At the turn of the century, the Limberlost Swamp was described as a
"treacherous swamp and quagmire, filled with every plant, animal and human
danger known -- in the worst of such locations in the central states."
Stretching for 13 thousand acres across Indiana's southern Adams County and
northern Jay County, the vast forest and swampland was a legend for its
quicksand and unsavory characters.
The swamp received its name from the fate of Limber Jim Corbus, who went
hunting in the swamp and never returned. When the locals asked where Jim
Corbus was, the familiar cry was "Limber's lost!"
http://www.state.in.us/ism/sites/limberlost/
Robin Hamilton
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