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Little River, Eel River, Tippecanoe River, Vermilion River, Little Vermilion River, Embarras River, Little Wabash River The Wabash River / ˈ w ɔː b æ ʃ / ( French : Ouabache ) is a 503-mile-long (810 km) [ 2 ] river that drains most of the state of Indiana , and a significant part of Illinois , in the United States .
St. Clair's defeat, also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, [3] was a battle fought on 4 November 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the United States. The U.S. Army faced the Western Confederacy of Native Americans, as part of the Northwest Indian War.
The Little Wabash River is a 240-mile-long (390 km) [2] [3] tributary of the Wabash River in east-central and southeastern Illinois in the United States. Via the Wabash and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River .
The county is named for the Wabash River, which forms its eastern and southern borders. The name "Wabash" is an English spelling of the French name for the river, "Ouabache."' French traders named the river after the Miami Indian word for the river, "Wabashike," (pronounced "Wah-bah-she-keh"), the word for "pure white." Much of the river bottom ...
1886 system map. The source of the Wabash name was the Wabash River, a 475-mile (764 km)-long river in the eastern United States that flows southwest from northwest Ohio near Fort Recovery, across northern Indiana to Illinois where it forms the southern portion of the Illinois-Indiana border before draining into the Ohio River, of which it is the largest northern tributary.
The Wabash River, shown within its drainage basin. The Wabash Valley is a region located in sections of both Illinois and Indiana.It is named for the Wabash River and, as the name is typically used, spans the middle to the middle-lower portion of the river's valley and is centered at Terre Haute, Indiana.
Following the Wabash River, again on its north side, this is now the right bank. The canal heads downstream to Delphi. At this location, it crosses to the left bank (eastside). Continuing down the Wabash to Terre Haute, the canal turns southeast from the Wabash, using several other riverways, including the West fork of the White and Patoka ...
The Wabash River forms the western boundary of New Harmony. It is the westernmost settlement in Indiana. It is the westernmost settlement in Indiana. According to the 2010 census, New Harmony has a total area of 0.65 square miles (1.68 km 2 ), of which 0.64 square miles (1.66 km 2 ) (or 98.46%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) (or 1. ...