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Wabash Valley Art Spaces, incorporated as Art Spaces, Inc. — Wabash Valley Outdoor Sculpture Collection, is a non-profit arts organization based in Terre Haute, Indiana and serving the Wabash Valley region. It sponsors the creation and installation of site-specific outdoor sculpture. Art Spaces also has sponsored public events including the Max Ehrmann Poetry Competition, which corresponded with the installation of Max Ehrmann at the Crossroads in 2010.
Bayless W. Hanna was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as the Indiana Attorney General, the U.S. Minister to Iran, and the U.S. Minister to Argentina.
Terre Haute Lodge No. 19, F&AM is a lodge of Freemasons in Terre Haute, Indiana. It is the oldest existing organization in the city and in Vigo County, with the exception of Vigo County Government.
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- ↑ "William Kirkpatrick Edwards". Wabash Valley Profiles. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ↑ "James Hook". Wabash Valley Profiles. April 2001. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ↑ "Benjamin F. Havens". Wabash Valley Profiles. September 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ↑ Impeached.
- ↑ Completed Bidaman's term.
- ↑ "Donn M. Roberts". Political Graveyard . Retrieved 2011-03-17.
- ↑ "Donn M. Roberts's Successor Is Charged with Being Corrupt". New York Times . September 24, 1915. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
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- Terre Haute Mayors, 2006, retrieved 23 August 2020. "Photograph of a plaque containing the names, dates, and political parties of mayors of Terre Haute, Indiana through 2004." Covers 1838-2004.
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