Much to the dismay of Gene Stratton-Porter, the Wabash River and Limberlost Swamp areas were dredged. According to Lowell Long, this photograph was taken from the iron bridge, which would have been the railroad bridge just north of Ceylon and...
This is a view of Veteran's Memorial Crosson Mill Park, from Huntington Street looking south. Image predated the Veteran memorial actually being placed in the park.
USS South Dakota (Battleship); Military training; Submarines (Ships)--Germany; Military leaves and furloughs; Anti-submarine warfare
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
USS South Dakota (Battleship); Military service; Homesickness; Women
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
USS Hornet; USS South Dakota (Battleship); Military leaves and furloughs
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
USS Hornet; Morris, Wayne, 1914-1959; USS South Dakota (Battleship)
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
The "Monongahela" was built in 1927 and rebuilt in 1945-1946 when she was converted from coal to an oil burner. In the late 1950s she was partially dismantled. Her remains were sold to a South American firm. She broke away from her tug during...
Nicknamed "The Little Train that Could," the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad has provided commuter and recreational transportation for the residents of Westchester Township since 1908. The original orange passenger cars were replaced...
Conductor John Slont stands proudly beside car 108 of the Valparaiso and Northern line of the Gary Inter-urban that connected Chesterton with LaPorte, Valparaiso, and Gary and was a one-time rival to the South Shore Railroad. Used for passengers,...
Transportation; Railroad; depot; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad built a wooden depot in Chesterton in 1852, just north of Third Street, south of the railroad tracks on land originally owned by the Thomas family. The railroad established a woodlot to the east of the...
