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Harmonie State Park is located "on the banks of the Wabash" 25 miles northwest of Evansville. Camping and cabins, shady picnic areas, ravines, and pristine landscapes await you here. This is a trail lover's paradise. Trails for walking, biking, mountain biking, and nature hikes will lure you for a visit.
New Harmony was the home of Thomas Say from 1826 until his death in 1834. Say is considered the Father of North American Entomology, the science, and study of insects. Say was living in New Harmony, in Posey County, when he first described the Say’s Firefly (Pyractomena angulata), in 1826. Say’s Firefly became Indiana’s state insect in 2018.
Nearby New Harmony State Historic Site honors two unique communities from the early 1800s. The Rappites located here in 1814. They were fleeing from religious persecution and awaiting the impending millennium. In 1824, the Owenites brought many great scientists and philosophers into the area when they purchased the Rappites holdings.
Historic New Harmony is a program, part of the University of Southern Indiana, preserving the utopian legacy, architecture, early community living, Victorian life, and geology of New Harmony. - Activities
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