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Archive for November, 2009
Posted in Decorating the Log Cabin and Canal Locks – Lagro IN
November 30th, 2009 View Comments
Lynn and Chuck Schafer put finishing touches on the rail
Justin Gillespie and Lou Studio work at stringing lights along the Kerr Lock
a view of the fence after completion
Tags: Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run
November 12th, 2009 View Comments
Hathaway Preserve at Ross Run is a spectacular gorge with waterfalls, reef fossils, exposed bedrock and vertical cliffs as high as 75 feet. On this spectacular terrain are mature oaks, some with trunks over four feet in diameter, a diverse understory beneath the oaks and a spectacular display of spring wildflowers. Ross Run Gorge is an impressive natural feature that has uncommonly high value, geologically, ecologically, and aesthetically.
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Directions:
From Wabash, take US 24 east to 300E and turn right (south) toward Lagro. Travel through Lagro as 300E turns into SR 524. Follow SR 524 for 1.5 miles to Baumbauer Rd. and turn right (west). Preserve is on the right in 2.2 miles
Kokiwanee Nature Preserve
November 12th, 2009 View Comments
Kokiwanee features bluffs along the Salamonie River and streams tumbling down waterfalls to flow into the river. This is a place of many species of trees; wildflowers, including snow trillium; and many birds from wood ducks on the river to great blue herons wading where the water is shallow, and many woodland species.
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Directions:
From Wabash, take US 24 east to 300E and turn right (south) towards Lagro. Travel through Lagro as 300E turns into SR 524. When SR 524 curves to the east, continue east on Hanging Rock Rd., leaving SR 524. Travel 1.2 miles and turn right (south) on 500E. Continue on 500E for 1.5 miles as it turns into 50S. Preserve is on the right just before 600E.
Dora Covered Bridge
November 12th, 2009 View Comments
TITLE: Dora Covered Bridge
ARTIST: H.G. Davisson
MEDIUM/SIZE: Oil painting on canvas stretched over masonite (painting on back) 15 3/4 x 20
DATE CREATED:
LOCATION: Funderburg Library; Art and Music Room
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Salamonie Reservoir (Salamonie Lake)
November 12th, 2009 View Comments
Salamonie River State Park
November 12th, 2009 View Comments
Hanging Rock
November 12th, 2009 View Comments
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The Legend of Hanging Rock
Silurian seas covered the area more than 400 million years ago and marine reefs were formed in the Midwest. Reef remnants, known as Klintar, can be seen as hills and mounds in the valley between Huntington County and Miami County. More spectacular are the exposed Silurian limestone formations of “Hanging Rock” near Lagro, and the “Big Four” cut at Wabash, both in Wabash County.
“Hanging Rock” is a huge out-cropping of limestone, one hundred feet in height, overhanging the Wabash River near the mouth of the Salamonie River near Lagro. The top is somewhat rounded by erosion, and part of one side has been torn away by the river. At the summit is a flat a space some twenty feet square which commands a broad outlook over the river and valley below. Many young people now climb the same pathway to the top which Miami Indian braves and maidens climbed many years before them.
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The “Hospital”
November 12th, 2009 View Comments
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The Hospital-Secret Cave
This story involves a cave located along the Wabash River near the town of Lagro. The “Hospital” is mentioned in a report by Major John Frances Hamtramck in 1790, ascertaining the distances and conditions of navigation of the Wabash from Vincennes to Ft. Wayne. Early voyageurs sometimes called a place of refuge or shelter a hospital. It has been said that the cave is the Hospital of Hamtramck’s report. A wounded Indian crawled near the cave, but due to the seriousness of his injuries, he became unconscious. An Indian maiden found him there and dragged him into the cave. She cared for him until he could care for himself and then she left. The wounded Indian had fallen deeply in love with the girl, and each day he ventured forth in search of food and the maiden. Sadly, though, he finally died, without having discovered the identity of the one who came to his aid in time of need.
Above information taken from: “Miami Indian Stories” by Chief Clarence Godfroy.