A day of fun, shopping, caroling, eating, entertainment, merriment, and worship.

Saturday, December 4

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A new venue will be introduced by the Lagro Township Tourism group when Lagro Carriage Days comes to town on June 5, 2010. On that weekend, horse and carriages, drivers and handlers will come to the area to enjoy the scenic beauty of the township.

The tentative schedule includes:

Friday afternoon – Drive at will

Saturday, June 5, 2010 – Poker Drive from 9 am to noon.
Parade through town at 4 p.m.

Other activities include: Log cabin open for the day with root beer floats and t-shirts for sale.

Hog Roast 4 -8 p.m. at Lagro Cafe. Pay at door and proceeds will go to the Lagro Township Tourism group for ongoing community enhancement activities.

From 7-11 p.m., “Goldmine Pickers”, a group of Americana Blue Grass players from across the state will perform. This group is well-known statewide and has a full slate of shows across the tri-state area for this summer. Come and clap your hands and enjoy the music!!

Bring your own blankets, lawn chairs, etc. for all events located downtown and at the cabin.

We hope to see you !!!!

Finishing touches will be put on the Log Cabin, Locks, old Fire Station and one of the earliest homes in Lagro for “Christmas In A Canal Town” festival which will be held on Saturday, December 5. The festival begins at noon and ends with candlelight and carols at St. Patrick’s Church at 6 p.m. Along the way, St. Nicholas will tour the town, carriage rides, musical presentations at all three churches, vendors at the Community Church, free food at all venues, pictures with St. Nicholas at the cabin and a Living Nativity presented by Dora Christian Church near St. Patrick’s.

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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Guide

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 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.

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 Video

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