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Colorful marker describing the wide variety of trees at Tippecanoe Battlefield Park, near Lafayette in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Colorful marker describing the wide variety of trees at Tippecanoe Bat...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park, and a large obelisk memorial, remember the Battle of Tippecanoe, fought here on November 7, 1811, between American forces le... More

In Tippecanoe County, Indiana, near the city of Lafayette, the gateway to Tippecanoe Battlefield Park and the memorial to those who fought the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811 between American forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Indian warriors following Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother, Tenskwatawa, known as "The Prophet"

In Tippecanoe County, Indiana, near the city of Lafayette, the gateway...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Harrison, who would later be elected U.S. president, became known as "Old Tippecanoe," the name of a crude Indian village at the site ... More