Encyclopedia o f Chicago
Entries : Ogden Dunes, IN
Entries
O
Ogden Dunes, IN
Next

Ogden Dunes, IN

Porter County, 29 miles SE of the Loop. Prior to the completion of Dunes Highway (Route 12) in 1923, the Ogden Dunes area remained largely undeveloped and was home to hermits and squatters, among them Chicagoan Alice Gray, known as “Diana of the Dunes.” Dorothy Buell helped organize the Save the Dunes Council in 1952 and was a leader in establishing the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, which surrounds Ogden Dunes.


Ogden Dunes, IN (inc. 1925)
Year Total
(and by category) 		  Foreign Born Native with foreign parentage Males per 100 females
1930 50   — — —
1960 947   — — —
1990 1,499   2.5% — 97
  1,483 White (98.9%)      
  10 Asian/Pacific Islander (0.7%)      
  6 Other race (0.4%)      
  46 Hispanic Origin* (3.1%)      
2000 1,313   3.4% — 99
  1,294 White alone (98.6%)      
  3 Black or African American alone (0.2%)      
  2 American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.2%)      
  1 Asian alone (0.1%)      
  3 Some other race alone (0.2%)      
  10 Two or more races (0.8%)      
  31 Hispanic or Latino* (2.4%)      

Peggy Tuck Sinko

Bibliography
Hoppe, David. “Child of the Northwest Wind: Alice Gray and ‘Diana of the Dunes.’” Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History 9 (1997): 22–31.
Moore, Powell A. The Calumet Region: Indiana's Last Frontier. 1977.
Thomas, Joseph. History of Ogden Dunes. 1976.

The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society.
The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are copyrighted by other institutions and individuals. Additional information on copyright and permissions.