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On November 4, 1791, a coalition of warriors determined to set the Ohio River as a permanent boundary between tribal lands and White settlements faced an army led by Arthur St. Clair—the resulting horrific struggle ended in the greatest defeat of an American army at the hands of Native Americans. The road to the battle of the Wabash began when Arthur St. Clair was appointed to lead an army into the heart of the Ohio Indian Confederacy while building a string of fortifications along the way. He would face difficulties in recruiting, training, feeding, and arming volunteer soldiers.

Follow the Flag offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, which in its heyday reached the principal gateways of Chicago, Des Moines, Detroit, Kansas City, St. Louis, Boston and New York City. Immortalized in the popular folk song "Wabash Cannonball", the Midwestern railroad has left important legacies. Today, 40 years after becoming a "fallen flag" carrier, key components of the former Wabash remain busy rail arteries and terminals, attesting to its historic value to American transportation.

The Prometheus Initiative was a failsafe for civilization: a secret corps of Engineers, Soldiers, Scientists and other experts, preserved in stasis by technology even they don't understand. Guided from Majestic 12, their hidden command center, they were to rebuild civilization in the event of global catastrophe. But amid world wide disaster, something went wrong. Now, a single Initiative Team find themselves lost in the post-apocalyptic wilderness a century in the future. They must deal with slavers, bandits, mutants and scattered survivors to whom the 21st century is only legend. They must...

Readers of Indiana’s Timeless Tales – 1782 – 1791 will discover a wealth of early Indiana history with this timeline of events that cover Indiana history from the formation of the Northwest Territory until General St. Claire's disastrous campaign during Little Turtle's War at the Battle of the Wabash. Northwest Territory Pressure on the native tribes that inhabited the Ohio River Valley region increased after the formation of the Northwest Territory by the Congress. Pioneers began moving into southern Ohio and to a lesser extent the area that would become southern Indiana. Little ...

Dialogue on Teaching, hosted by Nancy Lynne Westfield, Ph.D., is the monthly podcast of The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. Amplifying the Wabash Center’s mission, the podcast focuses upon issues of teaching and learning in theology and religion within colleges, universities and seminaries. The podcast series will feature dialogues with faculty teaching in a wide range of institutional contexts. The conversation will illumine the teaching life.Webinar Producer: Rachel Mills Sound Engineer: Dr. Paul O. Myhre Original Podcast music by Dr. Paul O. Myhre

From Roy Acuff to Johnny Cash, and everyone in between, this song has become a standard “train song” in country and bluegrass. This first year piece is a good choice for those who have mastered the basics of banjo playing. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song at two different speeds followed by a step-by-step “by ear” lesson in two- to four-measure sections. Finally, you are given the back-up tracks at two different speeds for you to practice and perform with.

Dive into a poignant tale of love, betrayal, and friendship in At the Foot of the Rainbow. Follow the lives of three intertwined souls Jimmy, a selfish and deceitful man who has manipulated his loyal friend Dannie for far too long; Mary, Jimmys wife, who harbors feelings for another; and Dannie, the ever-patient and compassionate friend who would do anything for them both. As secrets unravel, emotions run high, leading to moments that will make you smile, cry, and even laugh. This heartwarming story is a captivating exploration of relationships and the complexities of human connection—don’...

Wabash Valley Friendship Clubhouse (WVFC) is a voice for and advocating for mental health and mental health recovery. WVFC staff and members produce a monthly podcast to continue our efforts in supporting our members, the local community and the world wide clubhouse community called, Clubhouse International. We are here to better our lives and our fellow human beings. We strive to stay mentally well, emotionally well, physically well, socially well and spiritually well.

Hosted by three passionate leaders—Adam Stakeman, Alex Downard, and Christine Flohr—the podcast dives into the people and projects shaping Wabash County’s future. Every episode offers its listeners key takeaways that can be implemented in their own communities and will cause you to pause and celebrate the wins in your own backyard. With backgrounds in community development, economic growth, outdoor adventure, marketing, and tourism, the trio interviews local business owners, nonprofit leaders, and creatives who are all working to make Wabash County thrive. Subscribe and join us!

