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Vincennes, Indiana

The city of Vincennes is the county seat

County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
of Knox County

Knox County, Indiana

Knox County is a county located in Indiana in the United States. As of 2000, the population was 39,256. The county seat is Vincennes, Indiana; other communities include the city of Bicknell, Indiana and the towns Oaktown, Indiana, Wheatland, Indiana, Freelandville, Indiana, and Monroe City, Indiana....
, Indiana

Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
. It is located on the Wabash River

Wabash River

The Wabash River is a long river in the eastern United States that flows southwest from northwest Ohio near Fort Recovery, Ohio across northern Indiana to Illinois where it forms the southern Illinois-Indiana border before draining into the Ohio River, of which it is the largest northern tributary....
in the southwestern part of the state. As of the 2000 census, the population was 18,701. It is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Indiana.
ennes has been a part of the French colony of Louisiana

Louisiana (New France)

Louisiana or French Louisiana was the name of an administrative district of New France. Under French control from 1682-1763 and 1803-04, the area was named in honor of Louis XIV of France, by French explorer Ren?-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle....
, the British colony of Canada

Province of Quebec (1763-1791)

The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Kingdom of Great Britain after the Seven Years' War. Great Britain acquired Canada, New France by the Treaty of Paris when King Louis XV of France of France and his advisors chose to keep the territory of Guadeloupe for its valuable sugar crops instead of New France....
, and the Illinois Country

Illinois Country

The Illinois Country was the name used in the 17th century and afterwards to refer to an undefined region centered around present day southwest Illinois that was explored and settled by the French beginning in 1673, when Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette explored the Mississippi River, and France claimed the Illinois Country....
of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Colony and Dominion of Virginia

The Colony of Virginia was the English colony in North America that existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607 until the American Revolution ....
. It was then part of Knox County

Knox County, Indiana

Northwest Territory

The Northwest Territory, formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States....
, later the Indiana Territory

Indiana Territory

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Indiana's first city

Vincennes has been a part of the French colony of Louisiana

Louisiana (New France)

Province of Quebec (1763-1791)

Illinois Country

Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Knox County, Indiana

Northwest Territory

The Northwest Territory, formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States....
, later the Indiana Territory

Indiana Territory

Indiana Territory was an organized territory of the United States from 1800 to 1816, created by United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams on May 7, 1800, effective on July 4....
. Vincennes served as capital of the Indiana Territory from 1800 until 1813, when it was moved to Corydon

Corydon, Indiana

Corydon is a town in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana, Harrison County, Indiana, Indiana, United States and a former capital of the State of Indiana....
.

New France

The oldest town in Indiana, Vincennes was originally established in 1732 as a French

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
fur trading post. The Compagnie des Indes commissioned a Canadian officer, François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes

François-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes

Fran?ois Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes was a French Canadian explorer and soldier who established several forts in what is now the U.S. state of Indiana, including Fort Vincennes....
, to build a post along the Wabash River to discourage local nations from trading with the British. de Vincennes founded the new trading post near the meeting points of the Wabash River

Wabash River

White River (Indiana)

The White River is a two-forked river that flows through central and southern Indiana and is the main tributary to the Wabash River....
, and the overland Buffalo Trace

Buffalo Trace (road)

Miami tribe

The Miami are a Native Americans in the United States tribe originally found in Indiana, southwest Michigan and Ohio, and now living also in Oklahoma....
, was able to convince the Piankeshaw

Piankeshaw

The Piankeshaw Indians were Native Americans of the United States, and members of the Miami Indians who lived apart from the Miami nation. They lived in an area that now includes western Indiana and Ohio, and were closely allied with the Wea Indians....
to establish a village at his trading post. He also encouraged French settlers to move there, and took it upon himself to start a family and increase the village population. Because the Wabash post was so remote, however, de Vincennes had a hard time getting the supplies he needed from Louisiana to trade with the native nations, who were being courted by British traders.

