Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1907 — Crowd Cheers Hennipen Boat. [ARTICLE]

Crowd Cheers Hennipen Boat.

Kewnnee, 111., Nov. 14.—When the steamboat Marian, the first vessel to attempt the navigation of the newly opened Hennepin canal, reached Geneseo it was greeted by the cheers of a thousand people and the music of a brass band. The boat has now passed twenty-four locks and is near the termination of its trip at Milan. Abundance of water was found in the canal, the depth being seven feet through the northern part of Henry county.