#8 The Flood of 1913 - Logansport's 175th Traditional Cache
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#8 The Flood of 1913 - Logansport's 175th
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Welcome to Logansport as we are celebrating our 175th birthday. This is eight of eight in a series of caches that as you seek and find, you will have visited areas of Logansport that have great historical significance.
Logansport was settled circa 1826 and named for a half Shawnee soldier named James Renick-Logan, better known as “Captain Logan” who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812.
The storm of March 21, 1913, was as severe as any that the county has ever been subjected to. Hundreds of larger buildings were damaged, and many smaller buildings were overturned or carried away — as were wagons and buggies. Hundreds of telephones were out of service and telegraph communication with the outside world was cut off, delaying trains and putting a halt to street car traffic.
On “Good Friday,” the entire state experienced a continuous windstorm. This was followed on Easter Sunday, March 23, with a heavy rain that continued for three days, which caused the Wabash River to suddenly rise. By Tuesday morning, March 25, the river overflowed its banks. The water continued to rise for two more days until the entire business district was inundated. The Panhandle Railroad, from the mouth of the Eel to its roundhouse and shops, the Wabash Railroad from its crossing on Berkeley Street east to 17th Street, and all territory south to the Wabash River looked like one vast lake.
The south side and the west side neighborhoods of Logansport were an inland sea. The water ran across Third and Fourth Streets and down Market and Broadway with a rapid current as the buildings obstructed the water. At first wagons and drays were used to haul goods and people from the flooded stores and houses, but soon the water rose to such a depth that only boats could navigate the streets. The current was so rapid that it was dangerous even for boats as they were hurled against light and telephone poles, buildings, and trees.
By Thursday morning, March 27th, despite heavy snowfall the previous day and night, the waters were rapidly falling. By Thursday evening, most of downtown’s stores, offices, and sidewalks were free of water. By noon Friday, the Wabash was flowing within its banks and thousands of sightseers were walking on the streets where 9 feet of water had stood the previous day.
In a doorframe near this cache, there is a plague that has been mounted there for almost 100 years marking the level of the flood.
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