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By Craig Doda, November 27, 2022
U.S.S. Maine Memorial
1 Indiana, Adams County, Decatur — U.S.S. Maine Memorial
In Memoriam U.S.S. Maine Destroyed in Havana Harbor February 15th 1898 This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. MaineMap (db m211664) HM WM
2 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — Duck Creek: Early Industry and Business Development
Fort Wayne business had a start on Duck Street, named for the 19th century Duck Creek that drained the area from the higher ground near Superior Street into the St. Mary’s River. Along Duck Creek in the 1840s and 50s stood the City Mills, one of the . . . Map (db m16997) HM
3 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — Earliest Railroad
The Wabash & Erie Canal was instrumental in the construction of the first railways in Fort Wayne, which quickly became a railroading center in the Midwest. In 1852, along the canal at the present-day railroad elevation that borders the south edge of . . . Map (db m16996) HM
4 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — Early Effort To Build A Park
Around the turn of the century, the nationwide “City Beautiful” movement found local expression through the efforts of Charles Mulford Robinson and nationally known landscape architect George Kessler. Seeking to reclaim the natural beauty of our . . . Map (db m17034) HM
5 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — First Americans
The confluence area of the Three Rivers was known to the native people since as early as the end of the last Ice Age, more than 10,000 years ago. As the glaciers melted and receded, they paused here creating a high point in the topography of the . . . Map (db m17064) HM
6 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — Flood Retention Walls
The concrete retention walls at the north end of the plaza will help downtown Fort Wayne withstand future flooding when the rivers rise. They were constructed where sandbaggers and volunteers worked during the flood of 1982 to build a dike to . . . Map (db m17061) HM
7 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — Headwaters Park
Architect Eric R. Kuhne was commissioned to design a flood control plan that would provide for a park and premier festival center. It could also serve as a model for flood control in other sections of the country. The Headwaters Park Commission was . . . Map (db m17037) HM
8 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — Headwaters Park — Reported damaged
Headwaters Park has been created by the citizens of Fort Wayne through their donations, ideas, and labor as a means of flood control in the city. Earlier designs had a similar purpose. George Kessler's plan of 1912 envisioned a greenspace for . . . Map (db m197058) HM
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9 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — Lost Birds of Canal Days
If you had walked along this path back in the 1840s, you might have seen some birds that you don’t see today. One might have been the greater prairie-chicken. First you might have heard a low-pitched call, like the sound of blowing across a . . . Map (db m225917) HM
10 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — Miami Legend of the Sandhill Crane
Long before settlers appeared on the scene, the American Indian people here used the sandhill crane as a symbol for their tribe. Early British and American officials referred to the people we know as Miami as “Twightwees” in various . . . Map (db m17068) HM
11 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — The Floods
Most often the rivers here brought prosperity. They are the reason humanbeings settled here; established a land portage to connect with the Wabash River system; and attracted the canal followed by rails, highways, industry, and homes. They brought . . . Map (db m17030) HM
12 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — The Fur Traders and the Military at Fort Wayne
The French built Fort St. Philippe (Fort Miamis) west of this area by 1722, to command the land portage here between the Maumee and Wabash Rivers. It was important to the French to protect the area in their political competition with the British as . . . Map (db m17067) HM
13 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — The Little River Valley Story
The valley of the Little River, where you are standing now, was carved out about 14,500 years ago when the waters of Glacial Lake Maumee overtopped the Fort Wayne Moraine, a ridge composed of glacial sediment, unleashing a catastrophic flood. The . . . Map (db m225921) HM
14 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — The Towpath Trail History — A portage, a canal and a railroad
In colonial times, a portage from the St. Marys River in Fort Wayne to the Wabash River in Huntington enabled a major French and Indian trade route to exist from Quebec on the St. Lawrence River to New Orleans on the Mississippi River. Later, the . . . Map (db m225163) HM
15 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne — The Wabash And Erie Canal
Past this point flowed the Wabash and Erie Canal begun at Fort Wayne in 1832 rad dedicated at Fort Wayne July 4, 1843. m its final phase the canal ran from Maumee Bay on Lake Erie, through Fort Wayne and southwestward to Lafayette and thence . . . Map (db m197327) HM
16 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, East Central — Pirogue Landing
