Category Archives: Tales from the Road

Running North to Save My Soul

Posted on October 11, 2022 by admin

So last week I ran away for a day. To Michigan. Just because I needed to visit my heart’s home, the Lake. If it is only for a day I usually end up in the vicinity of South Haven and … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Road: Seeking the WPA in Historic Harrison County, Indiana

Posted on June 8, 2022 by admin

Some 34 years ago I traveled to the National Archives in Washington D.C. to go through Indiana’s WPA records. Perhaps the last WPA project was to compile the project records, each of which had an identifying index card, onto microfilm. … Continue reading →

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Preservation Tales: I Thought This Was Saved!

Posted on March 22, 2022 by admin

Collier Lodge I first learned of Collier Lodge, originally built deep in the Kankakee Marsh along the river of that name, back in the 1990s at a historic preservation conference in South Bend. A fellow from Porter County gave a … Continue reading →

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