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Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society
Westchester Township History Museum
www.IN-AM.ORG -- Indiana Aviation Museum at Porter County Airport
Colescorner.com
Stephens Family Genealogy
Perryville Battlefield Protection Assoc.
The Civil War Preservation Trust
1921 Porter Train Wreck Web Page
Coronado Lodge remembered
History Links from the Westchester Library Website
News Stories:
'Walk Through Porter' program presented at Historical Society Burdick Quilt on exhibit through end of month at history museum 100 years ago today South Shore interurban began passenger service People from the past come alive in LES program Broncho John Sullivan display opens to public Westchester Museum to mark 10 year anniversary State historical society acquires personal papers of late Senator Anita Bowser Indiana DNR launches new historic properties database Traveling WWII photo exhibit unveiled at Westchester History Museum As Chesterton Tribune begins 125th year, we look at the many Duneland anniversaries in 2008 Museum exhibit celebrates St Patrick Church John Poparad honored with medals for heroism in WWII Tax snafus, hospital sale, libraries, adult ed, sprawl: Top 2007 stories will be back next year Community's violinmaker tells joys and history of his craft to Historical Society Historians mark Morgan Park centennial with a look back at towns first subdivision The War: Remembering one who did not return Author recounts Indiana Dunes place in the history of science Thomas Lee to present wreath at the Wall for USS Forrestal 40th anniversary memorial service Photos: Chesterton Fire Department Engine No 1 is found and rescued Photos: Porter County's Old Jail Museum getting new look, new hours, new services Photos: 100th anniversary of Morgan Park, Chesterton's first planned subdivision Liberty students bring Duneland history to life Historians hear of homefront Porter and Chesterton during the War to end War Hundreds of shipwrecks populate the bottom of Lake Michigan, historians told Photos: Map collection details Chesterton and Porter growth and change from 1893 to 1951 Tribune reports 336 deaths in 2006 2006 Year in Review: big plans, big changes County Library can help trace family tree Photos: Remembering Armistice Day Township Historical Museum is research resource Houses by Mail: Historians take new look at Duneland with Sears homes talk Photo: Duneland History: The Central House Hotel History of Ogden Dunes heard by local historians Historians hear history of little known public preserve in Dune Acres Photos: Local historians hear history of Brown Mansion Tribune reports 333 deaths in 2005 2005 in Review: Year of anger finally comes to a close for Duneland and Porter County Battle of the Bulge veterans and author at Historical Society meeting Photos: Air Line Railroad brought electric train service to Chesterton nearly 100 years ago Westchester Township Historical Museum opens in Brown Mansion Hokanson history is Porter story Chamber tried to represent whole community ‑ then and now Local business owners were Chamber leaders during the early years The Chamber on the issues 50 years ago Chesterton Chamber formed to cash in on Region's growth Key milestones in Chamber history 'Along the Calumet River' charts region's waterway Story of Pokagon Potawatomi heard at Historical Society The Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department celebrates 50th anniversary Age of steam: Historians hear about LaPorte's Rumely Co Liberty Township Farm Bureau still meeting after 80 years Calumet Regional Archives a treasure trove of Region history Photos: Town of Porter history on permanent display Tribune reported 388 deaths in 2004 2004 Year in Review: Steel upsurge, ISG sale, building boom Joseph Bailly's journal shows life of businessman in the wilderness Historians hear story of the Eastland ship disaster recovery Attended one room school: Twins celebrate 90 years Imhof Drug building gets new lease on life Happy Birthday Chesterton Tribune Historical Society hears ice age history Board seeks court approval to move Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary library out of Dune Acres St Patrick School history project joins museum archives Tribune reported 381 deaths in 2003 Bethlehem Steel Corporation dissolves at one minute to midnight New Years Eve 2003 in Review: Year of taxes and hope for steel Origin of flight is Indiana Dunes story historians learn Photos: Longtime Woodville store burned for firefighter training Town's first subdivision topic for Historical Society Lustron house saved by relocating Henry Studebaker remembers Chellberg Farm History lives on piano with a past Historians hear call for info about unknown cemeteries Historical Society hears of town's oldest homes Was Porter host to nuclear warheads? Cold War history still being written Liberty Township history heard at Duneland Historical Society Tribune lists 370 deaths in 2002 2002 in review A year of uncertainty Christmas cards of World War II lead to story of former Chesterton resident 'Joseph Bailly' visits Duneland Historical Society Ott Family serves country since WWI Historical Society hears history of newspapers from Tribune publisher Archeologist filling in the blanks in Northwest Indiana prehistory History of St Paul Lutheran Church Historical Society remembers Chesterton and Porter before WWII 1816- 2002: A chronology of Duneland Chesterton Centennial fondly remembered One hundred years ago Chesterton burned and fire department was born Fire Department Facts 'Bailly Women' a chapter in region history 355 deaths reported in the Tribune in 2001 Tribune reported 242 births in 2001 2001 Year in Review: This too shall pass The Prairie Club of Chicago book at local museum Greatest Generation: Helen Ryan letter and photo published in Tom Brokaw book Burdick since 1875 Historical Society topic Local historians learn about Indiana landmarks House History at Historical Society meeting Historians hear history of Porter Brunks Dairy memorabilia donated to Westchester Township Museum History of Chesterton High School Alice Gray, woman of the dunes Steel industry crisis looms as 2000 comes to an end Wayne Noel saw war duty with the Navy Vietnam Vets remember 50 years ago Bob Bergren was Marine in Korea 67 years later World's Fair Homes still a draw
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