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Hate Mongers19764 viewshttp://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmheroes1.html
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Steel Strike 19194819 viewsTroops, called in to keep the peace during the 1919 steel strike, occupy the "Commercial Club" building in Gary. (Photo courtesy of Calumet Region Archives, Indiana University Northwest)
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Monon Railroad4195 viewsPicnic train arriving at Cedar Lake around 1900. The Monon Railroad ran 4 trains a day from Chicago to Cedar Lake during its heyday. The boats along the dock were waiting to take people to the lakeside hotels. (Photo courtesy of Lake County Historical Museum)
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Kitchel's Lodge3106 viewsKitchel's Lodge in Merrillville in the late 1930's. It was located on the southwest corner of Route 30 & Taft Street. (Photo courtesy of Merrillville/Ross Twp. Historical Society Museum)
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Gary 19082531 viewsFebruary 1908 - The coming of the US Steel facility to NW Indiana brought quite a change. Gary went from non-existence to a bustling city of brick buildings, wide paved street, a trolley system, and broad concrete sidewalks in a matter of just a few years. 1906 to about 1910. (Photo courtesy of Calumet Region Archives, Indiana University Northwest)
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First Black Mayor2472 viewsPosted by Silas G Sconiers Jr
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Gary Elks and Palace Theatre 19272422 viewsGary Elks and Palace Theatre 1927
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Cobe Cup Race 19092333 viewsCobe Cup race that ran in 1909 in Crown Point, Lowell and Cedar Lake. The winner of the event was none other than Louis Chevrolet in his "Buick". One of the racers in front of St. Mary's Church in Crown Point.
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Times Have Changed2289 viewsPosted By Silas G Sconiers Jr. ( Depends on who you talk to )
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Crown Point Post Office2165 viewsReady to begin construction of the Crown Point Post Office - March 1935. (Photo courtesy of the Crown Point Postmaster.)
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Crown Brewing Company2103 viewsThe Crown Brewing Company, incorporated in 1895, brewed and bottled beer at their location on West Goldsborough in Crown Point for 15 years. They moved to Hammond in 1910 partly due to an environmental problem caused by draining the hops into Beaver Dam Ditch. Part of the building is still standing. (Photo courtesy of Margaret Stanley.)
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History2043 viewsPosted By Silas G Sconiers Jr.
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