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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
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History of US 12 is Duneland Historical Society topic Duneland Year in Review: Valpo loss is Duneland gain Watch Nights mark Emancipation Proclamation 150th anniversary tonight Toys and Dolls: Westchester Museum celebrates 'A Boomer Christmas' Region historian James Lane wins state award Duneland Historical Society remembers the Save the Dunes Council and the great fight County Museum honors local veterans with homemade WWII documentary Following father's footsteps: Angela Condeni Mabin finds location in Paris where he'd stood at end of WWII More than just cookies and sashes: Historical Society hears 100 years of Girl Scouts Prehistoric exhibit at county museum of history highlights early natural formations and mammals Birds and balopticons: Museums celebrate legacy of William and Flora Richardson Chesterton Methodists to take walk through history Historical Society finds Samuel Insull not guilty of securities fraud Memorial marker commemorates 'Bloody 20' State Police Post number 1 Chesterton United Methodist Church celebrates 150 years From hands to iPads: Museum looks at history of tools in Porter County Book on 1933 plane crash here due out this June Indiana Dunes State Park memories relived at Historical Society event Westchester historical museum honors Duneland firefighters in latest exhibit Porter County History museum expanding to former Valparaiso police station Year in Review 2011: A year of loss and violence in Porter County 70th anniversary: Pearl Harbor vets from two nations remembered by Chesterton's Bernie Doyle IUN historian Jim Lane listens to the Region's voices Chesterton in 1961: 50 years of memories Art of the Dunes, a visual treat, at township museum County history museum: New vision and new exhibits April 15, 1861, the day Porter County went to war Tribune remembers the Boys in Blue Local soldiers of the Union were the sons of the pioneers Porter County's military contribution, 1861-1865 'Father of all us abolitionists' lies in neglected grave in Jackson Township 50 years ago Tribune became community's daily newspaper Going Daily: Citizenship and community delivered every day Going daily: Looking back on issues that shaped Duneland Going daily: Newspaper right to your door thanks to 50 years of Tribune carriers Going daily: Tribune keeps it local in the space age Echoes of the Past: 1967 was the year of the Big Snow Year in Review: Construction projects highlighted 2010 in Duneland Diana of the Dunes author tells search for facts behind the folklore Historical Society hears the story of the Lincon Highway, US 30 Memories of 'Bloody 20': Historic marker sought for old Duneland State Police post NPS conveys last five historic South Shore cars to East Troy Wis. museum Delores Brooks leaving Chesterton Cemetery after 66 years 'Lost Tourist Attractions of the Dunes' exhibit extending its stay here One year ago: The Tornado of 2009, A mortality check Help preserve local history at Chesterton Cemetery New mural 'Magic of Chesterton' now on display at museum Online archives allow search of Civil War records Tuskegee Airman Quentin Smith remembers his war during Chesterton visit Region memories: Post-WWII 'Age of Anxiety' in Gary and NWI is topic for Duneland historians Chesterton Tribune begins 127th year today Historians hear history of Beverly Shores A decade of news: Property taxes, hospital sale, steel, economy are top stories in Duneland Duneland 2009 Year in Review: There's no place like home Local historians hear program on Lincoln funeral train Chesterton Tribune marks 125 years as community newspaper 2008 Duneland Year in Review: The ups then downs of a troubled year Archaeological dig at Collier Lodge/Baums Bridge topic of DHS meeting 'Walk Through Porter' program presented at Historical Society 100 years ago today South Shore interurban began passenger service State historical society acquires personal papers of late Senator Anita Bowser As Chesterton Tribune begins 125th year, we look at the many Duneland anniversaries in 2008 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 More Local History
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