Terminal point where French-Canadian boats, hollowed from 30-60 foot poplar logs, brought families and cargo up the Maumee River from Toledo and Detroit, and returned furs to Lake Erie in exchange for traders' supplies, from the late 1700's until . . . Map (db m16957) HM
17 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, Nebraska — 02.1992.2 — Wabash and Erie Canal Groundbreaking
On February 22, 1832, ground was broken two blocks north for the canal, which would link Lake Erie at Toledo with the Ohio River at Evansville. Jordan Vigus, Canal Commissioner, Charles W. Ewing, Samuel Hanna, Elias Murray participated in the . . . Map (db m21045) HM
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18 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, Spy Run — The Headwaters of the Maumee River
The Saint Mary's River and the St. Joesph River converge in Fort Wayne to form the Maumee River. The most important geographical feature of the area is the short distance overland between the Three Rivers system, which eventually flows to the . . . Map (db m239133) HM
19 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, Spy Run — The Wabash & Erie Canal
Anchoring the southern edge of the Headwaters Park “Thumb” until circa 1874, the Wabash & Erie Canal’s importance to transportation to the western part of the United States and to the growth of Fort Wayne was substantial. Headwaters Park . . . Map (db m16985) HM
20 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, Spy Run — Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant
The Three Rivers Water Filtration Plant was constructed between 1931 and 1933 as a solution to persistent difficulties suffered by the growing city of Fort Wayne in obtaining a sufficient quantity of safe drinking water. Before the 1870s, . . . Map (db m239135) HM
21 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, West Central — Columbia Street
For nearly a century, the principal business street of Fort Wayne, named for Dana Columbia, hotel and canal boat operator. Here was the terminal for passengers and freight arriving and departing via stagecoach and canal. Ground broken for . . . Map (db m197141) HM
22 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, West Central — 02.2000.1 — Fort Miamis
French built a palisaded fort on this strategic site in 1722; named Fort Saint Philippe des Miamis. One of three French forts built in what is now Indiana to protect French fur trade from encroaching English. First of five forts built over time . . . Map (db m241261) HM
23 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, West Central — Old Aqueduct Club Memorial
The Aqueduct Carrying the Wabash and Erie Canal across the St. Marys River was located just north of the bridge about where the Nickle Plate Railroad crosses the river and was the playground and swimminghole for the West End Boys. Completed . . . Map (db m99093) HM
24 Indiana, Allen County, Fort Wayne, West Central — The Canal House
In 1852 John Brown, a stonemason, built this last remaining vestige of the early canal era in FortWayne. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Brown came by canal boat to Allen County in 1847 with his wife Mary. He and his Scottish business partner, . . . Map (db m100141) HM
25 Indiana, Allen County, New Haven — 02.2003.1 — Gronauer Lock No. 2
Wabash and Erie Canal lock was discovered here June 1991 during excavation for highway construction. It was built 1838–1840 by Henry Lotz and named for lock keeper Joseph Gronauer. The rare, well-preserved timber-frame design lock measured . . . Map (db m2498) HM
26 Indiana, Allen County, New Haven — The Wabash & Erie Canal
Past this point flowed the Wabash and Erie Canal begun in 1832 and dedicated July 4. 1843 at Fort Wayne. In its final phase the canal extended 459 miles from Maumee Bay to Toledo, through New Havens southwestward to Layette and then to . . . Map (db m197133) HM
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27 Indiana, Carroll County, Burnettsville — Burnett's Creek Arch
Built in 1840 for Burnett's Creek to pass under Wabash and Erie CanalMap (db m35488) HM
28 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — An Herb Garden — Fine Flavor for Food & Medicine for the Sick — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Before You Is a Kaleidoscope of Flavors and Scents Early settlers maintained an herb garden for four reasons: Medicine, flavor for food, to provide scents for soap and for fresh flowers as well as dried flowers for year-long . . . Map (db m163307) HM
29 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Bicentennial Garden — Wabash and Erie Canal Park Trail — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
The Bicentennial Garden was created in 2016 as a way for the Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal Association to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the state of Indiana. With a strong focus on blues and yellows, the . . . Map (db m163258) HM
30 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Blacksmithing — Shaping Iron for Fittings to Run the Canal — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Blacksmith Shop A Blacksmith is one who works with iron at a furnace or forge where "black” metal, heated and wrought is formed by beating and hammering into a desired shape. A "whitesmith” worked with light metals. . . . Map (db m163333) HM
