[3] Colonel Archibald Lochry and his Pennsylvania militiamen, were rafting down the Ohio River to join George Rogers Clark in an attack on the British garrison at Fort Detroit.

While the Pennsylvanians were cooking fresh bison meat for breakfast, they were ambushed by Joseph Brant, a Mohawk military leader allied with the British.

The 170 foot clear span over Laughery Creek utilizes a modified Howe truss design and the varying dimensions of the structural members address the changing loads and resulting forces.

[8] Rare species in the watershed include the bobcat (Lynx rufus), the Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii), the northern harrier (Circus cyaneus), and the barn owl (Tyto alba).

[8] In a 1995 Indiana Department of Natural Resources fish survey, the bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus) was the most abundant species collected by number (19%), followed by the longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis) (14%), gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) (12%), and the golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum) (11%).

In spring spawning season, sauger (Stizostedion canadense) and white bass (Morone chrysops) migrating up from the Ohio River can be caught in Laughery Creek up to the dam at Versailles.