This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Wabash River Flood Washes Prairie Homes Out
The Gill township levee on the Wabash broke Thursday afternoon as the river reached record highs. Prairie lands and homes were inundated with three miles of levee washed away from Riverton to Hobb's Slough. Dozens of families evacuated to upper floors or higher ground while hospitals formed from homes and measles patients in Merom. No lives reported lost though livestock and buildings were carried away as waters receded slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill Township
Wabash
Wm. H. Jones, Jr
Will K. Clarkson
Cooper&Lisman
Meram
J. J. Parker
I. C
Hyatt’s Ferry
Sullivan County
Carlisle-Merom
Reynolds Hill
Buchannon
Riverton
Hobb’s Slough
McKinley