31 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Cabin Homestead 1830s — A Source of shelter, food & economy — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Building A Home Felhng 40 or so logs in the forest 15-26 inches in diameter for the sides and ends the settler had only to add three or four shorter ones for the gables. Each end was notched to both secure one log with the next and to . . . Map (db m163318) HM
32 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Canal Boats — Life On the Wabash & Erie Canal — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
A Canal Boat That Will Not Float? The Playground Boat is most like the freight boat in the above illustration. But this one has been changed to make it fun for young people's imagination. It won't float in the Canal but it will carry . . . Map (db m163259) HM
33 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Canal Bridges — Crossing the Canal in Carroll County, Indiana — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
A Variety of Bridges Solve Many Problems When the Wabash & Erie Canal cut through an Indiana wilderness, its 40 feet wide channel of water created challenges for those who wished to cross from one side to the other. Pedestrians, . . . Map (db m163312) HM
34 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Canal Power — Animal: The Engine of the Canal and the Farm — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Animals For Towing Canal Boats During a time before motorized power, canal boats were towed by horses or mules using heavy ropes of 100 feet or more. On the Wabash & Erie Canal towpath, one animal or more hitched in tandem, were led by a . . . Map (db m163350) HM
35 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Canal Village — Life On the Wabash & Erie Canal — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Creating a Life in the Wilderness The Canal Village is comprised of buildings constructed during the canal era. The water in back of you is the only remaining accessible and recreational watered segment of the Wabash & Erie Canal in . . . Map (db m163315) HM
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36 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Carrollton on the Wabash
90 lots platted in 1836 on both sides of Wabash - Erie Canal lock.

A Post office in 1838 - 39. The lock passed canal boats into the river on the pool of the Great Dam at Pittsburg five miles below. The mules carried the towline across the . . . Map (db m35413) HM
37 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Commerce & Culture — Wabash & Erie Canal
The Wabash & Erie Canal ran 468 miles from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana, thus providing access to New York and the East Coast via the Erie Canal and access to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi . . . Map (db m163354) HM
38 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Constructing the Wabash & Erie Canal — 468 Miles of Hard Labor — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Surveying: A Canal could not proceed along the upper Wabash until title to Miami and Potawatomi lands were transferred to the State. At the 1826 Treaty of Paradise Springs the title was conveyed. A corps of U. S. engineers was sent to Fort . . . Map (db m163309) HM
39 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Delphi
The City Beautiful. Platted in 1828 by General Samuel Milroy on land donated as the county seat by William Wilson, was an industrial center during boom days of the Indiana Canal era.Map (db m161449) HM
40 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Education Along The Canal — The One Room Log School House — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
How Would You Like To Sit On A Log Bench All Day? The structure before you depicts a one room log school house of 1834. If you were between the ages of 5 and 21 in rural Indiana in the 1830s you would have attended a one room school very . . . Map (db m163328) HM
41 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Fouts Kitchen And Medical Plants Garden — Wabash and Erie Canal Park Trail — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Kitchen Vegetable Garden As European settlers arrived via the canal and by wagon this region was still a wilderness in the 1830s. It was essential for their survival to bring seeds and root cuttings to start their gardens in this forest . . . Map (db m163319) HM
42 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Interpretive Center — A Unique Configuration of 1850's Facades — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
The Wabash & Erie Canal conference and interpretive center before you combines historic facades from 1850s downtown Delphi. J. H. Stewart Drugs, Callahan Boots and Lathrope Bakery fill the middle of the block in this 1850s . . . Map (db m163275) HM
43 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Irish Canal Workers Cabin
Logs were part of the railroad trestle at Pittsburgh removed in the 1930s. They became a lakeside cottage on Freeman Lake known as "The Oaks". Logs were donated by the families of: Grantham, Israel and Goyer in 2019Map (db m163338) HM
44 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Lewis Thomas Jones — (1806 - 1885) — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Lewis T. Jones, a blacksmith, and his wife Manerva arrived in Carroll County in 1850, They disembarked from the Wabash & Erie Canal at Lockport and two years later settled in Jefferson Township. One of their eight children who came with them . . . Map (db m163260) HM
