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1-800-872-6648
301 Frontage Road
Lafayette, IN 47905
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questions and answers
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I am going to be near your area or on a press trip. If I would arrange to stop in Lafayette - West Lafayette, what attractions do you have?
Of course, we think the Lafayette - West Lafayette area has a lot to offer. I will list a few of the things you might want to consider.
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| Purdue University is located in West Lafayette: |
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Big Ten university with 18 varsity teams in competition |
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Currently expanding campus and research facilities |
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Band has the world’s largest drum |
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More alumni that have served as astronauts than any other university, including the first and last man to land on the moon |
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Largest collection of Amelia Earhart memorabilia in the country |
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| Wolf Park is one of the few research facilities of its kind in the world. |
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Studies interaction of wolves with American Bison |
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Interns study here from around the world |
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Classes in wildlife photography offered |
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Lectures, demonstration, and howl sessions open to the public |
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| New state park, Prophetstown and the Living History Center at Prophetstown, that features use of the land of the years including woodlands, wetlands, and prairie |
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Hiking/biking trails around fens, seeps, and prairies |
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Living History Center has restored prairie, Native American Village, and 1920s farmstead |
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Classes in wildlife photography offered |
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Park offers campground, picnic shelters, playgrounds along with trail system |
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Both organizations have interpretive programs and special events |
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We also offer interesting history, good museums, wonderful festivals, fascinating shops, artists and galleries, restaurants of all varieties, performances of all types, and the list goes on...
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I am a freelance writer who plans to be in visit your area soon. How can the LWLCVB help me?
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| We are enthusiastic about helping qualified media in the following ways: |
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Hiking/biking trails around fens, seeps, and prairies |
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Living History Center has restored prairie, Native American Village, and 1920s farmstead |
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Classes in wildlife photography offered |
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Park offers campground, picnic shelters, playgrounds along with trail system |
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Both organizations have interpretive programs and special events |
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What does your community offer to the family traveler?
Our community not only has good shopping, wonderful restaurants, interesting attractions and festivals, but research shows that getting here by roadway is easy and convenient...just two hours south of Chicago or one hour north of Indianapolis on I-65. We are also considered a good place to bring children, safe and affordable. And when we checked last, almost 65% of those surveyed were repeat visitors—so we must be doing something right! |
did you know facts
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Did you know that Purdue University alumnus, John McNamara, was one of the original M’s in M & M candies?
Did you know that one of the greatest clowns of all time, Emmett Kelly and his persona of “Weary Willie”, choose to call Lafayette his home town?
Did you know that Annie Ellsworth sent the first telegraph message of “What hath God wrought?” at the request of Samuel Morse and then moved to Lafayette the next year?
Did you know that Amelia Earhart prepared her plane for her last around the world flight at the Purdue University Airport? She was working at Purdue as a visiting career counselor for women at the time.
Did you know that the Wabash & Erie Canal that passed through Lafayette was the second largest canal in the world? They only one longer was the Grand Canal of China.
Did you know that the first (Neil Armstrong) and the last (Eugene Cernan) on the moon were both Purdue graduates? There are also 20 other Purdue alumni who are astronauts.
Did you know there are over 30 parks for you to enjoy in Tippecanoe County?
Did you know that Kermit the Frog was named after a Purdue professor of philosophy who was a childhood friend on Jim Henson?
Did you know that Lafayette – West Lafayette has the oldest drive-in, bar, newsstand, and drug store in the state of Indiana? They are the Triple XXX, The Knickerbocker, City News, and Wells Yeager Best. |
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