Steamer 1910

Description:	Front: Script at bottom of postcard reads, Evening, Winona Lake, Ind.Back: Body of message reads, #105: 11th [...]- Winona Lake Ind. Wed morning. Dear Wife, The spirit of God surely ruled in the work of the conference yesterday. The crowd was much smaller than it was Sun. but several thousand are staying. The gate keeper said that 42 thousand passed through onto the grounds Sun. That does not include the thousand that were here at that time. 50 thousand is all the estimate I have heard for the largess; Say dont you know I havent got a scratch yet from you - better something come today. I havent decided yet if I will run around any or not out when the meeting is over. If I dont I will be home about Sat. If I do I will let you know. With love, Frank. Paragraph at top reads, You can take a ride on that steamboat 6 miles around the lake for 15 cts. It goes out loaded several times a day. It is about [...] or 100 ft. long. Lets go. Several have asked me if I wasnt Paul [...] They say I look like him. Addressed to, Mrs. Della Edwards, Lyndon Kans. Care Miranda Wire. The writer estimates that there were almost 50,000 people on the grounds that Sunday based upon good evidence.Steam powered boats were long a part of the nautical endeavors at Eagle Lake and Winona Lake. They played an important transportation link between Warsaw and Winona Lake. A channel connected the lake water with a dock at a location north of the present day Winona Ave. near the intersection of the north/south and east/west railroads. The railroads brought passengers to Warsaw. The Big Four Station was located at the site of the former Little Crow Milling Company, and the Pennsylvania Station was located about five blocks to the west. Some of the steamboat names included “The City of Warsaw”, “Daisy”, “Welcome”, “Nash”, and “Eagle”. Others may have existed. The other role of the boats was to take visitors on cruises around the lake. Most of the boats were constructed on site.
Origin:	1910-07-12
Created By:	J. W. Van De Venter, Winona Lake, Ind.
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/153
Collection:	Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards
Copyright:	Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions
Geography:	Winona Lake (Ind.)
Subjects:	Steamer

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