This PowerPoint presentation was developed for Elkhart Community Schools. The target audience is third grade, but it can be used by a wide range of ages, including adults.
17. While Elkhart’s rivers were of great importance to early pioneers, they also create a natural obstacle. They made travel difficult and also obstructed access to the mills. There was no bridge across the St. Joseph River, so people and goods had to cross by ferry. This mural, painted by Robert Grafton in the 1930s, may be seen at Ruthmere.
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Photograph is one of the earliest known pictures taken of downtown Elkhart. Taken from south of the corner of Franklin Street looking north on Main Street in 1884. Point out the unpaved streets, the horse drawn carriages, barefoot children, and the few power lines.