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1 Indiana Dunes, J. Ronald Engel( Authored Entry )
...Dunes...
...Indiana...
...house movement initiated early attempts at Dunes preservation, culminating in the establishment of...
2 Indiana Dunes, Sarah S. Marcus( Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay) )
...Dunes...
...Indiana...
...Indiana Dunes Interpretive Digital Essay : Water in Chicago Water in Chicago Essay: People and the...
3 Ogden Dunes, IN, Peggy Tuck Sinko( Authored Entry )
...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,...
4 Dune Acres, IN, Peggy Tuck Sinko( Authored Entry )
...Dune Acres, IN...
...Porter County, 32 miles SE of the Loop. Dune Acres, platted in 1923, was envisioned as an exclusive,...
...with few permanent residents. It is now surrounded by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore....
5 Dune System, Noel B. Pavlovic( Authored Entry )
...Dune System...
...dunes. On June 3, 1917, the Historical Pageant and Masque of the Sand Dunes of Indiana took place...
...at the present Indiana Dunes State Park. This drama celebrated and symbolized the spiritually...
6 Indiana University Northwest, Roberta Wollons( Authored Entry )
...Indiana University Northwest...
...opened. In 1963 the two Lake County campuses of Indiana University, the Calumet Center and the Gary...
...Center, merged as the Northwest Campus of Indiana University, renamed Indiana University Northwest...
7 Northern Indiana Public Service Co., ( Business Dictionary )
...Northern Indiana Public Service Co...
...electricity to 400,000 customers in Northern Indiana; it also had about 700,000 gas customers. After...
...the company operated out of Merrillville, Indiana, and became known as NiSource Inc. , with more...
8 Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), ( Business Dictionary )
...Standard Oil Co. (Indiana)...
...John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Co. established an Indiana-based subsidiary. The next year, the...
...oil at an enormous new refinery at Whiting, Indiana, southeast of Chicago. By the mid-1890s, the...
9 Indiana Dunes, n.d., Photographer: Unknown( Historical Source )
...Dunes, n.d....
...Indiana...
...to establish a national park in the Indiana Dunes failed, in 1923 preservationists convinced Indiana...
Date Created: n.d., Date Depicted: n.d.
10 Mount Baldy, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1994, Photographer: Karen E. Spierling( Historical Source )
...Dunes National Lakeshore, 1994...
...Mount Baldy, Indiana...
...towers of the Michigan City power plant, the Dunes became a popular destination for urbanites from...
Date Created: 1994, Date Depicted: 1994
11 Steel Mills from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1994, Photographer: Sarah S. Marcus( Historical Source )
...Dunes National Lakeshore, 1994...
...Steel Mills from Indiana...
...Steel and Bethlehem Steel Mills as seen from West Beach of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1994...
Date Created: 1994, Date Depicted: 1994
12 Press Release by Senator Paul H. Douglas on Indiana Dunes, 1966, Creator: U. S. Senator Paul H. Douglas( Historical Source )
...Dunes, 1966...
...Press Release by Senator Paul H. Douglas on Indiana...
...Upon learning that the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore had moved one step closer toward...
Date Created: 1966, Date Depicted: 1966
13 Leveling the Dunes for U.S. Steel, Gary, Indiana, 1906, Photographer: U. S. Steel Corp.( Historical Source )
...Leveling the Dunes for U.S....
...Steel, Gary, Indiana, 1906...
...Before building began, workers had to level the dunes, in order to create a flat grade upon which...
Date Created: 1906, Date Depicted: 1906
14 The Dunes Under Four Flags, The Historical Pageant of the Dunes, 1917, Author: Thomas Wood Stevens and the Dunes Pageant Association( Historical Source )
...The Dunes Under Four Flags, The...
...Historical Pageant of the Dunes, 1917...
...Author: Thomas Wood Stevens and the Dunes Pageant Association...
Date Created: 1917, Date Depicted: 1917
15 Statement of U.S. Senator Paul H. Douglas regarding Indiana Dunes, 1962, Author: Paul H. Douglas( Historical Source )
...Dunes, 1962...
...Statement of U.S. Senator Paul H. Douglas regarding Indiana...
...cubic yards of sand from its undeveloped central Dunes property to a contractor who in turn sold it...
Date Created: 1962, Date Depicted: 1962
16 Statement of Senator Paul H. Douglas on a National Park in the Indiana Dunes, 1959, Author: Paul H. Douglas( Historical Source )
...Dunes, 1959...
...Statement of Senator Paul H. Douglas on a National Park in the Indiana...
...to establish a national park in the Indiana Dunes, Senator Paul H. Douglas explained why a public...
Date Created: 1959, Date Depicted: 1959
17 Ogden Dunes Sandpiper, 12 Oct. 1939, Creator: Ogden Dunes Sandpiper( Historical Source )
...Ogden Dunes Sandpiper, 12 Oct. 1939...
...Creator: Ogden Dunes Sandpiper...
...Chicagoans and Hoosiers began to recognize the Dunes' potential as a retreat from city life. While...
Date Created: 1939, Date Depicted: 1939
18 U. S. Senator Paul Douglas, Mayor Richard J. Daley, Mayor George Chacharis, Floyd Swenk, and others in a Jeep at the Indiana Dunes, 1961, Photographer: The Hammond Times( Historical Source )
...Dunes, 1961...
...Mayor Richard J. Daley, Mayor George Chacharis, Floyd Swenk, and others in a Jeep at the Indiana...
...1961, Paul Douglas led a trip through the Indiana Dunes to generate support for their preservation....
Date Created: 1961, Date Depicted: 1961
19 Save the Dunes Council Mailing, 1959, Creator: Save the Dunes Council( Historical Source )
...Save the Dunes Council Mailing, 1959...
...Creator: Save the Dunes Council...
...as a threat to industrial development in the Dunes. Sending a copy of the Council's budget to...
Date Created: 1959, Date Depicted: 1959
20 Land Sales in Gary, Indiana, n.d., Creator: Big Three Real Estate Co.( Historical Source )
...Land Sales in Gary, Indiana, n.d....
...the case of this development in northwestern Indiana, the plan was industrial rather than religious...
Date Created: n.d., Date Depicted: n.d.

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