Chapter 4 Summary

Eliot isn't the only Rosewater who was interested in Rosewater County. His great-grandfather had invested in a canal that was to join Indianapolis, Chicago, Rosewater and the Ohio, and the canal is now a great fishing place. This means that there are night-crawler sellers in the area, many of whom have ancestors who had invested in the Rosewater Inter-State Canal. Many local investors lost their holding and a lot of money in the canal investment. Many of them were gone, but the Rosewater Golden Lager Ambrosia Beer brewery is still there.

The town of Rosewater is in the center of the country with the canal and railroad tracks running nearby. There is a red brick Parthenon in the center of the town. There sre other red brick buildings as well as a park. The high school football team is called the Fighting Sawmakers...