She was built in 1883 and became an excursion boat in 1917. Here the "Saint Paul" is docked at Madison, Indiana. The rowboat in the foreground gives some idea of the size of this excursion boat. She was later named "Senator".
The boat dock was one of the attractions at the Union Traction Company's Mounds Park on the White River. Visitors could rent a canoe or a rowboat for a sail on the river.
This photograph from July 1943 shows four of the Hirschman men in a rowboat on Lake Wawasee. Pictured from left to right are Russell Hirschman, Frank Hirschman, Frank Hirschman, and Bob Hirschman. Young Frank Hirschman was six years old at the time...
This is a picture of the dike at Madison, Indiana from the Kentucky side looking across the Ohio River to Madison, Indiana. The ferryboat "Trimble" is making her way across the river in the background. Mrs. Herbert M. Flora and daughter sit in...
This image shows a rental cabin located on the north side of the channel running east from the Huntinton Street Bridge, on property at the southwest end of Lake Street. This cabin was owned and rented out by Beckman of Beckman Furniture Store until...
This is an advertisement for the Wawasee Inn. The front of the advertisement shows a group of six women in a rowboat on Lake Wawasee. The back of the advertisement shows a list of several sites of interest on the Lake Wawasee property.
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Work Begins on Toll Road Park; Two Greentown Men to Drive Car in "The Great Race"; Dealin' Wheels in G'town
