Somerset 1933

Somerset was roughly halfway between Marion and Peru, Indiana on what European settlers called the Frances Slocum Trail, along the Mississinewa River. This illustration is on page 91 of a 1933 book by Otho Winger, president of Manchester College, in north Wabash County.

The Frances Slocum Trail originated as a segment of an Indigenous Peoples route from near what Europeans called Cincinnati to what is now called Lake Michigan. Winger had hoped to develop a series of parks along the SLT to accentuate its historical significance and scenic beauty. Red Bridge, a village northwest of Somerset was also obliterated by the Mississinewa Reservoir in the Upper Wabash Valley Flood Control Project.