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".
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.
The Best View Hotel was located on the north end of Bass Lake. It boasted two floors and the wide porches and rockers looking out over the lake made it a popular place for vacationing. This hotel was later home to the Shore Room, a popular...
There was much to do on Bass Lake and there still is. However much of the lakeside is now owned by individual residents. Winona's bowling alley in the 1920s is shown in the background.
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Tourists; Vacations; Leisure;
The Brabrook Hotel was originally built as the Larimer Hotel in 1887. It was one of the first hotels to be built at Bass Lake. This building burned down around 1912. However the clubhouse eventually became home to Buchta's general store.
Black and White Photograph. A group of trail riders, a bicycler, and a horse drawn buggy all compete for space down a road in McCormick's Creek State Park. Note the two cars behind the buggy.
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...
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...
Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924 - Photography; Porter, Charles D., 1850-1926;
Two gentlemen participate in the leisure pastime of fishing. One gentleman, who appears to be Charles Porter, is poling the boat on the river. Because this photo is included with the group of photographs from Michigan, and because of presence of...
Black and White Photograph. Two women relax on the grounds of the historic Canyon Inn. The grounds around the Inn were well landscaped. Note the guests sitting on benches and climbing up the back steps in the background.
Madison county, Ind.--History;
Madison county, Ind.--Biography
History of Madison County, Indiana; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.
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Paged continuously.
Illustrated.
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); Speed, Ind.;...
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...
The Kaiserhoff Hotel was located at the east end of Bass Lake in what is known as Winona. It was a vacation site for many people from both Indiana as well as Illinois.
For many years there were commerical boat rides available at Bass Lake and even boats that delivered vacationers to their hotels from a railroad spur that existed. Many people from northern Indiana and Illinois used these modes of transportation...
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...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the 1961 March, April, May, June, and September issues of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included...
