The W&E Canal through Huntington

W&E

The Wabash & Erie Canal through Huntington county, Indiana


	1820	Indiana population is 75,000
Mar 2	1827	Congressional Land Grant to Indiana to build Wabash Canal
Jan 28	1828	The freshet of this year is the highest in history
	1828	Brick house built for Chief Le Gros
April 27	1830	Charles Thorn born in New York
	1830	Indiana population has grown to 343,000
	1830	Canal Land sales begin
	1830	Chief Le Gros dies
Feb 22	1832	Official ground-breaking for W&E in Fort Wayne
	1833	8 families from Maryland settle into the Vermilyea area
	1834	The canal boat Indiana is built in Fort Wayne
	1834	A thousand men are working between Fort Wayne & Huntington
July 4	1835	Grand Opening of the W&E from Fort Wayne to Huntington
July 12	1835	The Irish War in Lagro
	1835	Population of canal-bordering counties totals 12,000
Jan 27	1836	Governor Noble signs Mammoth Improvement Bill
July 4	1837	The canal boat Prairie Hen arrives in Wabash
June	1837	A crowd gathers in Lagro to watch the watering of the canal
	1839	Brick making begins at Vermilyea
	1840	Indiana population is 683,000
Nov 1	1846	Miami Indian reloction reaches Kansas Landing
	1846	Aboite aqueduct rebuilt
	1850	Population of canal-bordering counties totals 150,000
May	1851	Bull Creek Aqueduct destroyed and rebuilt
July 4	1853	Canal opened to Evansville
June 20	1853	Archibald Mahon filed plat for the town of Port Mahon
	1862	Steam boat "Union" passes through Fort Wayne
	1862	Charles Foster accepts contract to rebuild Silver Creek Aqueduct
Oct 26	1872	"Rocky Mountain" is the last boat from Toledo to Lodi
	1874	Last boat West of Lafayette swept away in break
	1874	Canal Trustees surrender their trust.
Jan 14	1876	Canal dredge east of Lagro sold to an Ohio man
June 17	1877	Canal bed from Ohio line to Lagro sold
Sept	1888	Lagro canal bed filled-in to eliminate stench
	1902	D.L. Shearer warehouse sold to Wabash Railroad
	1932	Dry Dock in Roanoke unearthed
June 11	1936	C.A Anderson performs inspection of Lagro canal for WPA
	1963	D. Wayne Hendricks carves oars out of wood from Dickey Lock

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