In 1736, during the French war with the Chickasaw

Chickasaw

The Chickasaw are Native Americans in the United States people originally from the Southeastern United States . They are of the Muskogean linguistic group....
nation, de Vincennes was captured and burned at the stake in the modern state of Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
. His settlement on the Wabash was renamed Poste Vincennes in his honor.

Louisiana Governor Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville[#Notes] was a colonizer, born in Montreal, Quebec and an early, repeated governor of French Louisiana , appointed 4 separate times during 1701-1743....
next appointed Louis de Bellerive de St. Ange to command Poste Vincennes. With little help from the colonial government, St. Ange was able to build up the small village and attract new tribes to trade. In 1742, he received a grant from the Piankeshaw for 1.5 million acres to the north and east of Poste Vincennes. The opportunity for land attracted many new French settlers, and the growing village was sometimes called St. Ange.

As the French colonials pushed north from Louisiana and south from Canada, however, the British colonists to the east continued to push west, and British traders lured away many of Indians who had traded with the French. This competition escalated in the Ohio Country

Ohio Country

The Ohio Country was the name used in the 18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and in the region of the upper Ohio River south of Lake Erie....
until the eruption of the French and Indian War

French and Indian War

British Empire

On February 10, 1763, when New France

New France

The Viceroyalty of New France was the area French colonization of the Americas by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to Spain and Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763....
was ceded to the British Empire

British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
at the conclusion of the French and Indian War

French and Indian War

The French and Indian War was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War, known in Canada as the War of the Conquest. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various Indigenous peoples of the Americas forces allied with them....
, Vincennes fell under the dominion of Great Britain. British Lt. John Ramsey came to Vincennes in 1766. He took a census of the settlement, built up the fort, and renamed it Fort Sackville. The population grew quickly in the years that followed, resulting in a unique culture of interdependent Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
and French and British colonials and traders.

Vincennes was far from centers of colonial power, and in 1770 and 1772 General Thomas Gage

Thomas Gage

Thomas Gage was a Great Britain general, best known for his role in the early days of the American Revolution.Born to a noble family in England, he entered military service, seeing action in the French and Indian War, where he served alongside a future opponent, George Washington....
, the commander in chief of Britain's North American forces, received warnings that the residents of Vincennes were not remaining loyal, and were inciting native tribes along the river trade routes against the British. The British Colonial Secretary, the Earl of Hillsborough

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a British politician of the Georgian era. He was usually called the Earl of Hillsborough in America when he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1768?1772, a critical period leading toward the American Revolution....
, ordered the residents be removed from Vincennes. Gage delayed while the residents responded to the charges against them, claiming to be "peaceful settlers, cultivating the land which His Most Christian Majesty granted us." The issue was resolved by Hillsborough's successor, Lord Dartmouth

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth Privy Council of Great Britain, Fellow of the Royal Society was a United Kingdom statesman who is most remembered for his part in the government before and during the American Revolution....
, who insisted to Gage that the residents were not lawless vagabonds, but English subjects whose rights were protected by the King.

In 1778, residents at Poste Vincennes received word of the French alliance

Treaty of Alliance (1778)

The Franco-American Alliance was a Military alliance between France and the Second Continental Congress, representing the United States government, signed in Paris by French and U.S....
with the American Second Continental Congress

Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning in May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, soon after shooting in the American Revolutionary War had begun....
from Father Pierre Gibault

Pierre Gibault

Father Pierre Gibault was a Jesuit missionary and priest in the Northwest Territory in the 18th century, and an Patriot during the American Revolution....
and Dr. Jean Laffont. They revolted in support of the Americans, as did the local Piankeshaw

Piankeshaw

Young Tobacco

Young Tobacco was the English name given to an Piankeshaw chief who lived near Vincennes, Indiana during the American Revolution. His influence seems to have extended beyond his own village to all those along the Wabash River....
.

