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100 years ago, there was no Calumet City

Schrum family, Hans Johann Schrum, The Calumet Dairy, Magdelena, Claussen, Calumet Pickle Works and Schrum Pickle Works. Mary Tapper, Calumet City History

About the Region

After the Thaw The Development of Lake Michigan

Brickyards a backbone of early region times

National Brick, Dittrich Family, Kirsch Family, Red Top Trucking, Harlan Brickyard, John and Charles Labahn, Illinois Brick Company, Henry Wise, Wise Brickyard, High School Team Brickies came from Hobart's oldest industries of Brickmaking. Kulage Brickya ...

Buddy Pressner and His Orchestra

Calumet City Centennial. From pioneers to pickles: Cal...

by Laura Zakroczymski from the Hammond Times newspaper. Includes the history of "Kalamick:, Hans Johann Schrum and Louise Schuringa. Calumet Pickle Works, Calumet City History

Calumet City Centennial. First Families

Calumet City Centennial. First Families Misch, Schrum and Stefaniak Misch Brothers grocery store; Polish sausage. Schrum Pickle Factory, Johan and Louise, Magdalena, Clausen Robert Stefaniak, Mayor Paul Kamradt, mayor of West Hammond 1915 to 1925, Calumet ...

Calumet Regional Archives IUN

The mission of the Calumet Regional Archives shall be to collect, preserve, and make available records from organizations and individuals to document the history of Indiana's Calumet Region (Lake and Porter Counties) for use by students, scholars, and the ...

Calumet Roots. Progress, Politics and a Prince

Local history. Timeline for Lake County and Valparaiso

Captain Hamelin

Calumet Region turf battles date to Revolutionary War Long before there was a stateline dike and shorelines of slag at Wolf Lake, there were turf battles in the Calumet Region.

Crown Point Indiana Blog

Dave's Den - Region History

A personal web site created by a former Gary resident with extensive information on the development, history, politics, goverrnment, economics, melting pot aspect and of course the steel mills of Gary, Indiana.

Diana of the Dunes

Alice Mable Gray. Diana of the Dunes. Came to live alone in a shack in the Indiana Dunes in 1915, where she would live for the next seven years.

Dunes At Miller Great For Skiing

Gary Evening Post, Monday 22 January, 1917

Excerpts from "The History of Porter County, Indiana"

Gary began as a sportsman's paradise and cattle rustler...

Tolleston Gun Club

Gary Settlement House

Gary Neighborhood House was the first settlement house in Gary, begun in 1909 under the auspices of the Home Missions Committee of the Presbyterian Synod of Indiana by Kate and Jane Williams. It started with a kindergarten class for immigrant children in ...

Hammond celebrates birthday of 100 - year - old Harriso...

Historic Ford Hangar at Lansing Municipal Airport

The history of the Lansing airport dates back to the 1920's when such notables as Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and Wiley Post used the airport in efforts to promote aviation in the United States. This postcard depicts the hangar tenants in the mid 1940' ...

History of the State Line Generating Plant

Situated on about seventy acres of "man-made" alnd, which was filled in from Lake Michigan.

History of US Steel

Independence Day sparks stories of past celebrations

Interesting facts about Porter County

Porter County's small town and rural nature make it an attractive place to live and has resulted in it being one of the fastest-growing counties in the state.

Jean Shepherd Flick Lives

A salute to Jean Shepherd

Journey Through Calumet Communities in Motion