The first city to illuminate its streets by electricity was Wabash in this state in 1880
[DOC] [TLE] The Night They Turned the Lights On in Wabash | Tocco | Indiana ... [PAR] This is the story of how Wabash, Indiana, became the first town in the world .... in 
its state news summary: "The average report of the illumination of Wabash .... 
1880 no other city in the U.S. had ever purchased an electric street lighting 
system.