Henry Hamilton

Henry Hamilton

Henry Hamilton was an Irish-born official of the British Empire. He was captured during the American Revolutionary War while serving as the lieutenant governor at the British post of Fort Detroit....
, Lieutenant Governor of the British Fort Detroit

Fort Detroit

Fort Pontchartrain du D?troit or Fort D?troit was a fort established by the France officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701. The location of the former fort is now in the city of Detroit, Michigan in the U.S....
, thought Poste Vincennes "a refuge for debtors and Vagabonds from Canada," and led an expedition to reclaim the post. Upon his success he built up the fort and prepared for a spring invasion of Illinois Territory

Illinois Territory

Illinois Territory was a historic, Territories of the United States of the United States established on March 1, 1809. A portion of the area was accepted into the Union as the State of Illinois on December 3, 1818, at which time the Territory ceased to exist....
. Before he could try, however, George Rogers Clark

George Rogers Clark

George Rogers Clark was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War....
recaptured Fort Sackville in the February 23, 1779 Battle of Vincennes

Battle of Vincennes

The Illinois campaign was a series of events in the American Revolutionary War in which a small force of Virginia militia led by George Rogers Clark seized control of several Kingdom of Great Britain posts in the Illinois country, in what is now the Midwestern United States....
, thanks to an Italian soldier and fur trader, Captain Francis Vigo

Francis Vigo

Francis Vigo was an Italy-United States who aided the Thirteen Colonies forces during the American Revolutionary War and helped found a public university in Vincennes, Indiana, United States....
, who offered his financial assistance and services, even working as a secret agent. The episode was featured in the 1901 novel Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson

Maurice Thompson

James Maurice Thompson was an United States novelist.Raised on a Georgia plantation, Thompson first pursued a career as a lawyer. In 1871 he opened a law practice with his brother, William Henry Thompson....
.

United States

Although the Americans would remain in control of Vincennes, it would take years to establish peace. In 1786, Captain John Hardin

John Hardin

John Hardin was a Continental Army officer in the American Revolutionary War and a Kentucky militia commander in the Northwest Indian War. He was killed while serving as an emissary in the latter war....
led a mounted Kentucky militia across the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
and destroyed a friendly Piankeshaw town near Vincennes. This led to a series of attacks and counter-attacks between Wabash Indians and American settlers. Finally, on 15 July 1786, forty-seven war canoes landed at Vincennes to drive the Americans back to Kentucky. The Indians warned the French in advance of their attack and assured them that they would not be harmed, but the French warned the Americans, who quickly supplied Fort Patrick Henry and waited out the siege

Siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by Battle of attrition and/or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit." A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that cannot be easily taken by a coup de main and refuses to surrender ....
. One American was killed and four wounded, and the war party left after destroying the Americans' farms.

In response to the attack, Virginia Governor Patrick Henry authorized George Rogers Clark to raise the Kentucky militia and mount an expedition against the warring tribes. General Clark gathered a force of 1,000 militia and departed Clarksville

Clarksville, Indiana

Clarksville is a town in Clark County, Indiana, Indiana, along the Ohio River as apart of the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
9 September 1786, along the Buffalo Trace

Buffalo Trace (road)

The Buffalo Trace was a trackway running through what are now the United States states of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Originally formed by migrating American Bison, the trace crossed the Ohio River near the Falls of the Ohio and the Wabash River near Vincennes, Indiana....
. The army spent ten days in Vincennes before marching north along the Wabash, but men deserted by the hundreds, and Clark was soon forced to return to Vincennes without any action taken. Clark left 150 men to help defend Vincennes, but this force soon turned into a mob, and the citizens of Vincennes petitioned Congress for help. Secretary of War Henry Knox

Henry Knox

Henry Knox was an United States bookseller from Boston, Massachusetts who became the chief artillery officer of the Continental Army and later the nation's first United States Secretary of War....
sent Colonel Josiah Harmar

Josiah Harmar

Josiah Harmar was an officer in the United States Army during the American Revolution and the Northwest Indian War. He was the senior officer in the Army for seven years....
and the First American Regiment

First American Regiment

The First American Regiment was the first peacetime Regular Army force authorized by Congress after the American Revolutionary War.After the conclusion of the American Revolution in 1783, Congress ordered the Continental Army to disband, and General George Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief....
to restore order. The Kentucky militia fled Vincennes at the approach of U.S. Regulars.

