History

Guest speakers Stephen Ruminski and Bruce Johnson will address the Portage Community Historical Society at their general meeting, set for Wednesday, August 20 at 7 p.m. at Woodland Park.  Ruminski is a producer of the documentary Belle Gunness....

Stop by the Porter County Museum on August 7 at 5:30 p.m. to learn more about archeology in Porter County. August's We Are Porter County Series features John Hodson, President of the Kankakee Valley Historical Society. Mr. Hodson will give an...

The 3rd Annual Memorial Gardens Tour will be presented on the grounds of the La Porte County Historical Society Museum, Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. The museum is located at 2405 Indiana Avenue (US#35) at the south entrance to La Porte. Six...

On September 11, 1857, in Utah Territory, 100-140 members of a wagon train bound from Arkansas to California were killed in a cruel and treacherous attack. On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, the members and guests at the regular meeting of the La Porte...

Tuesday, July 8, the La Porte County, Indiana Genealogical Society met at the La Porte City Parks and Recreation Department Headquarters on Pine Lake Avenue in La Porte. The business meeting was called to order by the President, Dorothy Palmer. The...

The 80th anniversary of the downfall of John Dillinger will also be the final day visitors can learn why crime doesn’t pay at the Indiana Welcome Center. On Tuesday, July 22, the John Dillinger Museum will close to prepare for its move to the Lake...

The original opening date for the Westchester Township History Museum’s new temporary exhibit, Westchester at War: The Civil War, July 13, has been changed to Sunday, July 20. The opening will take place from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Visit the exhibit at...

Join the Porter County Museum and the Historical Society of Ogden Dunes on July 20 from 4-6p at the Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane in Ogden Dunes, for the opening of The Ogden Dunes Stories Project. Over the past year, Stories Project researcher...

Today, the depot will be maneuvered into position as utility crews Frontier, NITCO and NIPSCO clear the lines for the move onto the school property. We will also be building a ramp up to the grassy area. The plan is for the move onto the property to...

On Sunday, July 27 from noon to 4 p.m., International Friendship Gardens will present its annual free event highlighting the historical Potawatomi natives of this area. A Native American will start the fire at noon in a traditional manner. This fire...