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Want to ask some of Indiana's leading canal historians a question about an aspect of local or family history pertaining to Indiana's canal era? Post it in the forum section below ...
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Tom Castaldi at Canal Center in Delphi, Indiaina
November 19, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm
The Canal Center Archives Committee meets in Delphi at the Canal Center, Thursday, November 19, 2009, at 1:00 pm.. It has been a few months since we last met so we have several items to catch up on to get ourselves current. Below is the agenda for...
Lewisburg Lock No. 22 was a 7 feet lift, built on the wooden frame plan. This style lock was made entirely of wood timbers, floor, walls, gates and all. Of course hinges and other supportive straps were made of iron. All the locks on the Wabash Er...
Tom---Your entry on Indian Removal spurred this discussion of John Freeman Schermerhorn, who was, more than any one else, responsible for the forced removal of the Cherokee from the East Coast.
Schermerhorn, who was from Schenactady, New York, was...
Purdue Landscape Architecture Program to Discuss Wabash Erie Canal Towpath Trail Plan at Schimmerhorn Room Canal Interpretation Center
May 6, 2009 from 1pm to 2:30pm
A Concept Plan Unveiled
for the Wabash Erie Canal Towpath Trail
Presented by Purdue University
Landscape Architecture Program
Students from a Purdue University Landscape Architecture class took on the challenge of examining how to deal with the c...
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Canal metaphors resonate today
When I was giving stump speeches all over the state for the new Indiana State Museum from 1997 to 2004, I frequently worked a couple of canal metaphors into my presentation -- thanks to the perspective and passion of my board members Dan McCain and Tom Castaldi.
It's pretty common for historians to attribute part of the "conservative" Hoosier character to the "failure" of the Internal Improvement Act, the subsequent ban on state borrowing in the 1850 Constitution -- we've had a risk-averse cultu… Continue
It's pretty common for historians to attribute part of the "conservative" Hoosier character to the "failure" of the Internal Improvement Act, the subsequent ban on state borrowing in the 1850 Constitution -- we've had a risk-averse cultu… Continue
Posted by Ron Newlin on February 26, 2009 at 6:30am — 2 Comments
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