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  Vincennes, Indiana
Region: United States > Indiana > Indiana - South Central Region
Vincennes, in southwestern Indiana on the border with Illinois, is the state's oldest town, founded in 1732.
The main sights are the George Rogers National Historical Park, which commemorates the revolutionary battles against the British, and Grouseland, the home of William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States.
www.planetware.com /indiana/vincennes-us-in-v.htm   (93 words)

  
  Indiana County Maps, Atlases, and Plat Books -- Knox County
Title: Plat of the village of Vincennes on the Oubache in the county of Knox and Territory northwest of Ohio.
Title: A plan of the Borough of Vincennes in the Indiana territory as established by an ordinance of the trustees of the said borough on the 18th November, 1816.
Title: Plat of the town of Vincennes in 1792, as correctly taken from the general plat and private surveys of Samuel Baird, government survey, in spring of 1792, and now being in the Vincennes district land office.
www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/isl/indiana/countymaps/knox.htm   (863 words)

  
 Vincennes Indiana Resource Guide, City or community of Vincennes, Indiana Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, ...
The population of Vincennes is approximately 18,246 (2002).
Vincennes is positioned 38.67 degrees north of the equator and 87.51 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Vincennes was the location of the pivotal battle of Fort Sackville between the British and George Rogers Clark during the Revolutionary War in 1779.
www.usacitiesonline.com /incountyvincennes.htm   (400 words)

  
 Indiana Teen Institute Mural in Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes University has two institutes each summer, with the second one in session this week.
The Indiana Teen Institute began in 1984 and trained teams of high school students within Indiana in the area of tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use prevention.
ITI is currently funded by the Indiana State Department of Education, the Indiana Department of Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Mental Health, tuition fees and private contributions.
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 Vincennes University History
Vincennes University is the oldest institution of higher education in Indiana.
The Indiana territorial legislature, at its first session in 1806, passed an act to incorporate the first university in the Indiana Territory, "to be called and known by the name and style of Vincennes University".
It is the oldest city in Indiana; it was the capitol of the Indiana Territory, and the first county seat in the state.
www.sigmanuiz.org /History/history.htm   (311 words)

  
 History of Vincennes
The City of Vincennes is the County Seat of Knox County, Indiana.
Vincennes is 51 miles north of Evansville, Indiana, and 56 miles south of Terre Haute, Indiana.
Vincennes was originally in the French colony of Louisiana, then the British colony of Canada, then the Illinois County of the Commonwealth of Virginia, then became Knox County in the Northwest Territory, then the The Indiana Territory, and currently, the State of Indiana.
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 Vincennes Indiana - Indiana Territory and First College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
On July 4, 1800, the Indiana Territory was formed from the western part of the Northwest Territory.
Vincennes University, older than the state of Indiana, was founded as "Jefferson Academy" in 1801 by Harrison.
Vincennes is recognized as one of the most picturesque college campuses in the midwest.
www.enjoy-indiana.com /vincennes.html   (137 words)

  
 USS Vincennes (CG 49)
The third VINCENNES (CL 64) was commissioned in January 1944 and fought brilliantly throughout the Pacific in Battles of Guam, the Philippines, Okinawa, and Formosa.
In February of 1990, VINCENNES deployed on her third six month tour of the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans, In addition to covering the fleet with the "Aegis Shield" and coordination all Battle Group air events, VINCENNES served as the Command and Control Flagship during Harpoon-Ex-90.
VINCENNES also took part in the U.S. Seventh Fleet's Fleet Battle Experiment Delta (FBE-D) from October 24 to November 2, 1998, in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle, a regularly scheduled exercise that simulates the defense of the Republic of Korea.
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 City of Vincennes Official Website
During Harrison`s governorship of the Indiana Territory, Grouseland was the focal point of the social and official life of the Territory.
From 1800 to 1813, while Vincennes was the capital of the Indiana Territory, the Territorial Legislature met in a variety of locations.
Indiana Territory Governor William Henry Harrison was Jefferson Academy`s founder and its first chairman of the board.
vincennes.org /content.asp?page=1&code=attractions   (1536 words)

