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Wah-Bah Shik-Ki was the name the Indians gave the river, it meant “pure white” The French arrived at the shores of the river and called it “Quabache” Next the settlers spelled it Wabash. Indians created many villages along the banks. Fur Traders, Missionaries and French explorers turn it into a great trading route which linked to the lower Great Lakes and the Missippi River. George Rogers Clark defeated the British, and took hold of the Northwest Territory.

The river was not only a site where there were War’s and bloodshed. At New Harmony the “Rappites” a religious group forms a colony on the lower Wabash. They only stayed about 10 years; they sold their holdings to Robert Owen. He them started a new colony based on education and science. His colony was short-lived because of the concept of public schools.

The Wabash river is slow and muddy and has drained much of Indiana’s fertile farmland.
On the upper end of the Wabash is very sallow with many log jams clogging the river and making navigation of the river is very dangerous.[1]

Major tributaries of the Wabash River include:
Salamonie River (Indiana)
Little River (Indiana)
Mississinewa River (Indiana)
Eel River (Indiana)
Tippecanoe River (Indiana)
Sugar Creek (Indiana)
White River (Indiana)
Patoka River (Indiana)
Vermilion River (Illinois and Indiana)
Embarras River (Illinois)
Little Wabash River (Illinois)
Wildcat Creek (Indiana)

Cities and towns along the Wabash River include:

Illinois
Grayville
Hutsonville
Maunie
Mount Carmel
St. Francisville
Indiana
Andrews
Attica
Bluffton
Clinton
Covington
Delphi
Huntington
Lafayette
Lagro
Logansport
Markle
Merom
Montezuma
Newport
New Harmony
Perrysville
Peru
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Wabash
West Lafayette
Williamsport

Ohio
Fort Recovery
Reference
IN.gov http://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/4476.htm
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_River

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-=== History ===
+<br>Wah-Bah Shik-Ki was the name the Indians gave the river, it meant “pure white” The French arrived at the shores of the river and called it “Quabache” Next the settlers spelled it Wabash. Indians created many villages along the banks. Fur Traders, Missionaries and French explorers turn it into a great trading route which linked to the lower Great Lakes and the Missippi River. George Rogers Clark defeated the British, and took hold of the Northwest Territory.
-Wah-Bah Shik-Ki was the name the Indians gave the river, it meant “pure white” The French arrived at the shores of the river and called it “Quabache” Next the settlers spelled it Wabash. Indians created many villages along the banks. Fur Traders, Missionaries and French explorers turn it into a great trading route which linked to the lower Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. George Rogers Clark defeated the British, and took hold of the Northwest Territory.
+<br>The river was not only a site where there were War’s and bloodshed. At New Harmony the “Rappites” a religious group forms a colony on the lower Wabash. They only stayed about 10 years; they sold their holdings to Robert Owen. He them started a new colony based on education and science. His colony was short-lived because of the concept of public schools.
-<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The river was not only a site where there were War’s and bloodshed. At New Harmony the “Rappites” a religious group forms a colony on the lower Wabash. They only stayed about 10 years; they sold their holdings to Robert Owen. He them started a new colony based on education and science. His colony was short-lived because of the concept of public schools.</span>
+The Wabash river is slow and muddy and has drained much of Indiana’s fertile farmland.<br>On the upper end of the Wabash is very sallow with many log jams clogging the river and making navigation of the river is very dangerous.[1]
-The Wabash river is slow and muddy and has drained much of Indiana’s fertile farmland.<br>On the upper end of the Wabash is very sallow with many log jams clogging the river and making navigation of the river is very dangerous.<ref>IN.gov - Wasbash River[http://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/4476.htm]</ref>
+Major tributaries of the Wabash River include:<br>Salamonie River&nbsp;(Indiana)<br>Little River&nbsp;(Indiana)<br>Mississinewa River&nbsp;(Indiana)<br>Eel River&nbsp;(Indiana)<br>Tippecanoe River&nbsp;(Indiana)<br>Sugar Creek&nbsp;(Indiana)<br>White River&nbsp;(Indiana)<br>Patoka River&nbsp;(Indiana)<br>Vermilion River&nbsp;(Illinois and Indiana)<br>Embarras River&nbsp;(Illinois)<br>Little Wabash River&nbsp;(Illinois)<br>Wildcat Creek (Indiana)
-Major tributaries of the Wabash River include:
+Cities and towns along the Wabash River include:
-*Salamonie River&nbsp;(Indiana)
+Illinois&nbsp;<br>Grayville<br>Hutsonville<br>Maunie<br>Mount Carmel<br>St. Francisville<br>Indiana&nbsp;<br>Andrews<br>Attica<br>Bluffton<br>Clinton<br>Covington<br>Delphi<br>Huntington<br>Lafayette<br>Lagro <br>Logansport<br>Markle<br>Merom<br>Montezuma<br>Newport<br>New Harmony<br>Perrysville<br>Peru<br>Terre Haute<br>Vincennes<br>Wabash<br>West Lafayette<br>Williamsport
-*Little River&nbsp;(Indiana)
-*Mississinewa River&nbsp;(Indiana)
-*Eel River&nbsp;(Indiana)
-*Tippecanoe River&nbsp;(Indiana)
-*Sugar Creek&nbsp;(Indiana)
-*White River&nbsp;(Indiana)
-*Patoka River&nbsp;(Indiana)
-*Vermilion River&nbsp;(Illinois and Indiana)
-*Embarras River&nbsp;(Illinois)
-*Little Wabash River&nbsp;(Illinois)
-*Wildcat Creek (Indiana)
-=== Settlements  ===
+Ohio&nbsp;<br>Fort Recovery<br>Reference<br>IN.gov http://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/4476.htm<br>Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_River<br>
-The list below is of cities and towns along the Wabash River.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Wabash River," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_River, accessed 31 December 2019.</ref> There are other unincorporated communities along the Wabash River that are not included in this list.
-'''Illinois&nbsp;'''
-*Grayville
-*Hutsonville
-*Maunie
-*Mount Carmel
-*St. Francisville
-'''Indiana&nbsp;'''
-*Andrews
-*Attica
-*Bluffton
-*Clinton
-*Covington
-*Delphi
-*Huntington
-*Lafayette
-*Lagro
-*Logansport
-*Markle
-*Merom
-*Montezuma
-*Newport
-*New Harmony
-*Perrysville
-*Peru
-*Terre Haute
-*Vincennes
-*Wabash
-*West Lafayette
-*Williamsport
-'''Ohio&nbsp;'''
-*Fort Recovery
-<br>
-For More Informations See:
-*[http://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/4476.htm Indiana Government site]
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_River Wabash River - Wikipedia]<br>
-=== References  ===
-{{reflist}}
-[[Category:US Migration Rivers and Lakes]]