Paradise Spring Treaty Ground

Location: Allen & Market Streets, Paradise Spring Historical Park, Wabash. (Wabash County, Indiana)

Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau and Wabash County Tourism

ID# : 85.1992.1

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At treaty ground (two blocks east) in October, 1826, Potawatomi and Miami tribes signed treaties with the United States ceding lands north of the Wabash River. The treaties included provisions for land for a canal and the Michigan Road.

Keywords

American Indian/Native American, Transportation