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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MQX_stewart-settlement-house_Gary-IN.html
Side A Stewart House was organized during depression of 1921 to provide social services for Gary's black community. A vital neighborhood center for unemployed WWI veterans and southern blacks who migrated for jobs in steel mills, it helped thousa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MQW_froebel-school_Gary-IN.html
Side A Froebel opened here, 1912, as many European immigrants and southern blacks moved to Gary for jobs in steel mills. An experiment in progressive education, it served students of diverse backgrounds and the local community. Despite early sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17L3_st-john-township-school-district-2_Schererville-IN.html
Built, 1853, approximately one half mile south; closed, 1907; moved to this site and restored for educational and community uses, 1993-1994. One of twelve St. John Township schools; structure typical of early one-room school buildings in Indiana.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17KS_dutch-in-the-calumet-region_Highland-IN.html
Dutch immigrants after 1850 began moving to this area because of its similarities to their homeland. They helped to locate ditches to drain water from the extensive marshes, leaving rich land to expand successful horticultural activities.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17KR_st-johns-lutheran-church_Gary-IN.html
St. John's Church, the oldest surviving institution in Gary and north of the Little Calumet River, began with the work of the Rev. Henry Wunder in the early 1860's. He regularly came from Chicago by horse and buggy. Baptism records date from 1863;…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16IS_hobart-indiana-patriotic-honor-rolls_Hobart-IN.html
( Top Plaque - Front of Monument )For God · · · · (- - - - Crest - - - - ) · · · · And Country·· (- - - - - US - - - - -) · ·1917 - 1918 · · (America…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT4Y_w-w-ii-triangle-memorial_Crown-Point-IN.html
Dedicated by the citizens of Crown Point in memory of all who served their Country that Freedom shall not perish from this Earth
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHW_the-old-lake-county-courthouse-1878_Crown-Point-IN.html
The Old Courthouse has been, since its erection in 1878, a landmark in Lake County, Indiana. Construction of the central portion, including the clock tower, began with 500,000 hand-kilned bricks from the Henry Wise Brickyard in Crown Point, combin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHV_great-sauk-sac-trail_Merrillville-IN.html
Part of a transcontinental trailused by prehistoric peoples ofNorth America, it passed throughmodern Detroit, Rock Island andDavenport in the Midwest.The trail was importantinto the 19th century.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFJ_first-physician_Merrillville-IN.html
Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.
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