparrowTheWolf #AspenTheWolf #MontySloanPhotography
OTD: Sept. 15, 1882 — Lafayette’s first public library opened in the former home at Sixth and Columbia streets with Mrs. B.J. Hyde the librarian.
OTD: Sept. 12, 1897 — Catholic Bishop Joseph Rademacher officiated at a cornerstone ceremony for St. Ann’s Church going up at Second and Green streets.
Join us for IN Archaeology Month Lectures in Sept! Speakers / Register: Dr.MattCoon @INDOT / bit.ly/3b3u2ND Dr.ElizabethBrite @PurdueHonors / bit.ly/2YFgQt1 Dr.H.KoryCooper @PurdueANTH / bit.ly/2EzE9xM co-sponsored by @PurdueANTH @TippeHistory
OTD: September 8, 1881: Lafayette hosted a convention of the National Christian Temperance Union in Blue Ribbon Hall. The 4,300 unions claimed a national membership of 525,000.
Shopping at the Farmers Market this morning? Come down the block to our Pancake Breakfast & support TCHA and the Feast!
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The Ouiatenon Preserve, a site co-owned and operated by @TippeHistory and The Conservancy in #Indiana, recently received designation as a #NationalHistoricLandmark! Thank you to the French Ambassador for the recognition and support!
In Indiana, Ouiatenon Preserve earned the title National Historic Landmark to receive the respect accorded to an archaeological site. Great news for the preservation of an early 🇫🇷 fort in North America, an effort of which @FranceinChicago CG @cglacroix has strongly supported.
#OTD in Beer History: 1843, The George A. Bohrer Brewing Co. began beer production in @WestLafayetteIN. On the same day in 1899, George Bohrer died & like most brewing families, left the company to his very capable son. 🍺🏭⚰️ #MObeerMOhistory #LivingLafayette
Hello! I am Isaac, a high school senior from West Lafayette, Indiana, and a proud member of the American Battlefield Trust's Youth Leadership Team. Today I will be taking over some of the Trust's social media channels. #YLT2020
Hello! It’s nice to meet all of you. My name is Tiffany and I’m from West Lafayette, Indiana. I'm excited to takeover the Trust's social media today to share my love of history and preservation with the people who made my participation in this program possible. #YLT2020
#OnThisDay, December 7th, 1776, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general. battlefields.org/learn/articles…
Thanks to an overhead mirror in the state-of-the-art classroom kitchen, everyone could learn from the techniques this 1953 #Purdue home economics student uses to make a perfect bake! #ArchivesBakeOff #ArchivesHashtagParty
Greater Lafayette: Join us for a FREE Quarantine Chronicles Writing Workshop on 12/1 and share your COVID-19 pandemic story with @tippecanoearts and @TippeHistory. Register here: ow.ly/aAhJ50C3Yfk #greaterlafayette #livinglafayette #westlafayette #community
Does your family love the Columbian Park Zoo, Castaway Bay, and Tropicanoe Cove? Join our zoo membership! You’ll get zoo discounts as well as 4 Castaway Bay and 4 Tropicanoe Cove admission passes! Visit columbianparkzoo.org for more information. #MembershipMonday
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Today we celebrate #ArchivesVeterans! Since #Purdue's founding, tens of thousands of students, faculty, staff, & alumni have served in the military before, during, & after their time on campus. We are grateful for their service. Pictured: ROTC Review, 1919. #ArchivesHashtagParty
Congrats to Samuel Bakeis on being awarded a Purdue Student Service-Learning Grant Program for Community Service/Service Learning for the project, "Archival Activities with the Tippecanoe County Historical Association"!
Harvey Washington Wiley was born #OTD in 1844 in Kent, Indiana. While working at Purdue University, Wiley became interested in food adulteration, which he would go on to study through his hygienic table trials. These trials led to the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.
One of our most common questions from #Purdue students: How old is the oldest item in the Purdue Archives? A: At least 2,050 years old! This papyrus fragment from the Book of the Dead is from the Ptolemaic period of Egypt, which lasted from 323 BCE to 30 BCE. #AskAnArchivist
A beautiful day for our Walk The Plank historic tour! Dozens joined us as historical interpreters shared stories from the past. Here is renowned local story teller, Jos Holman, sharing the life of Civil War physician, Dr. Thomas Chestnut. @TippeHistory @TCPLTweets @tippecanoearts
Join us Sat. Oct 3 at 1pm-3pm for the Walk The Plank historic tour in the Historic Wabash Neighborhood. Colorful history retold. The tour starts at the pocket park on the corner of Wabash Ave and Ellsworth St. in Lafayette, IN. @HomeOfPurdue @purduedepthist @purdueexponent
Looking for something to do? Check out the Walk The Plank Tour! youtu.be/ClrJcxPDQl4 via @YouTube @GenLafayetteDAR
Don't forget our Follow the Pack tour is extra special tomorrow as we explore Indiana History with @TippeHistory in relation to the park's species! Get your tickets here: wolfpark.org/tours/follow-t…
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