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Lafayette, IN at a Glance
Located 85 mi (136 km) from Indianapolis
in North Indiana, sits the
picturesque city of Lafayette. First settled in the early 1800s, the city has
a well-preserved history that can be explored in downtown’s Tippecanoe
County Courthouse and numerous historic neighborhoods, such as Highland
Park, Centennial
and Ninth
Street Hill. Across the Wabash
River sits West
Lafayette, home to Purdue
University, the replicated French trading post Fort
Ouiatenon and the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Samara
House. One way to visit West Lafayette is by crossing the John
T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge, which connects Lafayette’s Reihle
Plaza with the Wabash
Heritage Trail on the other side. History buffs will find numerous attractions
in the nearby village of Battle
Ground, home of the Tippecanoe
Battlefield and the living history museum of Historic
Prophetstown, found in Prophetstown
State Park. Families visiting Lafayette can pass the time at the Tropicanoe
Cove Aquatic Center and the Columbian
Park Zoo.
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