Finally reached target Vincennes as it got dark. Checked into the Econolodge and played NTN at the BW3 (Buffalo Wild Wings) before turning in.
I had driven 328 miles.
Drove around Vincennes the next day and found the national headquarters of the Sigma Pi fraternity near Vincennes University which boasts of being Indiana's first college, founded in 1801. Very pretty campus with, obviously, very old buildings.
Right by the main entrance of the campus, there are about six buildings reflecting back on when Vincennes was the capital of the Indiana Territory in the early 1800s. The territorial governor was one William Henry Harrison who went on to become US president after making a name for himself for his dealings and fighting with the Indians.
His home for the territorial years is still there and called Grouseland and open to the public thanks to the Daughters of the American Revolution. On the grounds there will soon be a site called Walnut Grove where in 1810 and 1811 Harrison met with Indian leader Tecumseh.
Still in Vincennes. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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