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45 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Little Church On The Canal — Delphi in 1889 — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
A New Spiritual Anchor at Canal Park During the 1830s and 40s the Canal transformed this region into a new cultural and economic entity. This new era propelled a now confident Delphi into the mid and late 19th century. It was now ready . . . Map (db m163314) HM
46 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Loom House Weaver — The Essential Craft of the Canal Era — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Weaving for the Canal Homestead If the woodsman's axe and the long rifle were first in importance to the pioneer, the spinning wheel and the loom would rank second. In colonial America many families wove cloth for clothing. bedding, . . . Map (db m163324) HM
47 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Mentzer Tavern — Grantham's Overlook
Carrollton on the Wabash The Mentzer Tavern was built in 1840 at the north end of the Carrollton Towing Path Bridge that crossed the Wabash River. Erected by Ignatius Mentzer and George Friday, it opened as a cooper shop where barrels were made . . . Map (db m35438) HM
48 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Mule Barn
Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal Inc. wishes to convey its appreciation for the contribution and vision of our friend and neighbor, Duke Energy Foundation. The completion of the Mule Barn creates a major historic site for Canal Park and . . . Map (db m163351) HM
49 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Native Plants of the Canal — Wabash and Erie Towpath Trail — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Prairie plants like those featured here grew along the canal's towpath. Look for the featured plants as you walk the towpath. Can You Picture It? The canal landscape has changed over time. The Canal Width. The canal . . . Map (db m163261) HM
50 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Paper Mill Complex — Canal Water Powers Paper Production
Surrounded By Immense Water Power Delphi Paper Mill: George Robertson came from Scotland and established a small paper mill here in 1845. It was powered by Canal water leased by the State and parallel to the Wabash River. Enoch Rinehart . . . Map (db m163361) HM
51 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — River Travel — Travel Before the Building of Canals — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Before Canals The Wabash River illustrates how wilderness streams served as highways beginning with the early French explorers. Before the canal, rivers brought settlers to new adventures and opportunities cutting through unknown . . . Map (db m163279) HM
52 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Site of Cabin Home Gen. Samuel Milroy
Site of Cabin Home Gen. Samuel Milroy 1826 On the banks o' Deer CrickMap (db m7539) HM
53 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — The Carrollton Bridge
Front The Wabash & Erie Canal meets the Wabash River Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal Delphi, Indiana See Photo #2: 1844 Timber Truss Bridge The Wabash and Erie Canal authorities built the first bridge here in . . . Map (db m35445) HM
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54 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — The Cooper — Making Barrles to Move Produce — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Cooper Shop: An Ancient Craft The Cooper trade is an old one which came to America in the 1600s and was a leader in developing and introducing machines to replace the handmade methods. Before modern plastics and cardboard materials were . . . Map (db m163326) HM
55 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — The Depot — Restored Depot located across from Canal Lock — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
A New Home For The Depot This restored train depot was originally used by the Erie Line in Leiters Ford, Indiana. Built in the 1880s it symbolized a new mode of competition for canal travel. By the 1860s the Canal fell into decline . . . Map (db m163345) HM
56 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — The Guard Lock — Protecting the Canal from Flood Waters — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Guard Lock Gates Keep The Canal Safe Before you is a replica of a guard lock constructed of large cut limestone blocks. Guard locks often had only one set of gates as opposed to lift locks which always had two sets of lock gates. The . . . Map (db m163339) HM
57 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — The Itinerant Worker's Cabin — Wabash and Erie Canal Park Trail — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
A Small Construction Camp Shanty This Canal worker's shanty is constructed of actual canal-era timbers. Plain and simple, these temporary structures provided for the workers - offering a place to sleep, argue, joke, gamble, mediate and . . . Map (db m163337) HM
58 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — The Paper Maker's Shop — Wabash and Erie Canal Park Trail — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Papermaking developed in China around 100 AD. The process is based on using any plant fiber or cellulose based material which has been processed (beaten) and mixed with water. Cotton, hemp and linen are commonly used. The hand dipping process . . . Map (db m163316) HM
