Long Live La Porte

Long Live La Porte. A Mural by Tom Torluemke, 2019. 1 Potawatomi Indian Women , 2 First Log Cabin , 3 Paul Bowman, early mail carrier , 4 Aerial view of Pine Lake and Holmes Island , 5 Girl riding Crown Bicycle , 6 The Door Prairie Barn, 1876 , 7 Cart from Belle Gunness farm , 8 1921 girl reading the scary biography of Belle Gunness , 9 Rumely Oil Pull Thresher , 10 Stone Lake Beach , 11 Hallet H. Kessler, Kessler's Furniture, 1906 , 12 Edward A. Rumely, Advance-Rumely Company 1853 , 13 Herbert W. Fox, Woolen Mills, 1858, made world war one Peacoats , 14 National Waterskiing Championships, 1956 , 15 James Burden, Director for 45 years of the oldest continuously operating City Band in US , 16 Frederick C. Mennen, invented Jiffy Pop Popcorn, 1958 , 17 Aerial view of La Porte, 1910 , 18 Fern Eddy Schultz, La Porte County Historian , 19 Ken Schreiber, 3 time National and 9 time State Baseball Coach of the Year , 20 Home economics display , 21 Karl P. Link, inventor of Coumadin and Warfarin , 22 Office of Dr. Collins, inventor of opium treatment , 23 La Porte Theater 1923-1977 , 24 Hazel Harrison, international concert pianist , 25 James Andrew, a founding father of La Porte, built first 15 miles of Michigan Road , 26 Union organizer , 27 Frederic A. Craven, local artisan, built wooden ships for the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL , 28 Kate Annette Hosmer, early schoolteacher for over 37 years , 29 Captain A.P. Andrew, a founding father of La Porte, donated land for the courthouse , 30 Dr. Abraham Teegarden first resident physician and founder of Teegarden Hotel , 31 Home of Captain A.P. Andrew , 32 Mark Krentz, former Mayor and owner of Thanhardt-Burger Frames , 33 Don Bowman, landscape architect, Plaza 618 , 34 Tom Torluemke, mural artist, 2019 , 35 4th of July parade, Indiana's Capital for the Day , 36 Deluxe Drive-In Theater, Movie: Unbroken about Russel Allen Phillips, POW and local teacher , 37 Automobile collection of Dr. Peter C. Kesling , 38 Dr. H.D. Kesling, built the Yare, an electric car, 1976 , 39 Mail carrier Mike Kabacinski, with love letters in his pocket to the City , 40 Slicers vs. New Prairie Cougars Football State Championship Pep Rally Honoring Jake West, 2014 , 41 Slicer Baseball State Champs: 1967, 71, 76, 82, 87, 90, 92 and 2000 , 42 Jane Goad, founder of Slicer Bat Girls and Pom-pons, dancing with Rose Showley , 43 Passing the torch, Indiana Bicentennial 2016 , 44 Bullseye, a symbol of La Porte heading toward a winning future!, This legend signage, historic narrative video and time lapse video made possible by: Peter C. and Charlene J. Kesling Foundation, AA Rain-Tite Roofing, Harvey and Diana Adams, Duneland Media and Visual Arts Council of La Porte.