Colonel Harmar left 100 regulars under Major Jean François Hamtramck

Jean François Hamtramck

File:John Francis Hamtramck.jpg Jean Fran?ois Hamtramck was a French-Canadian from Quebec who joined the Continental Army and became a decorated officer in the American Revolutionary War....
and directed them to build a fort, Fort Knox

Forts of Vincennes, Indiana

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the French, British and American nations built and occupied a number of forts at Vincennes, Indiana. These outposts commanded a strategic position on the Wabash River....
. Vincennes remained an isolated town which was difficult to supply due to its position, deep within Indian territory. Secure transport to and from Vincennes meant travelling with a large, armed party, whether over land or via the Wabash River. On 30 September 1790, Major Hamtramck led 350 men from Vincennes as far north as the Vermillion River

Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary)

The Vermilion River is a tributary of the Wabash River located in the U.S. state of Illinois, United States.There are two "Vermilion Rivers" in Illinois....
, looking to engage some of the Indian villages which had been at war with Vincennes. The Kickapoo

Kickapoo

The Kickapoos are one of the Algonquian peoples speaking Native Americans in the United States tribes. According to the Anishinaabeg, the name "Kickapoo" means "Stands Here and there" and refers to the tribes migratory patterns....
tracked the party, however, and evacuated every village along the way before the Americans arrived. Hamtramck was able to destroy some abandoned villages, but was unable to engage any war parties. Faced with desertions from Kentucky militia (as Clark had been in 1786), Hamtramck returned to Vincennes. The expedition had done no serious harm to the enemies of Vincennes, but it was able to distract some of the Wabash villages while Josiah Harmar, now a General, led a much larger expedition up through Ohio country towards Kekionga

Kekionga

Kekionga, also known as Kiskakon or Pacanne Village, was the capitol of the Miami tribe at the confluence of the St. Joseph River , St. Marys River and Maumee Rivers on the western edge of the Great Black Swamp....
.

Vincennes was not safe until the conclusion of the Northwest Indian War

Northwest Indian War

The Northwest Indian War , also known as Little Turtle's War and by various other names, was a war fought between the United States and a large confederation of Native Americans in the United States for control of the Northwest Territory, which ended with a decisive U.S....
in 1795. By 1798, the population had reached 2,500, and Vincennes was no longer considered a trading outpost, but a thriving city.

Flag of Vincennes, Indiana

This Flag for the city of Vincennes, Indiana albeit somewhat unofficial, is used by several areas around the city of Vincennes. It features the signature V, four fleurs-de-lis

Fleur-de-lis

The fleur-de-lis is a stylized design of either an Iris or a Lilium that is now used purely decoratively as well as symbolically, or it may be "at one and the same time political, dynasty, artistic, emblematic and symbolic", especially in heraldry....
, symbolizing the city's French heritage, and the city's establishment in 1732. Similar in appearance to Indianapolis' flag, Vincennes' flag is more squared in appearance than Indianapolis' and has a diamond center rather than a circle center which represents the layout of Vincennes in a diamond-like formation. The white stripes emitting from the diamond represent Vincennes' part in the settlement of the frontier, being at the crossroads of many of the great pioneer trails.

Geography

Vincennes is located at (38.678329, -87.516067).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 7.2 square miles (18.6 km²), of which 7.1 square miles (18.5 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) (0.97%) is water.

Education

Higher Education

Vincennes University

Vincennes University is a public university in Vincennes, Indiana in the United States. Founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy, VU is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Indiana....

