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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Post Sites, Signs & Surprises Canal Tour The Fighting Irish The Canal Society At Mini Pioneer Days Surprises Found After Tour Logansport Sign Replaced By
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In This Edition of The Tumble Montezuma And The Wabash & Erie Canal Hogapolis CSI”s Early Attempt To Mark Indiana’s Canals Canal Notes 11: Chapin’s
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INDEX Why Terre Haute? Schmidt’s Symposium Presentation Proposed Ship/Barge Canals Canal Notes 10: Spy Run Bluff Frank Bash Interviews Citizens Who Remember The Wabash And
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INDEX My Trail? Metamora To Yellow Bank Whitewater Canal Byway Annual Meeting Cedar Point Canal? “Trails – Rails: Canal Connections” Symposium Recap Metamora Citizens Called
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Index: 1. Culvert Found in Pike County 9. Austin Moves West By Canal Boat 2. Missionaries On The Canal 10. Canal Saint-Martin 3. Riley
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