Near North Blackford Street north of Indianapolis Cultural Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Lake Michigan, whose tip forms the northwestern border of Indiana, is the only one of the Great Lakes to touch the state. The Lake County shoreline hosts ports, mills, and foundries that have made Indiana one of the nation's top steel producers . . . — — Map (db m238782) HM
On Joliet Street (U.S. 30) west of Northwinds Drive, on the left when traveling west.
A model stretch of object-lesson road built by the Lincoln Highway Association with the co-operation and financial aid of the federal government, the State of Indiana, and Lake County, Indiana, with funds contributed by the United States . . . — — Map (db m256673) HM
On West 35th Avenue at Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on West 35th Avenue.
By 1921, Indiana University offered courses in Lake County, later establishing extension centers in the Calumet Region. As manufacturing jobs in the area drew Black Americans from the South and European and Latino immigrants. IU offered . . . — — Map (db m244325) HM
Near W 100 N west of Summerhill Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Through the contribution of this Pavilion to Taltree Arboretum & Gardens the family of Joseph E. Meyer honors his memory and the lifetime of scientific contributions he made to the study of botanicals and herbs.
Joseph E. Meyer was born in . . . — — Map (db m294084) HM
Near Schrage Avenue south of John Street, on the right when traveling south.
Henry Schrage (1844-1932) was born into one of the first families of Whiting. An entrepreneurial spirit, he learned a strong work ethic from his humble beginnings as a German immigrant. Upon returning home after serving in the Union Army in the . . . — — Map (db m256487) HM
On High Street east of Greenwood Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Joshua P. Young was the second proprietor of the American House, a hotel built in Blue Island in 1844 which had originally been constructed in 1836 in Liverpool, Indiana to house the Lake County courthouse and post office. Young later became a major . . . — — Map (db m297931) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m27806) HM
Near Ridge Road east of Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
37 fiberglass tulip structures, which were organized and made possible by the Munster Civic Foundation, are located around town. Indiana University Northwest student, Tyler Kaufman, designed the tulip structures. The tulips represented the first . . . — — Map (db m301768) HM
On Broadway north of Interstate 90, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1910, just four years after the city was founded, the station is located between the elevated lines of the Norfolk Southern and CSX Railroads. The station transported the thousands of workers who came from around the country to work in . . . — — Map (db m236260) HM
On Old Lincoln Highway at Junction Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Old Lincoln Highway.
Early History
Schererville can trace its history to the days of Native Americans and their trails across Northern Indiana.
• Much of the region was marsh and wetlands north of the Kankakee River and south of Lake Michigan.
• The best . . . — — Map (db m302179) HM
Near Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) just west of Monroe Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
In 1912, there were approximately one million motor vehicles registered in the United States but few good roads. Most of the roads outside of urban areas were dirt that turned to mud when wet. Long-distance travel by car was still very much a . . . — — Map (db m162418) HM
Near Constitution Avenue north of East Lakeshore Drive, on the right when traveling west.
As James Hervey Ball explained in 1884, the native peoples "could not well have declined the inducement to have resorted here for council, pleasure, rest and food."
The French recorded the earliest historic groups in the area surrounding Cedar . . . — — Map (db m305417) HM
On Oak Avenue west of Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling west.
World's largest freshwater sand dunes in the world line the southern shores of Lake Michigan.
5th largest lake in the world and largest lake in Indiana.
Over 3,500 ships and planes lay at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
You are . . . — — Map (db m226866) HM
On Old Lincoln Highway 0.1 miles west of County Line Road, on the right when traveling west.
From Danvers, Massachusetts
Entered claim and built log cabin 1835.
Brought family in 1836.
Erected first grist mill in Lake County 1838
Set aside this Commons and planted elms.
Advocated and practiced honesty, morality,
temperance, . . . — — Map (db m270776) HM
Near Corinne Drive north of Kennedy Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
These 8000 lb. pillars are mock-ups for the Lake County Interstate Visitor Information Center's 56' high, 3 ft. thick, 5 million pound, "Dune Wall". It took 90 trucks to transport the cement.
The mock-ups were created in order to evaluate the . . . — — Map (db m293054) HM
Near Ridge Road near Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Schools
The area's first school opened in 1852 by the North Township Trustee. It was a one-room schoolhouse on the corner of Ridge Road and present-day Greenwood Avenue. The small 14 by 16 foot building cost $16. Chauncey Wilson was the first . . . — — Map (db m299976) HM
On Ridge Road at Columbia Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Ridge Road.
Site of Brass Tavern
Only one on Chicago Trail through Lake County.
Tablet placed on horse block from Brass Homestead by the Julia Watkins Brass Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Crown Point, Indiana 1926 . . . — — Map (db m298512) HM
On Columbia Avenue at Ridge Road, on the right when traveling east on Columbia Avenue.
Stallbohm Barn-Kaske House
Circa 1890 Circa 1910
have been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
April 1, 1998 — — Map (db m302171) HM
On East Main Street at Halsted Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
The oldest brick house in Lake County,
home of Melvin Halsted, founder of
Lowell, was built in 1849. His pit and
kilns were located just across Cedar
Creek.
Acquired for the community through the
combined efforts of interested . . . — — Map (db m231125) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
