Manti Messenger | 1928-09-14 | Page 7 | Walnut Boat Gives Long Service

Walnut Boat Gives fives Long Service n fy i j r y y 0 il l i w 4 S II ii r I sewn Hewn from u a mammoth tree this solid soll walnut boat bont made years cars ago gave more afore than a century of service on the Wabash abash river ri near Vincennes Ind lad Its contemporaries the Indian birch bark canoe and und the bateau of early voyagers disappeared from these waters years ears ago but as late luto as fiS 1013 t Y this walnut bout boat was In la active e service ser The he boat Is 22 feet long and und SO 36 inches wide wIlle It was built hullt by Mitchell Bonhomme great grandfather great great grandfather of the lad shown In the picture and It Is cherished today b by the Bonhomme family as WI asu u historic reminder of those early da days s