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Area attractions
include the Markle Fish and Game Park, Merillat Center Arts, Puse
Opera House, US Vice President Museum, the Dan Quayle Center and
more. The Creative Arts Center
of Wells County is one of the most respected small creative arts
centers in the state. Its
programs include a school outreach project,
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adult
and children education courses, monthly art exhibits, Series Musicale
and Holiday Boutique. The Wells County Historical Museum is a restored
Victorian home built in 1882. It houses more than 10,000 carefully
catalogued items oriented toward Wells County history, culture,
industry and genealogy.
Residents of Huntington County are fortunate to have many educational
opportunities. Area schools, both public and private, provide
educational opportunities for citizens in preschool through
post-graduate settings. The community is served by an accredited
parochial elementary school, a countywide public school corporation
and satellite offices of 2 colleges: Ivy Tech and Indiana Institute of
Technology.
Other colleges and universities near Markle include Indiana
University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne, Indiana Wesleyan University,
Ball State University, Ivy Tech State College, Anderson University,
the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University-South Bend.
Hospitals and medical centers near Markle include Huntington Memorial
Hospital, Inc., Bluffton Regional Medical Center and Lutheran Hospital
of Indiana. Parkview Huntington Hospital is a member of the Parkview
Health System, which includes Whitley Memorial Hospital in Columbia
City and Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, with physicians practicing
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