Waterfront homes on geist reservoir12/8/2023 ![]() More detail about the issues with development around Geist can be explored in this post, but Morse was pulled into the discussion when not long after Shorewood was created, IWC transferred 3,120 acres around Morse to the company. In 1960 the IWC started Shorewood, a real estate subsidiary, which was established to sell land around both Morse and Geist reservoirs (land which was still owned by IWC) for development. The selling of land along Geist for development purposes had created a several years long controversy, as the land had been set aside for park use. The red oval is the future location of the dam.Īside from providing water for Indianapolis, the reservoir had another valuable aspect to it: land. Cicero Indiana is at the top right corner of the map. The 1953 United States Geological Survey map below shows the land where Morse would be located prior to construction circled in red. ![]() However, like the secretive land purchases which had preceded the construction of Geist, no announcement of the location was made, but rumors began to circulate in 1949 about large land purchases being made along Cicero Creek northwest of Noblesville. ![]() By 1947 Cicero Creek was the target site, although surveys for the exact location were still being conducted, and in 1948 engineers determined that the reservoir would be on a section of Cicero Creek directly south of the town of Cicero, with the dam being constructed near the confluence of Cicero and Hinkle Creeks. The narrow valley, as well as its depth, made this an ideal location for the new reservoir. In that area, the creek wandered through a narrow valley (at least when compared to the Fall Creek Valley and the nearby White River Valley), with the adjacent bluffs rising 30-40 feet above the valley floor. A portion of Cicero Creek northwest of Noblesville had promise.
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