Monday, July 28, 2008

The Little Wabash



On the banks of the Wabash, far away....

Illinois has it's own Wabash River, only it's the Little Wabash River.

The river ran alongside Grandpa Fisher's farm, where my grandmother Della and her sisters grew up outside of Golden Gate in Wayne County.

The river wasn't far at all from Dixon Precinct either.

Grayville is on the river. In fact, the old railroad tracks and station are about 30 yards from the river.

When I toured Dixon Precinct and Grayville with Lois Goodson, we stopped in the parking lot where boats are launched. The river was still at flood stage from the spring '08 floods. It was a beautiful scene. However, I'm sure the frequent floods caused a lot of distress back then as they still do now.

Like Florida hurricanes, nature is most beautiful when it is also most terrifying.

The Little Wabash joins the Wabash River near the state line, just before the Wabash joins the Ohio River.

These pictures were taken from the car in the parking lot mentioned above. The area is in downtown Grayville, in the White County portion of town. The "lake" is not supposed to be there.


Here is a link to a Wikipedia article about the Little Wabash River.

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