Editing Wabash, Indiana (section)

==History==
The first settlers to arrive in Wabash was in 1829 as a result of the treaty of Paradise Spring. The town of Wabash was platted in the spring of 1834 by Col. Hugh Hanna and Col. David Burr. The community was designated as the county seat, and it was incorporated in 1834. The town prospered due to its proximity to the [[Wabash and Erie Canal]].<ref>Wabash County Report. Pdf</ref> In 1870 the Wabash County Courthouse and most of downtown was destroyed in a fire. However, the resilience of the city led Wabash to recover. The construction of the Big Four Railway brought even more growth to the small town but led to the neglect of the canal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Weesner |first=Clarkson W. |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofwabashc01wees |title=History of Wabash County Indiana |date=1914 |publisher=Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co. |others=Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wabash, Indiana {{!}} Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |url=https://www.achp.gov/preserve-america/community/wabash-indiana |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=www.achp.gov}}</ref>

Wabash used a new type of [[carbon arc light]] invented by [[Charles Brush]] in 1870. On March 31, 1880, four 3,000-candle power lamps were suspended from the top of the courthouse. Two telegraph wires ran from the lamps to the courthouse basement, where they were connected to a generator powered by a 12-horsepower steam engine to provide power <ref>{{cite news |date=March 30, 2005 |title=Wabash lighted the way 125 years ago |publisher=Wabash Weekly Plain Dealer |url=http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/archives/wabashplaindealer/wabash-lighted-the-way-years-ago/article_58063626-6584-579d-986c-16582a93175d.html |access-date=March 20, 2016}}{{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>The Salt Lake Herald|September 17, 1880|http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1880-09-17/ed-1/seq-3</ref><ref>The Weekly Miner|November 23, 1880|http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84036032/1880-11-23/ed-1/seq-7/</ref><ref>The Ottawa Free Trader|April 24, 1880|http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038582/1880-04-24/ed-1/seq-7/</ref><ref>The New Northwest|May 20, 1880|http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022673/1880-05-20/ed-1/seq-4/></ref>

The [[James M. Amoss Building]], [[Downtown Wabash Historic District]], [[East Wabash Historic District]], [[First Christian Church (Wabash, Indiana)|First Christian Church]], [[Honeywell Center|Honeywell Memorial Community Center]], [[Honeywell Studio]], [[McNamee-Ford House]], [[North Wabash Historic District]], [[West Wabash Historic District]], and [[Solomon Wilson Building]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

===Media===
The Wabash Free Trader was published in Wabash from 1871 to 1876. The Wabash Weekly Courier was published from 1876 until 1887.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wabash weekly courier |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038242/}}</ref>