Date of Story |
Title |
Jan. 31, 1980 |
Early Settlers of Lowell |
Feb. 27, 1980 |
The Robert Wilkinson Family |
Mar. 26, 1980 |
Pleasant Grove |
Apr. 30, 1980 |
The Bryant Family |
May 28, 1980 |
South East Grove |
June 25, 1980 |
Early Eagle Creek Settlers and Civil War Veterans |
July 30, 1980 |
The Dinwiddies |
Aug. 27, 1980 |
The Dinwiddies (cont.) |
Sept. 24, 1980 |
Orchard Grove and the Kenney Family |
Oct. 29, 1980 |
Orchard Grove (cont.) |
Nov. 26, 1980 |
Early Settlers in West Creek (and the Hayden Family) |
Dec. 24, 1980 |
The Sanders Family of West Creek Township |
Jan. 28, 1981 |
Families of George Lyman Foster and John Bailey |
Feb. 25, 1981 |
Josiah Bailey |
Mar. 25, 1981 |
Hathaways of West Creek |
Apr. 29, 1981 |
Paul Hathaway |
May 27, 1981 |
Charles and Eliza Fuller Marvin of West Creek |
July 1, 1981 |
The Brannon Family |
July 29, 1981 |
Belshaw Family and Elevator Company |
Sept. 2 1981 |
The Wellington A. Clark Family |
Sept. 30, 1981 |
Melvin A. Halsted |
Oct. 28, 1981 |
Early Settlers of Lake Prairie |
Dec. 2, 1981 |
The Captain Thomas Little Family |
Dec. 23, 1981 |
The Little Family (cont.) |
Jan. 27, 1982 |
The Abiel Gerrish Family |
Feb. 24, 1982 |
Early Settlers of Lake Prairie |
Mar. 31, 1982 |
The Hiram Wason Family |
Apr. 28, 1982 |
Lake Prairie (West Creek) Churches |
May 26, 1982 |
The Kankakee River |
June 30, 1982 |
The Kankakee River (cont.) |
July 28, 1982 |
The Kankakee River(cont.) |
Aug. 25, 1982 |
Places Along the Kankakee |
Sept. 29, 1982 |
The Buckley Family |
Oct. 27, 1982 |
The Driscoll Family |
Dec. 1, 1982 |
The Sanger Family |
Dec. 29, 1982 |
The Lynch Family |
Jan. 26, 1983 |
The Pearce Family |
Feb. 23, 1983 |
The Worley Family |
Mar. 30, 1983 |
The Peter Surprise Family |
Apr. 27, 1983 |
Pioneer Hardships |
May 25, 1983 |
The Nichols Family |
June 29, 1983 |
The Civil War: 20th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteers |
July 27, 1983 |
The Heman Spalding Family |
Aug. 31, 1983 |
The Jabez Clark Family |
Sept. 28, 1983 |
Benjamin Gifford and the Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad |
Oct. 6, 1983 |
Jonah Thorne |
Nov. 30, 1983 |
The Bruce Family |
Dec. 28, 1983 |
Rev. Timothy Horton Ball |
Jan. 25, 1984 |
Eponetus Reed Bacon |
Feb. 29, 1984 |
Dr. John E. Davis |
Mar. 28, 1984 |
Steamboat Trip on the Kankakee with Max Ahlgrim |
Apr. 25, 1984 |
John W. Viant |
May 30, 1984 |
Benjamin McCarty |
June 27, 1984 |
Oil in the Kankakee Valley |
Aug. 1, 1984 |
Races and Tournaments |
Aug. 29, 1984 |
Pioneers of Southern Lake County |
Sept. 26, 1984 |
Melvin A. Halsted |
Oct. 31, 1984 |
The Pattee Family |
Nov. 28, 1984 |
Jacob Baughman and "Gold Fever" |
Dec. 26, 1984 |
Lowell Parks, Landmarks, and Buildings |
Jan. 30, 1985 |
Early Lowell Businesses and Stores |
Feb. 27, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Mar. 27, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Apr. 24, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
May 29, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
June 26, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
July 31, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Aug. 28, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Sept. 25, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Oct. 30, 1985 |
The Kelsey Family |
Nov. 27, 1985 |
The Kenney Family |
Dec. 25, 1985 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Jan. 29, 1986 |
