| Prophetstown | |
| Map: | Indiana#USA |
| Map Width: | 200 |
| Map Alt: | A map of Indiana showing the location of Prophetstown State Park |
| Type: | State Park |
| Location: | Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States |
| Nearest City: | Battle Ground, Indiana |
| Coords: | 40.5°N -86.8333°W |
| Operator: | Indiana Department of Natural Resources |
| Visitation Num: | 334,375 |
| Visitation Year: | 2018–2019 |
| Visitation Ref: | [1] |
| Website: | Official Website |
Prophetstown State Park commemorates a Native American village founded in 1808 by Shawnee leaders Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa north of present-day Lafayette, Indiana, which grew into a large, multi-tribal community. The park features an open-air museum at Prophetstown, with living history exhibits including a Shawnee village and a 1920s-era farmstead. Battle Ground, Indiana, is a village about a mile east of the site of the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, a crucial battle in Tecumseh's War which ultimately led to the demise of Prophetstown. The state park was established in 2004 and receives about 335,000 visitors annually.[1]
The park was first proposed in 1989 but did not receive funding from the Indiana legislature until 1994. Land acquisition continued through 1999 when the legislature funded $3.7 million to create the park. Indiana Governor Joe Kernan formally dedicated the park in 2004. The campground opened the following year and was a partnership with Lafayette as part of the Lafayette Inn tax proceeds.[2] Construction of the aquatic park began in October 2012 and was completed in 2013 after lobbying by local officials to drive more visitors to the park and Tippecanoe County.[3]
The Farm at Prophetstown is a non-profit organization that rents approximately 125acres from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources to show farming life as it was in the 1920s.