Historical and cultural projects receive grant funding
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Archaeological surveys, interpretive exhibits, and the rehabilitation of a historic home and other historic structures are among the projects to receive a total of $600,000 from the Wabash River Heritage Corridor Fund.
The funding comes from royalties on oil extracted near the Wabash River in southern Indiana, and the grants are administered by the Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology with input from the Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission.
“To see the future of Indiana, it’s important to understand our past,” DNR Director Dan Borner said in a news release. “These projects all play an important role in preserving our history and helping more people connect with our shared Hoosier heritage.”
The following groups received funds:
The Ouiatenon Preserve Inc. in Tippecanoe County will receive about $99,000 to further investigate two archaeological sites that may mark the location of a Native American village that once stood near Fort Ouiatenon.
The University of Indianapolis will receive $100,000 to assist an archaeological survey of about 850 acres abutting the bed of the Wabash & Erie Canal in Carroll and Cass counties. Part of the effort is to investigate the historic location of the former town of Carrollton.
The Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal Inc. will receive $100,000 to help design and build several outdoor interpretive exhibits about early settlement of the area known as the Delphi Bayou, which now is the site of Delphi.
The Historic Forks of the Wabash Inc. will receive about $42,000 to help renovate the Chief Richardville House in Huntington County. This house was built between 1832-1834 for the chief of the Miami Nation and served as a site for treaty discussions with the U.S. government.
The Huntington County Commissioners will receive about $39,000 for repairs at the O’Donnell Center Building and the St. Joseph Building and its attached maintenance garage, which were part of a religious campus founded by Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters in 1925.
The Wabash Economic Growth Alliance Inc. will receive $100,000 to rehabilitate a vacant and deteriorated building in downtown Attica in Fountain County for its organizational offices, business incubator offices, co-working and rental office space, and a cafe.
The Parke County Commissioners will receive $100,000 to help rehabilitate the Melcher Covered Bridge near the town of Montezuma.
The Parke County Historical Society will receive about $21,000 to help rehabilitate the county historical museum.