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Wabash College Alumni
Wabash may refer to: Political entities * Wabash Confederacy, or Wabash Indians, a loose confederacy of 18th century Native Americans Places in the United States * Wabash River, in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois * Wabash Valley, in Illinois and Indiana * Wabash, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Wabash, Indiana, a city * Wabash County, Illinois ** Wabash Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois * Wabash County, Indiana * Wabash, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Wabash, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Wabash, King County, Washington, an unincorporated community * Wabash, Lewis County, Washington, an unincorporated community * Wabash, West Virginia, a ghost town * Wabash township (other) * Wabash Formation, a geologic formation in Indiana Schools * Wabash College, a college in Crawfordsville, Indiana * Wabash Valley College, a college in Mount Carmel, Illinois * Wabash High School, Wabash, Indiana In transportation * Wabash Railroad, a former railroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash Confederacy
The Wabash Confederacy, also referred to as the Wabash Indians or the Wabash tribes, was a number of 18th century Native Americans of the United States, Native American villagers in the area of the Wabash River in what are now the U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The Wabash Indians were primarily the Miami people, Miami, Weas and Piankashaws, but also included Kickapoo people, Kickapoos, Mascoutens, and others. In that time and place, Native American tribes were smaller political units, and the villages along the Wabash were multi-tribal settlements with no centralized government. The confederacy, then, was a loose alliance of influential village leaders (sometimes called headmen or chiefs). In the 1780s, headmen of the Wabash Confederacy allied themselves with a larger, loose confederacy of Native American leaders in the Ohio Country and Illinois Country known as the Northwestern Confederacy, in order to collectively resist U.S. expansion after the American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash College
Wabash College is a private liberal arts men's college located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Founded in 1832, by a group of Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, the institution was originally named "The Wabash Teachers Seminary and Manual Labor College". It was later renamed Wabash College in 1851. The college was founded with the intention of providing classical and English education to young men in the region, aiming to develop future educators and clergy. Caleb Mills, a Dartmouth alumnus and graduate of Andover Theological Seminary, was the first faculty member of Wabash College. He played a pivotal role in shaping the institution's academic character and later became instrumental in establishing Indiana's public education system. The college's mission is to educate men to think critically, act responsibly, lead effectively, and live humanely. As of 2024, Wabash College enrolls approximately 835 undergraduate students. The academic program is structured into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Wabash
Four ships of the United States Navy have been named USS ''Wabash'', after the Wabash River of Indiana. * The first was a screw frigate Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. The first such ships were paddle stea ... in commission from 1856 to 1874, then in use as a receiving ship until 1912. * The second was a civilian freighter acquired for Navy use during 1918 and 1919. * The third was an oiler in service from 1943 to 1957. * The fourth was also an oiler, in service from 1971 to 1994. {{DEFAULTSORT:Wabash, Uss United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Wabash (other)
The Battle of the Wabash was a battle fought in 1791 during the Northwest Indian War. Battle of the Wabash may also refer to several battles that took place around the Wabash River including: * Battle of Vincennes (1779) * Harmar's Defeat (1790) * Battle of Fort Recovery (1794) *Battle of Tippecanoe (1811) * Siege of Fort Harrison (1812) *Siege of Fort Wayne The siege of Fort Wayne took place from September 5 – September 12, 1812, during the War of 1812. The stand-off occurred in the modern city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, between the U.S. military garrison at Fort Wayne (fort), Fort Wayne and a combi ... (1812) {{set index 1790 in the United States Wabash County, Illinois Fort Wayne, Indiana 1812-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash National
Wabash (formerly Wabash National) is an American diversified industrial manufacturing company and one of North America's largest producers of semi-trailers and truck bodies. The company specializes in the design and production of dry freight vans, refrigerated vans, platform trailers, liquid tank trailers, truck bodies and composite products. Its products are sold primarily under the Wabash brand name since 2022. Prior to 2022, products were sold under: Wabash National, Transcraft, Benson, Walker Transport, Brenner Tank, Bulk Tank International and Supreme. The company operates a number of Parts & Services centers throughout the United States. In 2024, the total revenue was 1.95 billion USD. History Wabash National was founded as a start-up in 1985 in Lafayette, Indiana and has been publicly traded since 1991. The company was co-founded in April 1985 by Jerry Ehrlich, formerly the president of Monon Corp., an Indiana-based trailer manufacturer. Two years earlier, corporate raide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash Tunnel
