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Valparaiso ( ) is a city and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The population was 31,730 at the 2010 census. ==History== The site of present-day Valparaiso was included in the purchase of land from the Potawatomi Indians by the U.S. Government in October 1832. Chiqua's town or Chipuaw〔One of the earliest Authentic histories of Porter County, Indiana, From 1832 to 1876; Deborah H. Shults-Gay; ca 1917〕 was located a mile east of the current Courthouse along the Sauk Trail. Chiqua's town existed from at or before 1830 until after 1832.〔Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History; Helen Hornbeck Tanner; University of Oklahoma Press; Norman,Oklahoma, 1987; map 25〕 The location is just north of the railroad crossing on State Route 2 and County Road 400 North. Located on the ancient Indian trail from Rock Island to Detroit, the town had its first log cabin in 1834.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ci.valparaiso.in.us/index.aspx?nid=283 )〕 Established in 1836 as ''Portersville'', county seat of Porter County, it was renamed to Valparaiso (meaning "Valley of Paradise" in Old-Spanish) in 1837 after Valparaíso, Chile, near which the county's namesake David Porter battled in the Battle of Valparaiso during the War of 1812. The city was once called the "City of Churches" due to the large number of churches located here at the end of the 19th Century. The city also has a long history of being a transportation hub for the region. In 1858, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad reached Valparaiso, connecting the city directly to Chicago. By 1910, an interurban railway connected the city to Gary, Indiana. Today, while the city no longer has a passenger train station, it is still very much a part of the "Crossroads of America" due to its proximity to I-65, I-80, I-90, and I-94. Additionally, the Canadian National railroad still runs through the downtown area. Until 1991, it was the terminal of Amtrak's ''Calumet'' commuter service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Valparaiso, Indiana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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