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    Indiana Covered Bridges
    Indiana Covered Bridges
    Indiana Covered Bridges
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    Indiana Covered Bridges

    By Marsha Williamson Mohr and Rachel Berenson Perry

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    A symbol of Indiana's past, the covered bridge still evokes feelings of nostalgia, romance, and even mystery. During the 19th century, over 500 of these handsome structures spanned the streams, rivers, and ravines of Indiana. Plagued by floods, fire, storms, neglect, and arson, today fewer than 100 remain. Marsha Williamson Mohr's photographs capture the timeless and simple beauty of these well-traveled structures from around the state, including Parke County—the unofficial covered bridge capital of the world. With 105 color photographs, Indiana's Covered Bridges will appeal to everyone who treasures Indiana's rich architectural heritage.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndiana University Press
    Release dateSep 11, 2012
    ISBN9780253008015
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      Indiana Covered Bridges - Marsha Williamson Mohr

      The Cataract Falls cascade into Mill Creek in Owen County.

      Neet Bridge, built in 1904, crosses Little Raccoon Creek in Parke County.

      INDIANA

      Covered Bridges

      MARSHA WILLIAMSON MOHR

      Foreword by

      RACHEL BERENSON PERRY

      This book is a publication of

      QUARRY BOOKS

      an imprint of

      INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS

      601 North Morton Street

      Bloomington, Indiana 47404–3797 USA

      iupress.indiana.edu

      Telephone orders    800-842-6796

      Fax orders    812-855-7931

      © 2012 by Marsha Williamson Mohr

      All rights reserved

      No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition.

      The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.

      Manufactured in China

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Mohr, Marsha Williamson.

      Indiana covered bridges / Marsha Williamson Mohr ; foreword by Rachel Berenson Perry.

      p. cm.

      ISBN 978-0-253-00800-8 (cl : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-00801-5 (ebook)

      1.  Covered bridges—Indiana.  I. Title.

      TG24.16M65 2012

      624.2’1809772—dc23

      2012010161

      1  2  3  4  5   17  16  15  14  13  12

      Contents

      FOREWORD BY RACHEL BERENSON PERRY

      GALLERY

      COMPLETE LIST OF INDIANA COVERED BRIDGES

      ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

      Dunbar Bridge, built in 1880, crosses Big Walnut Creek in Putnam County.

      FOREWORD

      The Allure of the Covered Bridge

      RACHEL BERENSON PERRY

      THE MEANDERING OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS shape the southern borders of our great state of Indiana, and multiple streams and tributaries crisscross our 92 counties like fine lines of age on a familiar face. From the Kankakee, Yellow, and Eel Rivers in the north; through central Indiana’s Wildcat Creek, Mississinewa, and the forks of the mighty White River; to Pigeon Creek, the Muskatatuck and Blue Rivers in the south; the waterways have trickled and gushed since before the Northwest Territory’s first settlers.

      Tell-tale sentries of

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