Rolf R. Nolasco is the Rueben P. Job Professor of Spiritual Formation and Pastoral Theology and Director of the Rueben P. Job Institute for Spiritual Formation at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Since we are conditioned to believe that thinking is the best way of knowing, what would it mean to rethink what we consider to be knowledge? What if our students know more than we know, then how do we share our know-how? Teaching toward the cognitive, the social, the spiritual, the political, the cultural (etc.) demands a new understanding of meaning making for adult education.

Lakisha R. Lockhart, PhD is Associate Professor of Christian Education at Union Presbyterian Seminary.

The Rev. Dr. Luke Powery is Dean of Duke University Chapel and Professor of Homiletics and African and African American Studies at Duke Divinity School. In this conversation, hear stories of what happened when teaching spirituals in a federal prison, and the ways prisoners became teachers and "outside" teachers and students became learners. Hear how the Spirit can move in a classroom and make such spaces sites of Divine Encounter. What if the remedy for oppression is unleashing the power of teaching as theopathy in classrooms?

The podcast covering rural electricity and economic development topics in the Midwest. Brought to you by Wabash Valley Power Alliance.

Taking it's title from the specialty book store of the same name, The Wabash Inn Mess podcast is a collaboration between three friends with a common passion for the American Civil War. The hosts maintain the belief that there are three methods to most effectively understand the military aspects of the conflict: Research, Re-creation, and Gaming. Veteran Civil War living historians Chuck Warnick, Norris Darrall, and Wade Gish will devote a portion of each episode to all three methods to help you find and sharpen the tools needed to understand the events of 1861-65, both momentous and mundane.

Roger S. Nam is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Emory University Candler School of Theology. What are the constructive aspects of being contract faculty? If you spend your career as a contract faculty person have you failed as a scholar? How do you find your place on a faculty with tenure-track and tenured colleagues? What can administrators do to assist contract faculty in having longevity? For the good of the student experience, what are the issues of equity, dignity, and professionalism concerning contract faculty?

Rev. Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert is Dean of Howard School of Divinity. Dr. Gilbert discusses the dream of being an architect, the surprise of being able to create space for oneself, the joy of lightbulb moments, and the superpower of prayer.

Dr. Anne E. Streaty Wimberly is Professor Emerita of Christian Education at the Interdenominational Theological Center and Executive Director of the Youth Hope-Builders Academy, a youth theology program funded by the Lilly Endowment.The relationship bonds between faculty and student can be long-lasting and mutually lifegiving. What happens when, in the season post-teaching, former students become the teacher's mentor, teacher, and guide? When reverse-mentoring provides a sense of kinship, in what ways does it mean when former students offer hospitality to their "forever" teachers?

Each episode is a reading by Nancy Lynne Westfield of an original blog post. All the readings explore the complexity of the teaching life through imaginative storytelling, at times – bold commentary, and always encouragement for the art of teaching to be liberative and joyful. Sound Engineer: Paul UtterbackOriginal Music: Paul O. Myhre

Samantha Miller, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Theology at Whitworth University.How do you give permission to adult learners to drop their intellectual guard and engage openly in the complex thinking of your course? How do you assist students with pushing past those fears which keep them self-conscious and hinder their learning? Making use of gaming, imagination, simulations, the outdoors, i.e. play in many forms, strengthens adult classroom experiences.

Lisa L. Thompson, Ph.D is Associate Professor and the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Black Homiletics and Liturgics, Homiletics and Liturgics at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Thompson discusses the childhood dream of being an OBGYN, rejecting the false dichotomy between scholarship and teaching, and the ways in which faculty can be punished for being good teachers. Also: the superpowers of intuition and the facilitation of creativity, community as the key to surviving violence, the miracle of helping people own their voices, and cultivating institutions that facilitate creativity.