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
The schooner was found off Bailey's Harbor in Door County, Wisconsin. The rudder was brought up from Lake Michigan by Century Divers of Lake County, Illinois. It is estimated to be from about 1827. — — Map (db m131469) 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 142nd Avenue at 47th Street, on the right when traveling east on 142nd Avenue.
(Side One)
Overisel
Seeking religious liberty and better economic opportunity in a new land, the Reverend Seine Bolks and a congregation of about two dozen families, left Hellendoorn, Province of Overisel, The Netherlands, on . . . — — Map (db m73646) HM
On Northwest 2nd Avenue just south of Northwest 11th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Lawson Edward (L.E.) Thomas (1898-1989) was born in Ocala. He attended Florida A&M College, and later the University of Michigan Law School. He moved to Miami in 1935, and made his first appearance in municipal court in 1937. As the first black . . . — — Map (db m229149) HM
On Sheridan Road (Illinois Route 137) near 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company of Worcester, MA. established a wire mill – The Waukegan Works – east of this location along Lake Michigan. The land for its Illinois operation was purchased January 16, 1891, on the recommendation of its . . . — — Map (db m38184) 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 Florida's Turnpike (Florida Route 91 at milepost 299), 5 miles south of U.S. 301.
Sumter County is home to one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the nation. Anchored by The Villages, a bustling master-planned retirement community, the area continues to attract the young and young at heart to North Central Florida. Known for . . . — — Map (db m313212) HM
On East Avenue A at South Broad Street, on the right when traveling east on East Avenue A.
This small Grand Trunk combination depot was one of three railroad stations that once stood in Griffith. Eleven tracks then crossed Broad Street, representing five railroads - the Michigan Central, the Grand Trunk, the Erie, the Elgin, Joliet and . . . — — Map (db m200793) HM
On East Main Street at Hanover Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Alvah N. Belding
Memorial Library
has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of Interior
May 21, 1993 — — Map (db m216061) 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 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
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
(Three panels are found at the Shoshone Falls kiosk:)
The Niagara of the West The Discovery of Shoshone Falls
No one knows the first non-native person to set eyes upon them. The Wilson Hunt expedition of fur trappers passed through . . . — — Map (db m125458) 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
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.