Public Schools

Elementary Schools

Tecumseh - Harrison Elementary
Franklin Elementary
Vigo Elementary
Riley Elementary
Washington Elementary

Middle School

Clark Middle School

High School

Lincoln High School
Lincoln High School (Vincennes)

for schools of the same name.Vincennes Lincoln High School, sometimes referred to as Lincoln High School and archaicly as Vincennes High School, is a high school located in Vincennes, Indiana....
South Knox High School
South Knox High School

South Knox High School is a high school located southeast of Vincennes, Indiana in an unincorporated community called Verne. Its athletic nickname is the "Spartans", and it participates in the Blue Chip Conference....

Parochial Schools

Elementary School

Flaget Elementary (K-5)

High School

Vincennes Rivet High School (6-12)

Other Private Schools

Wabash Valley Christian Academy (K-1)
Southwestern Indiana Youth Village (4-12)

Higher Education

Vincennes University
Vincennes University

Vincennes University is a public university in Vincennes, Indiana in the United States. Founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy, VU is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Indiana....
was established in 1801 as Jefferson Academy. It is the oldest college of higher learning in the US north of the Ohio River and west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
of 2000, there were 18,701 people, 7,614 households, and 4,332 families residing in the city. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
was 2,620.3 people per square mile (1,011.3/km²). There were 8,574 housing units at an average density of 1,201.4/sq mi (463.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94.34% White, 3.28% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.48% from other races

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.02% of the population.

There were 7,614 households out of which 26.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.8% were married couples

Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.1% were non-families. 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the city the population was spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 20.5% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,289, and the median income for a family was $35,424. Males had a median income of $27,029 versus $20,254 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
for the city was $14,993. About 15.0% of families and 20.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.9% of those under age 18 and 12.7% of those age 65 or over.

Time Zone Controversy

On November 4, 2007, Knox County joined Daviess, Martin, Pike, and Dubois counties in returning to Eastern Daylight Time

Eastern Daylight Time

Eastern Daylight Time may refers to:* Eastern Daylight Time , UTC-4.* Australian Eastern Daylight Time, UTC+11....
(UTC-5

UTC-5

UTC-5 is the time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight Saving Time ....
). Controversy concerning time in Indiana

Time in Indiana

Time in Indiana refers to the controversial time zone division of Indiana, and to the state's historical response to the innovation of daylight saving time....
has caused a change in the time zone of Vincennes on three different occasions since The Standard Time Act of 1918.

Notable residents

Red Skelton
Red Skelton

Richard Bernard ?Red? Skelton was an United States comedian who was best known as a top old-time radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Skelton's show business career began in his teens as a circus clown and went on to vaudeville, Broadway theatre, films, radio, TV, night clubs and casinos, while pursuing another career as a painter....
(b.1913-1997), Comedian
Clint Barmes
Clint Barmes

Clint Harold Barmes [BAR-miss] is a starting second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who has played for the Colorado Rockies since 2003....
(b.1979), Baseball
Baseball

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Player, Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies

The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. Established in 1993 Colorado Rockies season, the Rockies play in the National League West of the National League....
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office....
, Indiana Territorial Governor and 9th U.S. President
Alvy Moore
Alvy Moore

Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore was an United States light comedy actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural extension agent "Hank Kimball" on the television series Green Acres....
(b. 1921-1997), Actor
Sarah Knox Taylor
Sarah Knox Taylor

Sarah Knox Taylor was the daughter of General Zachary Taylor, later President of the United States and Margaret Taylor, and was married to Jefferson Davis before he became President of the Confederate States of America....
, wife of Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Finis Davis was an United States politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War....
, daughter of Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor was an Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States.Known as "Old Rough and Ready", Taylor had a 40-year military career in the United States Army, serving in the War of 1812, Black Hawk War, and Seminole Wars before achieving fame leading U.S....
Curtis Painter
Curtis Painter

Curtis Painter is the starting quarterback for the Purdue Boilermakers football team....
(b.1985) American Football
American football

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Player, Quarterback Purdue University
Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, Indiana, United States, is the flagship university of the six campuses within the Purdue University System....
Mike Eskew, Chairman and CEO of UPS
United Parcel Service

