TERRE HAUTE 



5763 



TERRIER 



nois state line. Indianapolis is seventy-two 

 miles northeast, Chicago is 178 miles north and 

 Saint Louis is 163 miles southwest. Railway 

 transportation is provided by the Pennsylvania, 

 the New York Central, the Chicago & Eastern 

 Illinois and the Chicago, Terre Haute & South- 

 eastern railroads; four interurban lines also 

 enter the city. Terre Haute, settled in 1816 

 and incorporated in 1853, is one of the oldest 

 settlements in the state. Its population was 

 58,157 in 1910; in 1916 it was 66,083 (Federal 

 estimate). The area is nearly eight square 

 miles. 



The name of the city, which is the French 

 for high ground, refers to its situation on a 

 high plateau on the east side of the river. The 

 region in which it is located has more than 400 

 square miles of coal lands, and immense hills 

 of shale and clay; in some places there are 



Union hospitals and Saint Ann's and Rose or- 

 phan asylums are prominent benevolent insti- 

 tutions. More than fifty acres have been re- 

 served for recreation grounds, of which Collett 

 Park is the largest. A feature of historical inter- 

 est is Fort Harrison, with its beautiful grounds, 

 located on the Wabash River. It was built in 

 1810-1811 by order of Governor William Henry 

 Harrison, later ninth President of the United 

 States, and was under the command of Captain 

 Zachary Taylor in 1812 (see HARRISON, WIL- 

 LIAM HENRY, subhead Governor of Indiana Ter- 

 ritory). G.C.N. 



TERRIER, ter'ier, the general name of ,at 

 least fifteen kinds of dogs originally bred and 

 trained to drive foxes from their holes, or to 

 dig out and kill still smaller animals, such as 

 rats and mice. The name is taken from the Latin 

 terra, meaning earth, and refers to their method 



Airedale 



FOUR POPULAR TERRIERS 

 Scotch Fox 



Boston 



alternating deposits of coal and shale. Coal is 

 shipped from the city to points within a radius 

 of 200 miles at the rate of about 1,500 carloads 

 a day. Since the decline of natural gas in vari- 

 ous parts of the state, manufacturing firms are 

 here taking advantage of cheap fuel and fine 

 shipping facilities, and the number of industrial 

 plants is rapidly increasing. Four of the largest 

 and best equipped clay-working plants in the 

 Central West are in operation. About 1,000 

 people are employed in the enameling and 

 stamping plant, and about 1,500 in the various 

 glass works. Breweries, distilleries, malleable 

 ironworks and foundries are other important 

 manufactories of the city. 



Terre Haute has fine schools and churches, 

 and many noteworthy buildings. These include 

 the county courthouse, city hall, post office, 

 Deming Hotel, Elks' Club and Union Station. 

 Among institutions of higher education are the 

 Indiana State Normal School, with a fine li- 

 brary; Rose Polytechnic Institute, Saint Jos- 

 eph's Academy and Saint Mary's-of-the-Woods 

 College. The Emeline Fairbanks Memorial Li- 

 brary has 47,000 volumes. Saint Anthony's and 



of hunting. Such work demands strength, ac- 

 tivity, grit and a very durable coat. The chief 

 characteristics of terriers are gameness and grit ; 

 they appear to be absolutely fearless, yet are 

 particularly affectionate and faithful. 



The fox and Scotch terriers are among the 

 most popular varieties. The bull terrier, de- 

 scended from the fox terrier and bulldog, is an 

 agreeable companion, and while it possesses all 

 the courage of the bulldog it has more intelli- 

 gence and vigor. It makes an excellent watch- 

 dog, being faithful and slow to make friends. 



The Airedale terrier has of recent years come 

 into prominence and is one of the largest of 

 the terriers, strong, active, courageous, and an 

 excellent companion; and the Irish terrier al- 

 ways maintains his important rank among lov- 

 ers of dogs. The Boston and the black and tan 

 also have many admirers and make interesting 

 and intelligent pets. 



With the exception of the Scotch; the breeds 

 mentioned above are long-legged, short-bodied, 

 rough- or smooth-coated animals, therefore dis- 

 tinct from a second long-bodied, short-legged 

 class including the Scotch, Skye, Yorkshire and 



