Houseboat
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This 1906 image shows a typical mussel fisher fisher along the Wabash River near Vincennes.
This file appears in: Pearl City
Pearl City
The name “Pearl City” originated sometime between 1900 and the early 1930s, when the mussel fishing industry here sparked a “pearl rush.” This stretch of the Wabash River was once filled with people, mostly squatters, who lived in tents, shanties,…