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David Goodnow
David Goodnow

David Clay Goodnow was born in Vincennes, Indiana. He is a 1957 graduate of Lincoln High School . Goodnow is a former CNN Headline News anchor....
, Television
Television

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News Broadcaster
Dan Stryzinski
Dan Stryzinski

Daniel Thomas Stryzinski is a former American football Punter who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League. He played in Super Bowl XXXIII as a member of the Atlanta Falcons....
, American Football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
Player, Punter Indiana University
Indiana University

Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. The IU system includes the following campuses:...
David Carter, retired American Football
American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
player, guard Houston Oilers
Waller Taylor
Waller Taylor

Waller Taylor was an American military commander and politician....
, lawyer, Adjutant General
Adjutant general

An Adjutant General is a military chief administrative officer....
, United States Senator from Indiana

Attractions of Vincennes

George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park

George Rogers Clark National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in downtown Vincennes, Indiana, Indiana, on the banks of the Wabash River at what is believed to be the site of Fort Sackville....
The memorial and park built for the war hero George Rogers Clark.
Xavier Cathedral and Library The oldest Catholic church in the state of Indiana.
The Old Cathedral Library, Indiana's oldest library.
Grouseland
Grouseland

Grouseland, the William Henry Harrison Mansion and Museum, is a National Historic Landmark in architectural and historical fields. Grouseland is a large, two-story red brick house built for William Henry Harrison in Vincennes, Indiana during his term as Governor of the Indiana Territory....
, the mansion home of William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison was an Military history of the United States and Politics of the United States, the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, and the first president to die in office....
, 9th United States President.
Fort Knox II: Outline of the fort is marked for self-guided tours.
Fort Sackville, one of the forts of Vincennes.
The U.S. Navy has named four ships
USS Vincennes

Four United States Navy ships have been named USS Vincennes, after the town of Vincennes, Indiana, site of an important Patriot Battle of Vincennes in the American Revolution....
in honor of Vincennes.
The Servant of God, Bishop Simon Bruté de Remur, first Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes.
The Indiana Territorial Capitol
Indiana Territorial Capitol

The Indiana Territorial Capitol is part of a state historical site in Vincennes, Indiana. Part of a row of buildings located across from Vincennes University, the building was once the center of government for the Indiana Territory from 1800 to 1813....
. (Located near Grouseland
Grouseland

Grouseland, the William Henry Harrison Mansion and Museum, is a National Historic Landmark in architectural and historical fields. Grouseland is a large, two-story red brick house built for William Henry Harrison in Vincennes, Indiana during his term as Governor of the Indiana Territory....
and across from Vincennes University
Vincennes University

Vincennes University is a public university in Vincennes, Indiana in the United States. Founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy, VU is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Indiana....
's Shircliff Humanities Building).
The Indiana Military Museum (indianamilitarymuseum.org)

Trivia

Site of the First Catholic church in Indiana. (1749)
Home of the First newspaper in Indiana. (1799)
Site of the First Presbyterian church in Indiana. (1806)
Site of the First Masonic Lodge
Masonic Lodge

A Masonic Lodge, often termed a Private Lodge or Constituent Lodge in Books of Constitutions, is the basic organisation of Freemasonry....
in Indiana. (1809)
Home of the First bank in Indiana. (1814)
Host to the First medical society in Indiana. (1817)
1923 and 1981 (IHSAA)
Indiana High School Athletic Association

The Indiana High School Athletic Association is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the State of Indiana....
State Basketball Champions. 2002 IHSAA State Baseball Champions.
First county hospital in Indiana. (Good Samaritan Hospital 1908)
First Post Office in Indiana.
First sheriff's department in Indiana.

Vincennes, Indiana

History

Indiana's first city

New France

British Empire

United States

Flag of Vincennes, Indiana

Geography

Education

Higher Education

Public Schools

Parochial Schools

Other Private Schools

Higher Education

Demographics

Time Zone Controversy

Notable residents

Attractions of Vincennes

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