Old dam wading

ID: 3098 ~ Source: University of Southern Indiana, University Archives and Special Collections: https://library.usi.edu/record/1538910?ln=en&p=old+dam+wading&v=uv#?xywh=-859%2C-311%2C7660%2C5540 ~ Date: 1913

This file appears in: The Old Dam

Women wading at the old dam in the Wabash River, with others in the background.

This file appears in: The Old Dam

The Old Dam

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…