Old Dam fishers

ID: 3097 ~ Source: Thomas E. and Gina Topper collection from the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library: https://digital.evpl.org/digital/collection/evapost/id/511
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Old Dam fishers

A blue-sky postcard of the Old Dam on the Wabash River near New Harmony, Indiana, that claimed to be home of "Bass, Crappie, Channel Cat and White Perch" and also advertised camping, with "cottages and tent space for rent".

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By Megan Glenn
The Wabash River has been integral part of life in New Harmony for hundreds of years. In 1815, the Harmonists, New Harmony’s first utopian society, built a dam on the river to power their grist mill. They also transported their goods to be sold…