Wabash in Wabash County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Cook's Cabin

Paradise Spring Riverwalk

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 13, 2014

1. Cook's Cabin Marker

Inscription. Meals for the treaty participants were prepared in the cook’s cabin.

While the exact number of participants is not known, it is documented that the Potawatomie and Miami tribes camped on both sides of the Wabash River, numbered in the several hundreds.

The spring, reported sufficient to meet the needs of three thousand persons, ran through a ravine west of the cook’s cabin.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 40° 47.835′ N, 85° 48.922′ W. Marker is in Wabash, Indiana, in Wabash County. It can be reached from E. Market Street 0.2 miles S. Allen Street. Marker is located in the northern part of Paradise Spring Park west of the parking lot; the above directions are to the driveway to the park’s northeast parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wabash IN 46992, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Kin-Com-A-Ong Spring (a few steps from this marker); Council House (within shouting distance of this marker); Quarters of James B. Ray (within shouting distance of this marker); Storage Cabin (within shouting distance of this marker); Quarters of Lewis Cass (within shouting

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distance of this marker); Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (within shouting distance of this marker); Quarters of Major General John Tipton (within shouting distance of this marker); Quarters of Captain Frederick R. Kintner (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wabash.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Treaty of 1826 Meeting Camp (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed).

Cook's Cabin image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 13, 2014

2. Cook's Cabin

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 13, 2014

3. Cook's Cabin

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 518 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 27, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.