The Wabash Tunnel is a former railway tunnel and presently an automobile tunnel through Mt. Washington in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Constructed early in the 20th century by railroad magnate George J. Gould for the Wabash Railroad, it was closed to trains and cars between 1946 and 2004. Operation as a railroad tunnel Conceived in the late 1800s, the tunnel was built in 1903 for Gould's Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway venture into Pittsburgh, which failed financially in 1908. It carried passenger trains into the city until 1931, and freight trains until 1946. After the end of train service, the tunnel sat empty for many years. The tunnel was once connected to the Wabash Bridge across the Monongahela River, but the bridge was demolished in 1948, and was not replaced. Its two stone support piers remain in the river. Conversion to a transitway In the early 1970s Pittsburgh Regional Transit, then known as Port Authority, or PAT, spent today) rebuildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash Railroad Station And Freight House
Columbia station is a historic train station and headquarters of Columbia Transit located in Columbia, Missouri, United States. The building was constructed in 1909 as the terminus of the Columbia Branch of the Wabash Railroad (now Columbia Terminal Railroad). It is a one-story, H plan, Tudor Revival style building constructed of locally quarried rock faced ashlar cut stone. In 2007, the building underwent renovation and restoration and was expanded to accommodate offices for Columbia's public transportation. The project, costing over $2.5 million, was intended to make the station a multi-model transportation center. It was certified at the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Level, meaning it meets national standards for energy efficiency and sustainable construction. The station is the busiest bus stop in Columbia and served as a pickup point for Megabus until September of 2015. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash Combination Depot-Moravia
Moravia station, now known as the Wabash Depot Museum, is an historic train station located in Moravia, Iowa, United States. It is believed to be one of the two standard-plan wooden Wabash combination freight and passenger depots that remain in Iowa. with Completed in 1903, it served the Wabash Railroad. The Queen Anne style building is an example of the rural combination station plan. The plan combined all railroad services from passengers to freight in one building. The museum features railroad artifacts, an operational model train layout and a restored railroad section car. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1999 as a part of the ''Advent & Development of Railroads in Iowa MPS''. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash Bridge (other)
The Wabash Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River near Hannibal, Missouri. Wabash Bridge may also refer to: * Wabash Bridge (St. Charles, Missouri), a railroad bridge crossing the Missouri River near St. Charles, Missouri * Wabash Bridge (Pittsburgh), a former railroad bridge crossing the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Wabash Bridge (Ohio River), a railroad bridge crossing the Ohio River between Mingo Junction, Ohio, and Follansbee, West Virginia * Wabash Avenue Bridge The Wabash Avenue Bridge (officially, Irv Kupcinet Bridge) over the Chicago River was built in 1930. Standing west of the Michigan Avenue Bridge and east of Marina City, the bascule bridge connects the River North, Chicago, Near North Side wit ..., a road and pedestrian bridge crossing the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois * Wabash Memorial Bridge, a road bridge crossing the Wabash River in Posey County, Indiana {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wabash Railroad
The Wabash Railroad was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including track in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri and the province of Ontario. Its primary connections included Chicago, Illinois; Kansas City, Missouri; Detroit, Michigan; Buffalo, New York; St. Louis, Missouri; and Toledo, Ohio. The Wabash's major freight traffic advantage was the direct line from Kansas City to Detroit, without going through St. Louis or Chicago. Despite being merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) in 1964, the Wabash company continued to exist on paper until the N&W merged into the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) in 1982. At the end of 1960 Wabash operated 2,423 miles of road on 4,311 miles of track, not including Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976), the Ann Arbor Railroad and the New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois Railroad; that year it reported 6,407 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 164& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
