5 Things You Must Do in Warsaw

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Warsaw, Indiana (population 13,000), in Kosciusko County, is 102 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois. Located in Northern Indiana along the historic Lincoln Highway, Warsaw was twice named as one of the "Top 100 Small Towns in America." It is known as the "Orthopedic Manufacturing Capital of the World," and is home to the largest printing presses in the world.

1 –   Lake City Greenway: Four and a half miles of this proposed eight-mile, multi-use trail for bicycling, walking, jogging, running, and rollerblading has been completed. The trail traverses between Warsaw and Winona Lake.  For more information on the Greeway click on the link.

2 –   Kosciusko County lakes: The county has an astounding 103 lakes, including Indiana's largest (Lake Wawasee near Syracuse) at over 3,000 acres and the state's deepest (Tippecanoe Lake north of Warsaw) at nearly 120 feet. Warsaw itself has three lakes within its corporate limits -- Center, Pike, and Winona lakes -- offering every form of watersports.

3 –   Lincoln Highway marker: The Lincoln was America's first coast-to-coast highway, conceived in 1912. The highway connected Times Square in New York City with the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco's Lincoln Park with 3,300 miles of interconnecting roadways. Warsaw’s Funk Park is home to one of the few Lincoln Highway markers still in existence; in fact, it is the only marker in the state in its original location and the last remaining marker known to exist along the 23 miles in Kosciusko County.

4 –   Amish Acres: This historic restoration’s restaurants, hotels, a musical theater, and tours have earned Amish Acres the designation of "Indiana's number-one tourist attraction" by Travel Trade Magazine. The only Old Order Amish farm listed in The National Trust of Historic Preservation has 18 historic buildings, including numerous ones from neighboring farms that tell the story of 19th century rural America. Guided walking tours include an orchard, a kitchen garden, an original house, a bank barn, and outbuildings. A 16-foot covered farm wagon pulled by a tractor travels down gravel lanes around the pond, past historic buildings, and through the woods.  For more information on Amish Acres click on the link.

5 –   Chief Menominee Memorial: At the headwaters of the Yellow River about 15 miles northeast of Warwick is the first monument that any state erected to an Indian. The heroic-size statue of Chief Menominee (1791-1841), arrayed in full Potawatomi regalia, gazes across the land that once was his. The federal government schemed to remove the Potawatomis from their homeland, negotiating the purchase of the land with three other chiefs. Menominee refused to participate in the negotiations, and charged that the sale was fraudulent. The governor sent a hundred troops to remove the Potawatomis by force, and Menominee was arrested. More than 850 Indians started for Kansas on what became known as the Trail of Death. As the Potawatomis trekked west, they passed areas in the midst of a typhoid epidemic, and nearly 300 Indians contracted the disease. Forty-two Indians are buried along the trail.  For more information on the Memorial click on the link.