Show walnut boat gives long service M al Z 13 1 I P irit 4 1 T 14 arl k U 4 e J 4 hewn from a mammoth tree this solid walnut boat made yet igo i go gave more than a century of service on the wabash river neur near vincennes ind its contemporaries the lie indian birch hark canoe anu and the battau of tile early voyagers disappeared from these waters years ago but as isla into as 1013 1913 this walnut boat was in active service the boat Is 2 22 feet long and su SG G inches wide it was built liy by mitchell great great grandfather of the lad shown in the tha picture and I 1 it Is cherished today by the faintly ain lly as a historic rem reminder indor of those early onys |