A Trip down The Wabash in Old Postcards

A Trip down The Wabash in Old Postcards

Mount Carmel, Illinois

Mount Carmel, Illinois is approximately 400 miles from the source of the Wabash in Grand Lake, Ohio.

Hanging Rock, Mount Carmel, Illinois

Hanging Rock, Mount Carmel, Illinois

This postcard, posted in Du Quoin, Illinois on October 27th, 1907, has the printed text...

No. B-1982
Published by Kamp's Magnet Store, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
Printed in Germany
ANC NY
Excelsior
Leipzig - Berlin - Dresden trademark logo

Grayville, Illinois

Grayville, Illinois is approximately 425 miles from the source of the Wabash in Grand Lake, Ohio.

Wabash River showing city, Grayville

Wabash River showing city, Grayville, Illinois

This unused postcard has just the printed text 3333

Grayville, Illinois

Wabash River, Grayville, Illinois

This unused postcard has the printed text...

A567A
All Rights Reserved - The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee

Carmi, Illinois

Wabash River, Carmi, Illinois

Wabash River, Carmi, Illinois

This postcard, posted in Carmi, Illinois on September 18th, 1912, has just the printed text 2325.

I'm not sure whether this bridge is actually on the Wabash river as Carmi is closer to the Little Wabash River than the Wabash River proper. The railroad passes over both rivers in the area but the bridge over the Wabash is closer to the small community at Maunie, Illinois, just southwest of the Harmonie State Park in Indiana.

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