The Lowell Creamery and the American Legion Post #101 |
Feb. 26, 1986 |
The 1896 Lowell High School |
Mar. 26, 1986 |
The Keilman-Kimmet Flour Mill |
Apr. 30, 1986 |
The Monon Railroad |
May 28, 1986 |
Hardings, Inc. |
June 25, 1986 |
The Red Front |
July 30, 1986 |
The Nicholas Berg Family |
Aug. 27, 1986 |
John Miller and William F. Tramm: Lowell Blacksmiths |
Sept. 24, 1986 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Oct. 29, 1986 |
The Love Story |
Nov. 26, 1986 |
The Nichols Elevator |
Dec. 31, 1986 |
Lowell Lumber Companies |
Jan. 28, 1987 |
The Old Liverly Stable Building in Lowell |
Feb. 25, 1987 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Mar. 25, 1987 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
Apr. 29, 1987 |
Lowell's Water System |
May 27, 1987 |
Lowell Men in World War I |
June 24, 1987 |
Lowell Businesses (cont.) |
July 29, 1987 |
Fires in the Lowell Business District |
Aug. 26, 1987 |
History of Businesses on the Corner of Commercial Ave. and Wall St. |
Sept. 30, 1987 |
The Grant Family Business in Lowell |
Oct. 28, 1987 |
The Death Hardware Building in Lowell |
Nov. 25, 1987 |
The Lowell Tribune |
Dec. 30, 1987 |
The History of Lowell from the Beginning to 1896 by H.H. Ragon |
Jan. 27, 1988 |
The History of Lowell (cont.) |
Feb. 24, 1988 |
Two Neighbors: Jacob Hayden and John M. Dwyer |
Mar. 30, 1988 |
War Monuments in Lowell |
Apr. 27, 1988 |
The Castle Family |
May 25, 1988 |
Civil War Veterans |
June 29, 1988 |
The Mexican War |
July 27, 1988 |
Severe Weather and the Pioneers |
Aug. 31, 1988 |
With Memories of West Creek Area by Marian Hayden |
Sept. 28, 1988 |
Van Winkle's Memories |
Oct. 26, 1988 |
The Hallowed Ground of Our Pioneer Ancestors |
Nov. 30, 1988 |
The Spanish-American War |
Dec. 28, 1988 |
The Pioneer Jackson Family of West Creek |
Jan. 25, 1989 |
Progress in the 19th Century |
Feb. 22, 1989 |
The Sutton Family: Early Settlers of West Creek Township |
Apr. 5, 1989 |
Industries in the Three Creeks Area |
Apr. 26, 1989 |
The Adventures of Melvin Halsted |
May 31, 1989 |
Decoration Day -- 1891 |
June 28, 1989 |
Early Mail Routes |
July 26, 1989 |
The Animals |
Aug. 30, 1989 |
The Weather 100 Years Ago |
Sept. 27, 1989 |
The Oxen and the Iron Horse |
Oct. 25, 1989 |
Sportsmen on the Kankakee |
Nov. 29, 1989 |
Early Lake County Travels |
Dec. 27, 1989 |
Catching Christmas Dinner / Telephones |
Jan. 31, 1990 |
The Craft Family |
Feb. 28, 1990 |
The Census |
Mar. 28, 1990 |
The Schafer Family |
Apr. 25, 1990 |
The Indiana Farmer and His Wife |
May 30, 1990 |
The Ghost Town of Northwest Indiana |
June 27, 1990 |
More About Conrad, the Ghost Town |
July 25, 1990 |
"Garden of Eden" |
Aug. 29, 1990 |
A Murder in Lowell |
Sept. 26, 1990 |
Little Family Reunion Is Anything But |
Oct. 31, 1990 |
The Civil War |
Nov. 28, 1990 |
Pioneer Prices; The 1890-91 Weather |
Dec. 26, 1990 |
The Civil War: Christmas, 1863 |
Jan. 30, 1991 |
Off to War, 1861 |
Feb. 27, 1991 |
Our First High School |
Mar. 27, 1991 |
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb Come Marching Home -- 1865 |
Apr. 24, 1991 |
Wellington A. Clark (1815-1912) |
June 6, 1991 |
The Fuller Family |
June 26, 1991 |
Progress and Perils |
July 31, 1991 |
Caroline Redman Edelbute |
Aug. 28, 1991 |
Trails, By-Ways and Highways |
Sept. 25, 1991 |
Stories by George Cole |
Oct. 30, 1991 |
Stories by George Cole (cont.) |
Dec. 4, 1991 |
Hunting in the Kankakee Valley, 1869 |
Dec. 25, 1991 |
