Talk:Terre Haute, Indiana

Jakob Thornberry

Who is Jakob Thornberry? I have never heard of him and, even if he belongs on the list of distinguished residents or former residents, he would belong in a different category.

Location of Saint Mary's

I changed the wording regarding Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College to read that it is "northwest of" rather than "in" West Terre Haute. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods is a separate village with its own post office and zip code.--MarshallStack 02:07, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Time Zone

Can someone confirm the time zone information? I don't live there anymore but I thought Terre Haute was in the area of Indiana that does not do DST.

And, who the hell is Kelly Bird? She/He is not the author of any book sold by amazon.com. Qwertius 04:28, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

All of Indiana is now on DST - Terre Haute is now permanently in the eastern time zone. --Jdcole1978 23:25, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

St. Mary's

St. Mary-of-the-Woods is an all-women's school, not mostly women. I've changed it, but if someone can prove otherwise, then feel free to correct me. --Jdcole1978 23:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

They have changed the Women's External Degree program to a Weekend External Degree program that admits men. On-campus undergrads. remain all female, but grad, students and off-campus tsudents need not be. I still think of it as a women's college. JJL 05:02, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I changed it to "primarily women's college", as calling it a strictly women's college would not be accurate. Orpheus42 06:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

McVeigh edit and restoration

Last night I changed McVeigh's execution date from June 11, 2001 to September 10, 2001. I have a very clear and distinct memory of watching a candle-lit vigil outside the Terre Haute penitentiary on CNN. The moment was memorable to me both because of his responsibility for the Oklahoma bombings and because his execution was carried out in my "home town". When New York and Washington D.C. were attacked the next day, I was struck by the coincidence of the two events and this burned the memory in my mind even more firmly.

I logged on to add a note to the discussion page but thought I'd double-check the date first. Imagine my confused surprise when google presented several links that confirm the June 11th date. I'm very puzzled but I have restored my edit to the original. MPinkstaff 15:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

It was definitely not September 10. I was at the Bloomington Unitarian Church service the Sunday after McVeigh's execution and Rev. Bill Breeden, who organized the vigil outside on the night of the execution gave the sermon and it was one of the most moving things I have ever heard in my life so I remember it in great detail and he certainly never mentioned 9/11 which, knowing Bill, he definitely would.

Candles Museum Fund Drives

Can someone put in that the surrounding area also gave substantial contrubutions to the rebulding of the museum? I am from Sullivan County, and our Elementary School gave a significant contrubution.

Cleanup

I think the "Other facts" portion needs major changes.

I think that CANDLES and Terre Haute Action Track articles should be broken out/written. The track is well-known nationally to dirt track fans. The track was frequently featured on Thursday Night Thunder telecasts in ESPN in the 1990s.

I would delete all of the rest except Reader's Digest (which should be cited), Columbia House, Prison, and movie. The rest doesn't appear to be encyclopedic to me. Cheers! Royalbroil ^{Talk  Contrib} 04:47, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Demographics. . .

Demographics? There aren't any. Fix that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.195.68 (talk) 21:06, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes sir, I'll get right on that, sir.

Actually it's weird that no one has caught this until now. It was deleted back in March[1][2] -- Tim D 03:21, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Notable Residents

While I don't really feel comfortable with making a new article, I'm sure somebody does. The entire list of notable residents should definitely be moved to a new page, "List of Notable People from Terre Haute, Indiana" or something like that. The vertical size of the article is a bit unwieldy.

And is the Mr. Wolfe referenced in the list a living or dead artist? I know that there is a painter by that name in West Terre Haute, but I'm not sure he does much sculpting. Archaeo 16:26, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Mr. Wolfe was/is a painter; however, he has earned a considerable reputation as a sculptor in the past decade, starting with the Abrell/Korean War monument on the Vigo County Courthouse lawn, the Max Carey monument near the entrance to Memorial Stadium, the V-12 monument on the campus of Indiana State University, the Carmel-Clay monument in Carmel, Ind., the Orville Wright statue at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio; and the World War II monument in Webster, Mass. I believe it is fair to say that Wolfe is now primarily devoted to sculpturing. Photos of two of Wolfe's sculptures are depicted in McCormick's book, Terre Haute: Queen City of the Wabash (2005).

Mayor

Who put the mayor as Kevin W. Burke? I will change it in a sec once I figure out how to reference it.

Baldeahle 20:12, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation

The article presently indicates that Terre Haute is pronounced with primary stress on the first syllable of Terre. I have never heard it pronounced other than with primary stress on Haute. Is that just because everyone outside Terre Haute pronounces the name wrong, or is there an error here? Tomer^talk 02:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

To clarify, the article currently says the name is pronounced [ˈtɛ.ɹə hoʊt], I've only ever heard it pronounced [ˌtɛ·ɹə ˈhoʊt]. Cheers, Tomer^talk 02:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Ditto. I'm changing it to [ˌtɛ·ɹə ˈhoʊt]. Orpheus42 06:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Although I have always pronounced it with the accent on "Haute" (which your alteration accomplishes), I think a significant minority of residents would pronounce it with the accent on "Terre." McTavidge 22:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

That's possible... I've never heard it though. I'll ask my fiancee, since she lives there (and has since birth). I'm in Evansville. At any rate, I suppose it's not exactly a huge deal. Orpheus42 08:13, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I live in Terre Haute, and I accent the Terre. Those that accent "Haute", also tend to pronounce it "Terruh Hote", when it should be "Tear (as in 'rip') Hote", with the Terre. But both are used, and perhaps both pronouciations should be listed. This is similar in my mind to the pronounciation issues with Vigo County. (some pronounce it VIE-go, rather than VEE-go) --RadicalX2k 17:22, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Meth capital of the world?

Seriously, most of the small- to medium-sized towns and cities in Indiana could lay claim to that title. What's it doing in this entry? It certainly doesn't seem to me to be NPOV language. Orpheus42 07:17, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I live here, and I don't hear this comment (beyond just every day joking about meth arrests, which occur all over the Midwest). Granted, that is anecdotal, but so is this comment, and it needs to be deleted unless someone can materialize a source for it. Jdcole1978 19:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Picture

While it's been a few years since I lived in TH, I wonder why this image is "Down Town" Terre Haute. While the buildings shown are in or near down town, a photo showing Wabash or even Ohio ave would be more indicative of what Down Town TH looks like....

While not a very flattering picture of Downtown Terre Haute, this picture is framed on the left by Wabash Ave, and on the right by Ohio Blvd, the two streets you mentioned. Perhaps a better picture will be found soon. --RadicalX2k 17:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Airport

Since Hulman Field has no airline service, somebody should add what airport Terre Hautians (or whatever) fly out of typically.