In the 1830s canals were dug linking the Great Lakes to Indiana's river systems. The canals proved to be a financial disaster. Railroads made the canal system obsolete even before its completions.
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East Race Waterway, in South Bend, Indiana, is the only man-made white-water raceway in North America.
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The Indiana Gazette Indiana's first newspaper was published in Vincennes in 1804.