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Luxury in Frontier Indiana
Find Alexis Coquillard’s pocket watch…would this watch have been considered a luxury
item in frontier Indiana? _____

Why?

Pittsburgh in Indiana-a foundry built along the St. Joseph River

⇐What is this item? _____________
What company made it? ___________________

What was Mishawaka first named? __________________

ROOM 4: Using the Land

Draining the Kankakee Marsh for farming.

Can you locate the picture of a dredge boat?
What was a dredge boat used for?
____________________________________________________

Go out onto the deck of the dredge boat and listen… Stop!
Look! And
Name some of the things you hear Listen!

_____________ _________________

_____________ _________________

Today the Kankakee Marsh has a complex drainage system where field tiles (can you
find one?) are used to drain large farm fields. Valuable crops of mint, potatoes and corn
are grown here. It is some of the richest farm land in the world.

[exit the dredge boat to the right…go into the next exhibit area]

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