Millions of Years in the Making
Over a million years ago, when giant sloths, short-faced bears, saber-toothed cats, giant tortoises, dire wolves, and mastodons roamed the North American continent, there flowed a mighty river through what is now modern-day Lafayette, Indiana. The Teays River sprang from its headwaters in North Carolina and flowed through what would become the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois before emptying into the pre-historic Mississippi River. It was the dominant waterway in eastern North America!