Hi Randi,
How interesting. I was born in Indiana (Madison County) and lived there for
many years, but never heard of this river.
Thanks for all the posts you provide us with. I'm sure it's very time
consuming.
Hope 2016 is a good year for you.
Jan Flowers
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Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Orange County: Lost River: A Brief Description
The Daily Ardmoreite, Ardmore, Okla., April 29, 1900, p. 4. NOTE: The item
below was rather lengthy and has been abbreviated below as shown by the
ellipsis. The item can be read in its entirety at
www.chroniclingamerica.gov.
FAMOUS LOST RIVER
A Peculiar Stream That Suddenly Disappears
Famous Lost River manifests its strange disposition through the northern and
eastern section of Orange County, Ind. The river, parent of all smaller
ones, gushes from a bluff in Washington County, a stream with a strong
current that carries everything before it. It runs in well-defined banks
for several miles and then suddenly disappears. Near Orleans it sinks into
a great, cavernous hole that might very readily be taken as the entrance to
the lower regions and from which the river gained its secondary name, the
River Styx. The sink is black and unfathomable and even in the driest
season has never been explored, although it has been ascertained that the
descent is gradual and about 590 feet.
Several miles from the first sink the stream comes forth from the side of a
hill and, after running on the surface a mile or more, again sinks. By
sawdust and wooden ball tests, it has been ascertained that another stream
that rushes from the side of a bluff eight miles distant in altogether
another section of the country is a continuation of Lost River. This
disappears in another sink, runs through an underground passage a mile or
more in length and finally empties into White River.
At certain points in the county the surface has caved in and shows Lost
River running underground to the depth of 100 feet. How the water is again
elevated to the surface is not known.
The attractiveness of Lost River and its tributaries is enhanced greatly by
the weird, wild scenery of Orange County. There is no section of the state
where the scenery is more striking and diversified
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