A Village Relocated Away From Its River
St. Joseph's original 1849 settlement sat directly on the Salt Fork River as Kelly's Ford before the entire village moved a mile and a half north in 1870 to its present, rail-chosen site. That relocation more than 150 years ago is still relevant to how moisture behaves across the village's two former footprints.
Moisture Legacy of a Two-Site Village
Land near the original riverside settlement can retain different ground moisture characteristics than the drier townsite the village moved to, even after a century and a half. A mold assessment in St. Joseph benefits from knowing which of the village's two historical sites a property sits nearest to.