59 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — The Wabash & Erie Canal — Operating The Canal
Front The Longest Canal in North America Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal Delphi, Indiana The Wabash & Erie Canal extended 468 miles from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana On March 2, 1827, a Congressional land grant made . . . Map (db m35449) HM
60 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Trails to History — Welcome to Delphi
Great Place to Visit Enjoy yourself, take your time, bring your camera and your fishing tackle, watch the clouds reflected on the Wabash, experience the spirit of a nineteenth century downtown square, walk a tree lined trail along the . . . Map (db m163356) HM
61 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Wabash & Erie Canal — Commerce & Culture — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
The Wabash & Erie Canal ran 468 miles from Toledo, Ohio to Evansville, Indiana, thus providing access to New York and the East Coast via the Erie Canal and access to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi . . . Map (db m163281) HM
62 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Wabash And Erie Canal
Constructed 1832-1853, canal was nation's longest, connecting Lake Erie at Toledo with Ohio River at Evansville. Key portion in Carroll County included Deer Creek Lake Dam, constructed 1838-1840 (1 mile west). Various canal structures . . . Map (db m163353) HM
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63 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — 08.1992.1 — Wabash and Erie Canal
Constructed 1832-1853, canal was nation's longest, connecting Lake Erie at Toledo with Ohio River at Evansville. Key portion in Carroll County included Deer Creek Lake Dam, constructed 1838-1840 (1 mile west). Various canal structures are still in . . . Map (db m7540) HM
64 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Welcome To Canal Park — Celebrating the Past Building for the future — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc. Founded in 1974, in Delphi, Indiana, Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation of the stretch of the Wabash & Erie Canal located in Delphi, Indiana. Approximately . . . Map (db m163280) HM
65 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Welcome To Canal Park — Wabash and Erie Canal, Delphia, Indiana — Celebrating the Past Building for the future —
Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc. Founded in 1974, in Delphi, Indiana, Carroll County Wabash & Erie Canal, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation of the stretch of the Wabash & Erie Canal located in Delphi, Indiana. Approximately . . . Map (db m163355) HM
66 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Welcome To Delphi — Trails to History — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Great Place to Visit Enjoy yourself, take your time, bring your camera and your fishing tackle, watch the clouds reflected on the Wabash, experience the spirit of a nineteenth century downtown square, walk a tree lined trail along the . . . Map (db m163306) HM
67 Indiana, Carroll County, Pittsburg — Pittsburg
Platted by Merkle, Kendall & Co. in 1838 for side-cut canal traffic and cheap water-power from the summit level dam, Pittsburg had grain warehouses, flouring mills, oil and saw mills, wool carding and fulling, foundry and machine shops, . . . Map (db m163204) HM
68 Indiana, Cass County, Logansport — Little Turtle Waterway Plaza
The Little Turtle Waterway Plaza was conceived and built to: Provide public access to the Wabash River, Serve as the trailhead park for the future Lail system in Logansport and Cass County, Provide instruments to help interpret local history, and . . . Map (db m240889) HM
69 Indiana, Cass County, Logansport — 09.1966.1 — Wabash & Erie Canal
Trade and emigration route from Lake Erie to Evansville. Completed through Logansport 1840. Followed Erie Avenue and 5th Street, crossing Eel River by wooden aqueduct. Abandoned about 1876.Map (db m35409) HM
70 Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — 10.1998.1 — Fern Grove and Rose Island Resorts
Nearby is site of former popular Ohio River regional recreation area known from 1880s as Fern Grove. David Rose expanded facilities in 1923 – including an amusement park and a swimming pool – and named it Rose Island. Major access was by car to . . . Map (db m206818) HM
71 Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — 10.2012.1 — John Work Home and Mill
John Work, born 1760 in Pennsylvania, came with family to Clark County, Indiana Territory circa 1804. He purchased land along Fourteen Mile Creek in 1805 and later acquired extensive property in the county. Federal-style brick home here built circa . . . Map (db m206815) HM
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72 Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Ohio River: the Human Story
Since the beginning of history, people have been drawn to the river for water, food and transportation. 1. The Earliest People Several archaeological sites at Charlestown reveal stories of temporary camps. Mounds in this region date from the . . . Map (db m206831) HM
73 Indiana, Clark County, Clarksville — Fossils at the Falls
By the Way: Lewis and Clark began their famous expedition from this area on October 26, 1803.