Our Weather Record 100 Years Ago |
Jan. 29, 1992 |
The Spindler Family and the Iroquois Theatre Fire |
Feb. 26, 1992 |
The Two James Bakers: Mountain Man and Lowell Resident |
Mar. 25, 1992 |
Tinkerville / Creston |
Apr. 29, 1992 |
Andrew Moore's Sons and the Civil War |
May 27, 1992 |
Indians |
July 1, 1992 |
Independence Days Gone By |
July 29, 1992 |
A Walk with an Old Pioneer |
Aug. 26, 1992 |
A Long, Tiresome Journey |
Sept. 30, 1992 |
A Long, Tiresome Journey (cont.) |
Oct. 28, 1992 |
Early Settlers and Their Unusual Windmill |
Nov. 25, 1992 |
The Old Clark Street Sign |
Dec. 30, 1992 |
The Hall Family and the Kankakee River |
Jan. 27, 1993 |
Paul Williams, Pioneer and Soldier |
Feb. 24, 1993 |
The Joseph Stark Family |
Mar. 31, 1993 |
The Legend of Bogus Island |
Apr. 28, 1993 |
The Village of Sherburnville and Yellowhead Twp., Ill. |
May 26, 1993 |
Decoration Day |
June 30, 1993 |
Local Soldiers in the 20th Indiana Volunteers |
July 28, 1993 |
Old Settlers Association Celebrated 50 Years of Settlement in 1884 |
Sept. 1, 1993 |
Labor Days of the 1920's |
Sept. 29, 1993 |
Threshing Time |
Oct. 27, 1993 |
The Dove |
Nov. 24, 1993 |
Baseball, the Early Days |
Dec. 29, 1993 |
Melvin Halsted, Revisited |
Jan. 26, 1994 |
How Our County Seat Was Chosen |
Feb. 23, 1994 |
Dorothy Taylor Lilley, Cedar Lake Pioneer |
Mar. 30, 1994 |
The Turner Pioneers of Eagle Creek Township |
Apr. 27, 1994 |
The Weather Record of 1893 and 1894 |
May 25, 1994 |
Bells of History |
June 29, 1994 |
History at the Turn of the Century |
July 27, 1994 |
The Ghosts of the Pioneers Returned in 1983 |
Aug. 31, 1994 |
Boundaries, Old and New |
Sept. 28, 1994 |
Old Landmarks Are Gone |
Oct. 26, 1994 |
Pioneer Churches and Sunday Schools |
Nov. 30, 1994 |
Pioneer Politics |
Dec. 28, 1994 |
Log House Preserved |
Jan. 25, 1995 |
Beecher, Ill., 1870-1995 |
Feb. 22, 1995 |
Orchard Grove Schools |
Mar. 29, 1995 |
The Trials and Tribulations of Ebenezer Saxton, or, The Need for Bridges |
Apr. 26, 1995 |
Names and Places |
May 31, 1995 |
a reprint of the May 31, 1989 "Pioneer History" column |
June 28, 1995 |
The Village of Brunswick |
July 26, 1995 |
The Old Village of Klaasville |
Aug. 30, 1995 |
The Weather, 100 Years Ago |
Sept. 27, 1995 |
Down by the River at Schneider |
Oct. 25, 1995 |
Controversy in the Town of Lowell, 1887 |
Nov. 28, 1995 |
The Chicago, Wabash Valley Railroad -- Gifford's "Onion Line" |
Dec. 26, 1995 |
Historical Photographs Identified |
Jan. 30, 1996 |
Chief Shawanassee |
Feb. 27, 1996 |
The Silence of the Prairie / The Passing of the Buffalo |
Mar. 29, 1996 |
Looking for Dinwiddie |
Apr. 23, 1996 |
Early Boats on Cedar Lake |
May 28, 1996 |
Our Railroads |
June 25, 1996 |
Pioneer Adelbert Palmer |
July 30, 1996 |
A Kankakee River Story - 1884 |
Aug. 27, 1996 |
The Halsted-Clark Memorial Stone |
Sept. 24, 1996 |
The Circuit Rider |
Oct. 29, 1996 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts |
Nov. 26, 1996 |
Schools of Eagle Creek Township |
Dec. 24, 1996 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 2 |
Jan. 28, 1997 |
Dunn's Bridge / Among the Indians |
Feb. 25, 1997 |
Early Advertising, 1911 |
Mar. 25, 1997 |
The Cheapest Supply House on Earth |
Apr. 29, 1997 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 3 |
May 27, 1997 |
Our South Lake County General |
June 24, 1997 |
The Town of Lowell After 1900 |
July 29, 1997 |
A Boat Canal in Lowell? |
