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 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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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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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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