The image on this postcard shows the corner of Main Street and North Street. The people on the sidewalk are Lonie White and Ruth Snyder. The photo is looking south. The message on the back is written to Miss Ida Deardoff in Chicago (Of Wesley...
A photograph in the Jasper Herald of the Dubois Jeeps basketball team celebrating after having won a semistate game against the Evansville Central Bears. Pictured on the left is Greg Wineinger, and in the white sweater is Dubois Jeeps coach Jim...
These are avertisements for Starcraft Metal Boats, and the photos in those ads. The black and white photo is of Chap Blackwell and Nancy Blough (3rd generation at Linger Lodge) when they were dating around 1953.
On Sunday's in the 1930s, there were free golf tournaments and free refreshments at the Bass Lake Golf Course. In 1927 developers created the Bass Lake Golf Course on farmland purchased from Fred M. White. The golf course was a full service 18...
Advertisement for a July Fourth celebration hosted by Bass Lake Amusement Company at White City. Posted in the Starke County Democrat newspaper in 1908. Various towns are advertised as playing baseball games, Ora, White City, Bass Lake and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Boats; Lakes & ponds; Vacations; Fishing;
Cranberry Point is located on the east side of Bass Lake and was once the home of the Bass Lake Country Club. The Country Club was built in 1890. In 1933 a gentleman named Ced White reopened the club as Camp Gridley. Camp Gridley was a place for...
The Bass Lake Country Club was built in 1890 and located on Cranberry Point. The Country Club was used for many weddings, graduations and family reunions. There was a dock at the club and people could arrive by boat from other areas and hotels on...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Country clubs; Lakes & ponds;Parties; Weddings; Vacations; Boats;
The Bass Lake Country Club, built in 1890 was located on Cranberry Point shown here. The Country Club was used for many weddings, graduations and family reunions. There was a dock at the club and people could arrive by boat from other areas and...
Starke County (Ind.); Golf; Clubhouses;Farmhouses;leisure
In 1927 Fred M. White sold a part of his farm to developers who built the Bass Lake Golf Course. The farmhouse was used as the Clubhouse until the 1970's.
In 1927 developers created the Bass Lake Golf Course on farmland purchased from Fred M. White. This postcard was made from a photograph of the 11th green. The golf course was a full service 18 hole course and is still in operation today.
Steam power plants; Quarries and quarrying; Limestone mills; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
The advent of steam registered an enormous impact on the stone industry as steam power was harnessed to existing technologies ranging from the derrick to the saw. By the time this image was taken (ca. 1880), steam had already made deep inroads into...
This elderly gentleman is reading the Sault Ste. Marie News paper in a rather rustic setting. His white beard does not detract from the sharpness of his eyes. His hands show interesting discoloration. We have not found any of Gene's writing...
