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Three-year-old Hannah shows just how low the Eleventh Street bridge over the Town Branch of the West Fork of the White River really is. In the background, Dad, Donavan Smith, checks the stream for crayfish and other interesting critters to share with Hannah. The photo was made on January 7, 2006, and illustrates how much more room there was for the water to flow before the new sewer line was installled to accommodate the projected sewage output of the Aspen Ridge development. There is no sewage in the pipe yet, but the amount of muddy water coming off the development site certainly has increased. Donavan grew up about 100 feet southwest of the bridge and said he has played in the Town Branch for decades!
He lives about 300 feet northeast of the bridge today.
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That photo of the 3-year-old enjoying the creek as people used to do and growing to love nature is a nice treat that stands out in the list of boondoggles discussed these days. That old bridge looks like it may actually have been paved over the old wooden bridge that was there before anything upstream was paved and the university had only a few buildings or maybe before the university existed. A sign reminding us we are on the Heritage Trail is only a few yards from that bridge. I like what you do with this neighborhood that has never been recognized for its long history.
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