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Blue House on Whitewater Canal – Metamora – Indiana

Blue House on Whitewater Canal - Metamora - Indiana

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An old historic blue house on the edge of a restored section of the Whitewater Canal, in Metamora, Indiana. While the Whitewater Canal only operated as a shipping route between 1836-1965, it was maintained to provide hydraulic power for a series of water-powered mills that processed grain, cotton, and made paper. The town derives its name from the play the Last of the Wampanoags, written by John Augustus Stone in 1829.

Today the town is largely a tourist attraction that draws people to unique shops with a variety of old buildings, boat and train rides, the canal, and an old grist mill that remains on the canal.

Historic Yates Cabin – Taylorsville Lake – Kentucky

Historic Yates Cabin - Taylorsville Lake - Kentucky

The historic Yates cabin, built in the 1840’s. The cabin was moved to higher ground at its present location in the early 1980’s, in advance of the filling of Taylorsville Lake. The lake is located southeast of Louisville, Kentucky, the state’s largest city.

Louisville Nashville Railroad Car – La Grange, Kentucky

Louisville Nashville Railroad Car - La Grange,  Kentucky

A historic Louisville and Nashville Railroad passenger car located in La Grange, Kentucky.

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services from 1850 until 1982, after which it was absorbed by Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which would eventually through more consolidation in the rail industry, become the CSX Transportation that most people know today.