This week’s Historical Treasure is an Indiana-Ohio region map of the system of canals, specifically the Wabash-Erie canal, which was constructed between 1832 and 1853. It ultimately connected ...

A recent acquisition to the Vigo County History Center includes two remnants of Indiana’s Wabash and Erie Canal. One is a 20-inch section of a weathered timber, 10-inch by 10-inch with a large ...

Step back in time and dive into the rich history of trade and craftsmanship at the Wabash & Erie Canal Park in Delphi. Located about 30 minutes northeast of Lafayette, close to Kokomo and ...

Indiana could not keep up with its debts and began negotiations with its creditors. All projects other than the Wabash & Erie Canal begun by the Improvement Act were turned over to creditors.

An act of Congress in 1827 gave nearly half a million acres to the 11-year-old State of Indiana if it would ... to Toledo ushered in the "Wabash and Erie Canal." In 10 years, the canal reached ...

and recreation along the historic Wabash & Erie Canal, which operated from 1832 to approximately 1874. The extensive canal once crossed Indiana along the Wabash River and is the second-longest ...