Today, Greater Lafayette is a hob of industry, technology, and commerce, but this has not always been the case. What sparked Lafayette’s transformation from a ramshackle river town to the bustling epicenter of the Wabash Valley? Attendees will be invited to become canal sleuths to find and appreciate the hidden remains and traces of the historic canal across Lafayette and Tippecanoe County.

Presented by Mike Tetrault, Executive Director of the Wabash and Erie Canal Park.

Join TCHA and Purdue University’s Department of Anthropology to celebrate Indiana Archaeology Month!

This all ages- event will feature many hands- on activities such as an AtlAtl dart throw, artifact show & tell and identification, hands-on skeletal lesson with Dr. Melanie Beasley from Purdue Anthropology, a mini excavation, and archaeology activity books. The Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum will also have free entry.