UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 10, 2003

                           First Financial Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Indiana                   000-16759                 35-1546989
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission              (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)              File Number)           Identification No.)

    P. O. Box 540 , Terre Haute, Indiana                         47808
  (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code    812-238-6264

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         (a)  Exhibits.
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              Exhibit Number:
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              99.1   Press Release, dated September 10, 2003 issued by First
                     Financial Corporation



ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE (INFORMATION PROVIDED UNDER ITEM 12 - RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION).

         The following information is being provided under Item 12 - Results of
         Operations and Financial Condition. It is being furnished under Item 9
         of this Form 8-K in accordance with interim guidance issued by the SEC
         in Release No. 33-8216. Such information, including the Exhibit
         attached hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18
         of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         On September 10, 2003, First Financial Corporation issued a press
         release to announce a 2 for 1 stock split. The release is furnished as
         Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                 First Financial Corporation



Dated:  September 10, 2003                       (s) Norman L. Lowery
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                                                        Norman L. Lowery
                                                    Vice Chairman and Chief
                                                        Executive Officer


Dated:  September 10, 2003                       (s) Michael A. Carty
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                                                       Michael A. Carty
                                                 Secretary/Treasurer and Chief
                                                      Financial Officer