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2013 Year of the River underway
Updated: Friday, 11 Jan 2013, 7:18 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 05 Jan 2013, 2:41 PM EST
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - One Terre Haute museum invited the public to learn more about our local heritage.
The Native American Museum in Dobbs Memorial Park hosted a discussion Saturday morning on the earliest uses of the Wabash River, in order to commemorate 2013: Year of the River.
It was a community wide initiative,featuring local art, entertainment, educational and recreational events focusing on the Wabash River and its importance to west central Indiana.
The center provides one of the opportunities to celebrate the Wabash throughout the year, because, according to local historians, the importance of the river shouldn't be forgotten.
"I think it's kind of overlooked. It's not as big as the Mississippi, or as well known as the Ohio, but the state song, in fact, is the Banks of the Wabash. We just take it for granted, I think, because we live here," Native American Museum Curator Jane Creedon said.
The museum invites the public to a Saturday program every month to learn more about our community's history.
Next month, organizers will lead a discussion on bears.
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