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Author: Preston Richardt

Canal Society of Indiana 2025 Autumnal Symposium

April 2, 2025 Preston Richardt Announcements/Events/Tours

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THE TUMBLE – March 2025

February 7, 2025 Preston Richardt Uncategorized

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

December 3, 2024 Preston Richardt Uncategorized

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

October 28, 2024 Preston Richardt Tumble

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

June 28, 2024 Preston Richardt Tumble

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

April 28, 2024 Preston Richardt Tumble

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

February 27, 2024 Preston Richardt Tumble

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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