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Hayward Photography Studio,
well known throughout Lake County, located on North Main
Street just north of the courthouse square. (Notice the
wood sidewalks.)
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Preparing the ground for the
open hearth, 1906. When US Steel decided to put a mill on
the Lake Michigan shore, it began a period of
unprecedented prosperity and growth for Northwest Indiana.
(Photo courtesy of Calumet Region Archives, Indiana
University Northwest)
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One of the hotels that once
lined the shores of Cedar Lake. At one time there were 47
hotels there. Name and location of this hotel is unknown.
(Photo courtesy of Lake County Historical Museum)
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Picnic 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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The 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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February 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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Ready to begin construction of
the Crown Point Post Office - March 1935. (Photo
courtesy of the Crown Point Postmaster.)
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Troops, 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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Kitchel'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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