The Panhandle Pathway is a 22-mile rail-trail corridor running through Pulaski and Cass Counties, Indiana. The trail follows the historic rail path of the Pennsylvania Railroad Line through farmland, shady wooded areas, the beginning of the Wabash Valley, and across the Tippecanoe River. The trail provides wide views of farmland and a dedicated prairie preserve. The Panhandle Pathway is ideal for walking, hiking, running, biking and skating. Well maintained by volunteers, the Panhandle Pathway is a lovely rural experience offering new things to see and hear on every visit.
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The name “Panhandle” was the nickname of the Pennsylvania railroad which ran between Pittsburgh, PA, and Chicago, IL, via Columbus, OH. When the railroad connection was made in 1926 across the Ohio River at Steubenville, OH, crossing the Panhandle of West Virginia to Pittsburgh, the nickname, “Panhandle” stuck and spread across the entire line from Pittsburgh to Chicago and St. Louis.