Terre Haute, Indiana
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Terre Haute is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716.
Terre Haute City Hall in 2012
Fort Harrison was built in 1811 on the Wabash River near present-day Terre Haute.
The first Vigo County Courthouse (1818–1866)
Clabber Girl factory complex in 2006
Tommy John
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Thomas Edward John Jr., nicknamed "the Bionic Man", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for 26 seasons between 1963 and 1989. He played for the Cleveland
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…World Series games pitched), Paul "Dizzy" Trout, Jim "Jumbo" Elliott, Harry Taylor, and Bill Butland. More recent professional stars include pitcher Tommy John (who won 288 games in his 26-year major league career) and catcher Brian Dorsett, both of whom played for the New York Yankees during their careers…
John with the New York Yankees in 1981
John in July 1974, two months before his elbow surgery
John in 2008