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Atlas ObscuraJul 20

Paradise Spring Historical Park in Wabash, Indiana

Paradise Spring, near the Wabash River in present-day Wabash, Indiana, served as the treaty camp for a meeting in 1826 between the Miami Indians, Potawatomi Indians, and the United States government. In October 1826, the Miami and Potawatomi signed a treaty and ceded lands north of the Wabash River in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. This allowed for white settlement and the construction…