Articles for the Tumble – September 2025 The Whitewater Canal Historic Site was established in 1946 along 16 miles of remnants of the original Whitewater
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THE TUMBLE – JULY 2025
Articles for the Tumble – July 2025 John Cunningham’s Canal Inn At Americus – Yesterday & Today By Carolyn Schmidt with new information from Melissa
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Canceled: 2025 Autumnal Symposium
The 2025 Autumnal Symposium scheduled for Williamsport has been canceled. We are truly sorry for this late notice. Please join us for our Spring 2026
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THE TUMBLE – March 2025
Analysis of Covington Clearance Records Robert Schmidt During the COVID pandemic in 2022, CSI Member Lowell Griffin computerized the Covington Clearance/Toll Book records that CSI
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THE TUMBLE – JANUARY 2025
Possibly Last Boat To Travel On The W & E Canal 1883 J. Wesley Whicker from Sketches of the Wabash Valley 1916 Illustrations by Nate
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THE TUMBLE – NOVEMBER 2024
Most of the first settlers of Indiana arrived by rivers and settled near them since there were few roads and those were barely passable. Settlers
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THE TUMBLE – JULY 2024
The initial water supply for the Wabash & Erie canal began at the dam on the St Joseph River 6 1⁄2 miles north of Fort
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THE TUMBLE – MAY 2024
Wildcat Creek Dam & Slack Water Navigation Area By Preston Richardt Since I began my expanded research of the Wabash & Erie Canal in order
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The Tumble – March 2024
March 2024 Articles Bridging Waterways By Robert Schmidt One of man’s early challenges was how to cross waterways. If he encountered a pond or large
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