Author: Preston Richardt

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

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

Wildcat Creek Dam & Slack Water Navigation Area By Preston Richardt Since I began my expanded research of the Wabash & Erie Canal in order

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