Putting Things in Perspective

Make notes and mark your calendars:

2013 is the centennial of the United States' now-forgotten most widespread natural disaster - the Great Easter 1913 Storm.
March, 2013
Visit the West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia, to see photographs from the TCHA -Permanent Collection and read the narratives to learn about the great 1913 flood in our towns.  This Easter 1913 monumental storm system generated tornadoes and floods that devastated the industrial north from Nebraska to the Atlantic seaboard and down the Mississippi. 

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Blockhouse Opening
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Come celebrate the season’s opening of the Historic Fort Ouiatenon Blockhouse Museum at Fort Ouiatenon Park, 3921 South River Road, West Lafayette, IN.  Opening ceremonies begin at 1:00 with activities running through 5:00 p.m.

Feast Sampler
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Get a preview of the 46th Feast of the Hunters’ Moon at this year’s Feast SamplerSaturday,August 25, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Feast of the Hunter’s Moon
Saturday and Sunday, October 5 & 6, 2013
Make your plans early to attend the 46th Feast! Located at Historic Fort Ouiatenon Park, West Lafayette, IN.

It's About Time...

You joined the Tippecanoe County Historical Association? Because we’re all about time!

The time you spend with your family in places that matter, the time to discover your connection to the people and events that shaped our community and the time celebrating old traditions while forging new ones.

This is what we do! Your Historical Association captures “time”, keeps it safe, brings it out and tells the stories again and again, generation after generation. And as we move into the future, we bring with us those times - the ones that made us who we are today.

Your membership support is needed now more than ever as we strive to engage our community’s current, past and future residents along with the many visitors with the goal of collecting, preserving and interpreting our unique and exciting history.

It’s time to take your place in history. Become a member today.

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