History; County government; Pioneers; Families; Farm life; Farming;
Mr. McCormick describes his work as an "An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country".
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Louisville...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
A January 1930 article about the death of Major F.E. Marsh in a house fire at his south shore cottage. His crippled, 22 year-old grandson, Fletcher E. Marsh, II, was rescued by the housekeeper (Virginia C. Wilt of Syracuse), whom he married a week...
This photo shows a cottage built by Minnie (Kreag) White and Marcus L. White in 1916. The lot was purchased in 1913. This cottage is still in use by their descendants in 2012.
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Louisville...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
This is the earliest photo of Linger Lodge on the north shore of Lake Wawasee (Pier 797). The cottage was completed approx. 1902 and cost the Hoops $1,800…twice the amount the land had cost them. The barn behind the cottage cost an additional...
An early scene (1905) of Linger Lodge on the north shore. Emma Hoops is in the wicker rocker (which is still in the cottage today), her daughter, Ethel; Emma’s sister, Etta Bogue; & Delmer Earnest.
Black and White Photograph. The first purchase of Indiana Dunes State Park on September 2, 1925. Governor Jackson and his family pose on the Dunes shore in front of the Governor's cottage. The cottage is seen 150 feet behind them overlooking the...
Black and White Photograph. Governor Jackson with family and household members at their cottage on Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes State Park. Governor Jackson and family vacationed at the Lake in August 1925. This photograph is part of the album...