Almost 400 million years ago, during the Devonian age, future states Indiana and Kentucky were asleep beneath a warm tropical sea, located about . . . Map (db m206956) HM
74 Indiana, Clark County, Clarksville — River Navigation
River Navigation The Dam - The huge concrete wall that you see is the McAlpine Dam. Its main function is to control water levels for navigation, but its unusual shape, an elongated Z, also provides water for the hydroelectric station while . . . Map (db m103853) HM
75 Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville — Steamboats and Shipyards
Howard's Shipyard, Barmore Shipyard, French Brothers and later the Sweeney Brothers Shipyard and Foundry all put Jeffersonville on the map as the premier builder of steamboats. Howard's Shipyard also built a number of the LSTs during World War II. . . . Map (db m186829) HM
76 Indiana, Clinton County, Frankfort — Memory of Our Departed Shipmates — Navy Club U. S. A.
( Top has Insignia of the "Navy Club U.S.A." ) This memorial is erected to revere, honor, and perpetuate the memory of our departed Shipmates Roy E. Boggess Ship No. 11Map (db m21430) WM
77 Indiana, Crawford County, Leavenworth — Captain Winfield Scott Paris — Master Pilot on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
Captain Winfield Scott Paris piloted riverboats for 45 years, including many of the famous steamboats and paddlewheelers that navigated the Ohio River. Captain Paris, born May 20, 1848 in Kentucky to Dabner Cosby and Mary ReynoldsParis, was one . . . Map (db m207102) HM
78 Indiana, Crawford County, Leavenworth — Leavenworth Skiffs
This town of Leavenworth was mainly known for two things, skiffs and buttons. In 1814, Zebulon Leavenworth laid out the town here because of the large fresh water spring at the base of the hill. Two years later, Daniel Lyon had set up a boat . . . Map (db m207098) HM
79 Indiana, Crawford County, Leavenworth — Ohio River Lock and Dam No. 44 — Leavenworth, Indiana
Construction of locks and dams on the Ohio began in Louisville with a canal around the Falls of the Ohio, a major obstacle to boat traffic, in 1825. The Louisville and Portland Canal was privately financed, and completed in 1830. Constructed by . . . Map (db m207101) HM
80 Indiana, Crawford County, Leavenworth — Where Did Buttons Come From
Button making was once big business in this area. There were 14 local species of mussels used for buttons. Today most are gone and some are extinct. The 1910 Census of 166 families in Leavenworth showed 32 men worked as button-cutters, 4 were . . . Map (db m207100) HM
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81 Indiana, Daviess County, Elnora — 14.2007.1 — Wabash and Erie Canal
A canal from Terre Haute to Evansville authorized 1846. Maysville Division along White River was over 23 miles long from Newberry through Owl Prairie (now Elnora) to Maysville; part of it paralleled what is now S.R. 57. Contracts were let June . . . Map (db m23203) HM
82 Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora — Aurora Ferry Boat Captains
Ephraim Morrison Canoe at Aurora Landing • Phillip Craig • Capt. Marcus Colling • Frank Klopp Horse Powered until 1918 then built the Etta Belle • Van Landingham Etta Belle 1935 to 1936 • . . . Map (db m201077) HM
83 Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora — History of the Aurora Ferry Co., Inc.
