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| Monastery Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand |
Located in the rolling hills of Southwestern
Indiana, Dubois County was named in honor of Toussaint Dubois, a Frenchman who
lived in nearby Vincennes, Indiana. The first settlers, many of who were of
German and Irish descent, came to this
area in the early 1800s because of its abundant forests and wildlife. A
buffalo trace that ran through this part of
Indiana also attracted many settlers, some coming here in 1801 to settle along
the trace which ran from Vincennes to Jeffersonville, Indiana near Louisville,
Kentucky.
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| The turret at Monastery Immaculate Conception |
German Catholics were attracted
to the area as there was a large Catholic settlement in Vincennes. They built many wonderful cathedrals in the
small towns of Dubois including in Jasper, Huntingburg and most famously,
Ferdinand, where the magnificent Monastery Immaculate Conception, built in 1867
and located on 190 acres of undulating hillside, is located.
Each of the towns in the county
are distinctive and each has a rich architectural and historical aura.
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| Historic 4th Street in downtown Huntingburg |
Huntingburg so represents small
town America that several major motion pictures were filmed there including A
League of Their Own, Soul of the Game and The Flood.
This spring, as flowers are blooming, follow the winding roads through the charming cities and hamlets of Dubois County.
For more information on what to do in
Dubois County, click here.
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