On North Elm Street, on the right when traveling north.
J.W. Spinning operated a novelty and dry goods store here in the late 1800's and early 1900's. In April of 1946 Clayton and Wilde DeWaters purchased the business from Frances Goble and in the early 1950's bought the building. They soon expanded it . . . — — Map (db m288838) HM
On East Central Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Apple Cider Century is an annual
one-day bicycle tour of the scenic backroads
surrounding Three Oaks bringing together families
and cycling enthusiasts from across the country and
around the world.
Organized by the Three Oaks Spokes Club, . . . — — Map (db m264890) HM
This cannon, captured in the Spanish-American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised $1,400 for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine. This was the largest contribution, per capita, of any community in the . . . — — Map (db m1603) HM
On South Elm Street, on the right when traveling north.
1800s
Long before Three Oaks existed, this land was home to native peoples. Michiana was rich in game, fowl, fish, and wild rice, and the soil was good for growing vegetable crops like corn, beans, and squash.
Ojibwe, Odawa, and Miami . . . — — Map (db m279863) HM
On North Elm Street, on the right when traveling north.
William Bremer built this two story building in the parking lot to the immediate south (right as you are reading this) in 1891. He operated a grocery store, meat market and saloon on the ground floor and an opera house on the second floor. E.K. . . . — — Map (db m288793) HM
This is not an ordinary wood," says Bill Burger, curator emeritus of The Field Museum's botany department, who was first drawn to Warren Woods some 30 years ago by "a botanist's desire to see virgin forest." Indeed, it is . . . — — Map (db m278916) HM