Legend has it that a ferry has operated near this location close to the mouth of Hogan Creek since 1802. The early ferries were powered by two horses walking on treadmills connected to a paddle wheel. The relationship between the small town of . . . Map (db m66904) HM
84 Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora — Steamboat Clinton
On the bank of the Ohio near here, opposite the Eagle Hotel, Pinkney James built the steamboat Clinton 1823-24. The launching July 4, 1824 occasioned a great celebration and firing of cannon.Map (db m172613) HM
85 Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora — Two Riverfront Mansions — Ohio River Scenic Byway — Dearborn County, Indiana —
Hillforest Following the Panic of 1837, Philadelphia Distiller Thomas Gaff and his brothers James and John sought new opportunity in southern Indiana, where in 1843 they established T. & J.W. Gaff & Co. Distillery in Aurora, Indiana. Soon . . . Map (db m201095) HM
86 Indiana, Dearborn County, Aurora, Center Township — A Lavish Landscape
Architect William Tinsley of Cincinnati was known throughout the Midwest for his outstanding landscape designs, including Fountain Square in Cincinnati. Riverview Cemetery on the banks of the Ohio is a splendid example of his work. It is reflective . . . Map (db m222258) HM
87 Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg — Captain Samuel C. Vance — 1802 - 2002 Bicentennial Memorial to The Common Man — " The Flatboat " - Mode of River travel in 1802 —
Plaque One Captain Samuel C. Vance Our Founder Plaque Two In memory of Captain Vance and the pioneer families who endured the hardships of flatboat travel to reach this place in the wilderness. They lived in log cabins . . . Map (db m20604) HM
88 Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg — James Buchanan Eads
Born in Lawrenceburg, became a famous engineer who built the Eads Bridge arched over the Mississippi at St. Louis and jetties at New Orleans. During the Civil War President Lincoln commissioned him to design and build ironclad gunboats for the Union . . . Map (db m66910) HM
89 Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg — Lawrenceburgh — First in New Modes of Transportation — 1802 —
1802 - - Village of Lawrenceburgh founded in the Wilderness by Capt. Samuel C. Vance Commerce and travel are via the Ohio River. Pioneers constructed flatboats to carry goods to New Orleans Markets. The “Kaintucks” . . . Map (db m22029) HM
90 Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg — Whitewater Canal — 1837
c. 1820 Before the levee was built, Elm Row continued down the river to the city wharf — now under water. 1836 Indiana appropriates $1,400,000 to begin construction on Whitewater Canal linking the National Rd to Ohio River. 1837 . . . Map (db m187437) HM
91 Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg, Lawrenceburg Township — Eads House — 310 West High Street
Renowned engineer James B. Eads, who was born in Lawrenceburg in 1820, lived in this home until his family moved to St. Louis in 1833. Eads was a self-taught engineer and is known for designing the Bridge across the Mississippi River in 1869. . . . Map (db m222819) HM
92 Indiana, Dearborn County, West Harrison — 15.1999.1 — Canal Junction
(Front Side) The Whitewater Canal and the Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal joined in Harrison to provide better access to Cincinnati markets and Ohio River. Indiana Internal Improvement Act 1836 authorized Whitewater Canal; completed from . . . Map (db m66869) HM
93 Indiana, Dearborn County, West Harrison — High Water Mark
March 25. 1913Map (db m226655) HM
94 Indiana, Delaware County, Muncie — In Remembrance
In remembrance of the Delaware County Civil War Veterans / POWS of the 9th Cavalry, 121st Regiment — especially to those who lost their lives when the steamboat Sultana exploded, April 27, 1865 on the Mississippi River, 7 miles north of . . . Map (db m141230) HM
95 Indiana, Delaware County, Selma — Smithfield
One of the oldest organized settlements in Delaware County, Smithfield was platted by David Stout and William Duncan March 12, 1830. Its position on White River was considered advantageous as a trading point, and it thrived as such until the first . . . Map (db m141162) HM
96 Indiana, Elkhart County, Elkhart — Elkhart River Dam Removal
Dams have been used throughout the United States for a variety of reasons such as flood control and power generation. However, dams can greatly impact a river's ecology in three major ways: fish migration, habitat destruction, and water . . . Map (db m236150) HM
97 Indiana, Elkhart County, Elkhart — Elkhart River Wharves
East from this point, along the "Elkheart" River were located the wharves where produce and merchandise to and from the village of "Elkheart", 1835 to 1851, was carried by Keel and Steamboat.Map (db m61185) HM
98 Indiana, Elkhart County, Elkhart — Elkhart's Early Industrial Power — Elkhart - 1800's —
Elkhart’s rise as an early industrialized community can be tied directly to its rivers and the power they provided. Water flowing through a system of dams and raceways, known as hydraulics, generated the power for many types of industry. In . . . Map (db m236109) HM
99 Indiana, Elkhart County, Elkhart — The Power of Water in Elkhart — J. C. Lane Hydraulics - 1890 —
Here in Elkhart, raceways along the St. Joseph and Elkhart Rivers powered a series of early mills and factories in the 1800's. The last water-powered mill ran until 1955. 🅐 The headrace, formerly located on this site, ran parallel . . . Map (db m236110) HM
100 Indiana, Elkhart County, Elkhart — The Rivers for Commerce — Our Rivers Story
Transporting Goods on the Rivers Long before the railroad came to the area, the settlers relied on the rivers to transport their products to other markets. This area was fortunate to have two navigable rivers. The smaller Elkhart River flowed . . . Map (db m236112) HM

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