Tag: Big Raccoon Creek
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Raccoon Lake and the submerged US 36 and Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway
Let’s return now to my 2007 road trip along US 36 and the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway in western Indiana. US 36 used to pass through the flood-prone land on either side of Big Raccoon Creek in Parke County. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers resolved to control the flooding, and so between 1956…