  
 Indiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Indiana also claims many famous Fijis, from noted authors to politicians, including three governors of Indiana and two US vice-presidents.
Phi Gamma Delta's second chapter in Indiana was chartered at Hanover College in 1864.
Governor of Indiana 1909-1913 and US Vice President 1913-1921, Thomas R. Marshall (Wabash 1872) was a regular speaker at Phi Gam events throughout his life.
www.phigam.org /history/Sites/indiana.htm   (902 words)

  
 Archival Economic Development News for Knox County and Vincennes, Indiana
Vincennes University officials don't know yet where they will build it, but build it they will, and once the $7-million Advanced Manufacturing Training Center is up and open for business they believe VU will be in the forefront in training as well as educating workers for high-tech, high-paying jobs.
Vincennes University officials and students are celebrating today’s approval by the Indiana Commission for Higher Commission to allow VU to add seven baccalaureate programs to its curriculum.
Vincennes Mayor Terry Mooney added that, given the low unemployment in Knox County, the higher-paying jobs to be offered by FIA would mean other local employers will have to raise their wages in order to compete for workers.
www.kcdc.com /news-archives.html   (11133 words)

  
 City of Vincennes Official Website
In 1800, the Indiana Territory was formed and Vincennes, nestled along the Wabash River, became its capitol.
Vincennes was at the heart of many of Indiana`s firsts including site of the first Catholic church in Indiana, first county, first newspaper, first Presbyterian church, first Masonic Lodge, first bank and first medical society.
Eventually becoming known as Vincennes University, this is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States.
www.vincennes.org /content.asp?page=1&code=history   (299 words)

  
 Indiana Conquest Trails - Hernando de Soto - 16th Century
A good part of Terre Haute is drained by Thompson Ditch today, which the State of Indiana cleaned and reopened in 1886.
But Casqui had warning of that intent, and he came with fifty of his Indians in very fine array; and he brought a jester in front of himself for grandeur, who, saying and doing witty things, gave occasion for much laughter to those who saw him.
Another Chronicler says, "The governor, seeing that in that (northward) direction the land was so poor in corn that they could not sustain themselves (and that Lake Michigan was NOT the Northern Sea he supposed it to be), asked the Indians where the most populous district lay.
www.floridahistory.com /indiana.html   (2799 words)

  
 Vincennes (Indiana) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Vincennes (Indiana) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Vincennes (Indiana), city in southwestern Indiana, seat of Knox County, on the Wabash River, opposite Illinois.
Colleges : Indiana : Vincennes University: Vincennes University
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 Indiana Genealogy Resources by County
Letter from the secretary of the treasury transmitting a report and documents from the commissioner of the general land office, in relation to land claims in the Vincennes land district.
Journal of Borough Trustees, Borough of Vincennes, 1820-1836; Trustees, Proceedings, 1815-1816, Borough of Vincennes.
Petition of Sundry French Inhabitants of the District of Vincennes.
www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/isl/indiana/genealogy/indcount/knox.html   (516 words)

  
 Relocation Vincennes IN Indiana, Moving + Jobs - City Guide
Search Home Rentals and Houses for Rent in Vincennes, IN Indiana RentalHouses.com is your online source for available rental homes and homes for rent in Vincennes, Indiana.
It was originally named in honor of Thomas Jefferson and is now one of the top ten two year colleges in the nation with students from all over Indiana, as well as from 31 states and 36 foreign countries enrolled at this university.
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www.discoverourtown.com /IN/Vincennes/Relocation-662.html   (1210 words)

  
 Vincennes News
Vincennes University would build an $8 million high-tech worker training center as part of its Jasper campus under legislation filed by a group of Southern Indiana lawmakers Thursday.
INDIANAPOLIS Vincennes University would build an $8 million high-tech worker training center as part of its Jasper campus under legislation filed by a group of Southern Indiana lawmakers yesterday.
Vincennes is Indiana's first city, so it would make sense Vincennes University is Indiana's first college.
www.topix.net /city/vincennes-in   (622 words)

  
 Economic Development News for Knox County and Vincennes, Indiana
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development released a survey recently that outlines skills the state is currently experiencing significant shortfalls.
Vincennes University students swept the top three places in national technology contest.
VINCENNES, Indiana (August 18, 2005) – Governor Mitch Daniels announced today formation of a partnership among Vincennes University, the Indiana Department of Labor, and Indiana’s coal mining industry to initiate a miner training program.
www.kcdc.com /news.html   (6537 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Fort Wayne
He was ordained priest by Bishop Maurice de St. Palais of Vincennes 22 September, 1868, and appointed assistant at St. Joseph's church, Terre Haute, where he remained till 1871, attending, besides, a number of missions.
From October,1871, to August, 1874, he was pastor of Cambridge City, whence he was transferred to Indianapolis and entrusted with the organization of St. Joseph's parish, where he built the church, the school, and a parochial residence.
Bishop Alerding was consecrated in the cathedral of Fort Wayne 30 November, 1900.
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 Reminiscences of a Pioneer Priest in the Diocese of Vincennes : Indiana Catholic History
It was to this southern Indiana mission that Rev. August Bessonies was stationed, in 1840, and in that county, he established the town of Leopold, which yet remains in the heart of the present day Hoosier National Forest.
The pastor of the cathedral of Vincennes was then Rev. Anthony Parret, who came to the Diocese in 1836 with Bishop Bruté, and who soon afterwards left to become a Jesuit, and died after a few years in the South.
He left Vincennes for his new mission in a spring wagon covered with canvas, drawn by two horses, having for his companion the Rev. Maurice de St. Palais, who had been appointed pastor of Chicago, a town then of three thousand inhabitants, and a part of the Diocese of Vincennes.
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 Vincennes, Indiana (U.S.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
This insignia is designed with a center circle of red and inscribed thereon in white, The letter "V" in old English, representative of the rule of the English Government over Vincennes.
Radiating from the band are the nineteen points, indicating that Indiana was the nineteenth state admitted into The Union.
These points are divided into two parts from the tip of the point to the circle, one side red and the other side white.
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 Vincennes Sun Commercial - newspaper in Vincennes, Indiana USA covering Vincennes local news at Mondo Times
Vincennes Sun Commercial is a daily newspaper in Vincennes, Indiana, USA covering general news.
The Vincennes Sun-Commercial is a general circulation newspaper serving Knox County and the surrounding area.
Vincennes Sun Commercial contact information is available to Mondo Times Advanced and Professional Members.
www.mondotimes.com /1/world/us/14/889/2230   (138 words)

  
 Jeffrey Barnes Kolb - a Vincennes, Indiana (IN) Real Estate Law Lawyer
The software, Indiana Estate Planning System, was introduced in 2000 by the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum.
Kolb also authored the fifth volume of Henry's Indiana Probate Law and Practice for Michie which was published in 1990.
He is active in the Indiana Bar Foundation where he is a fellow and serves on the Board of Directors.
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 USS Vincennes at AllExperts
Four United States Navy ships have been named USS Vincennes, after the town of Vincennes, Indiana, site of an important Patriot victory in the American Revolution.
* The second Vincennes (CA-44) was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1937 and lost in the World War II Battle of Savo Island.
* The third Vincennes (CL-64) was a light cruiser commissioned in 1944 and active in the war, and decommissioned in 1946.
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 Vincennes, Indiana Illustrators - Illustration Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
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 Vincennes, Indiana Copywriters - Copy Writer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Here are the most recent Vincennes, Indiana copywriter vendors that have requested a listing on Marketingtool.com.
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 Local Catholic Church History and Catholic Ancestors - Indiana
The geographic area of Indiana is in the ecclesiastical province of Indianapolis which includes the Archdiocese of Indianapolis (Indiana) and Dioceses of Evansville, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Gary and Lafayette (Indiana).
In 1959, "The Indiana Catholic and Record" reported that St. Philomena's Church was founded about 1842, the first church being built in 1844, and a second church was built in 1870.
Indiana Catholic Parish Histories Held at the Archives of Notre Dame.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Simon William Gabriel Brute de Remur
After travelling over his vast diocese, comprising the whole State of Indiana and eastern Illinois, Bishop Bruté visited France, where he secured priests and funds for the erection of churches and schools in his needy diocese.
Conspicuous among the number was de Lamennais, whom he tried to reconcile with the Church both by his letters from this country, as well as by conferring with him personally during one of his visits to France, but without success.
Bruté de Remur, premier eveque de Vincennes (Rennes, 1887).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03024a.htm   (623 words)

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