Aug. 26, 1997 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Facts No. 4 |
Sept. 30, 1997 |
Changes and Growth in Our Town |
Oct. 28, 1997 |
Murder at Cedar Lake, 1905 |
Nov. 25, 1997 |
The Ice Industry |
Dec. 30, 1997 |
The Deer of South Lake County |
Jan. 27, 1998 |
The Lowell Souvenir Newspaper |
Feb. 24, 1998 |
Our State Capitol |
Mar. 31, 1998 |
The Draining of the Kankakee Marsh |
Apr. 28, 1998 |
The Cobe Cup Auto Race of 1909 |
May 26, 1998 |
The Lowell Motor Truck Company |
June 30, 1998 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 5 |
July 28, 1998 |
Early Mail |
Aug. 25, 1998 |
The Railroad at Cedar Lake |
Sept. 29, 1998 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 6 |
Oct. 27, 1998 |
Animals in the Pioneer Days |
Nov. 24, 1998 |
1918: The War Is Over; The Weather: 1899 |
Dec. 29, 1998 |
Historic Homes of Lowell |
Jan. 26, 1999 |
Historical Report 100 Years Ago |
Feb. 23, 1999 |
Lassen's Resort and the Lake of the Red Cedars Museum |
Mar. 30, 1999 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 7 |
Apr. 27, 1999 |
Lowell's Olde Town Square |
May 25, 1999 |
Lowell Bank Is Robbed |
June 29, 1999 |
Old Settlers' Association and the Lake County Historical Museum |
July 27, 1999 |
Historical Tour of Lowell, Part One: The West Side |
Aug. 31, 1999 |
Historical Tour of Lowell, Part Two: Main Street and Beyond |
Sept. 28, 1999 |
Historical Tour of Lowell, Part Three: The Old Downtown |
Oct. 26, 1999 |
Historical Tour of Lowell, Part Four: The Old Downtown (Continued) |
Nov. 30, 1999 |
Historical Tour of Lowell, Part Five: The Old Downtown (Continued) |
Dec. 28, 1999 |
Historical Tour of Lowell, Part Six: The Old Downtown (Continued) |
Jan. 25, 2000 |
The Robinson Story |
Feb. 29, 2000 |
The Old Main Garage |
Mar. 28, 2000 |
Making It Count |
Apr. 25, 2000 |
The Journey of the Ball Family, 1837 |
May 30, 2000 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 8 |
June 27, 2000 |
Our Heritage to the Children |
July 25, 2000 |
Harriet Warner Holton, Pioneer and Teacher |
Aug. 29, 2000 |
Labor Day Memories at Lowell |
Sept. 26, 2000 |
The Souvenir Album of Lake County, 1906 |
Oct. 31, 2000 |
Cedar Creek |
Nov. 28, 2000 |
Cynthia Dodge Spalding, Pioneer |
Dec. 26, 2000 |
The First Brick School in Lowell |
Jan. 30, 2001 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 9 |
Feb. 27, 2001 |
Lowell's "Beef Trust" Football Team |
Mar. 27, 2001 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 10 |
Apr. 24, 2001 |
Reports from the Early 1900's |
May 29, 2001 |
The Tuscarawas, Ohio, to West Creek Connection: Baughman and Ritter Families |
June 26, 2001 |
The Baugman and Ritter Families (cont.) |
July 31, 2001 |
Independence Day Memories |
Aug. 28, 2001 |
Capt. Henry Ragon's Letter, 1864 |
Sept. 25, 2001 |
Ellis Island |
Oct. 30, 2001 |
The Lowell Tribune Pilcher Publishing Company 40th Anniversary |
Nov. 27, 2001 |
The Shurte Family & the Silver Fox Farm |
Dec. 25, 2001 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 11 |
Jan. 29, 2002 |
Lake Dalecarlia |
Feb. 26, 2002 |
Lowell as a Business Town, 1908 |
Mar. 26, 2002 |
Conestogas, Prairie Schooners and Farm Wagons |
Apr. 30, 2002 |
The Old Plank Road |
May 28, 2002 |
The Autobiography of Melvin Halsted, Part One |
June 25, 2002 |
The Autobiography of Melvin Halsted, Part Two |
July 30, 2002 |
The Autobiography of Melvin Halsted, Part Three |
Aug. 27, 2002 |
Halsted Brings Railroad to Town |
Sept. 24, 2002 |
Lake of the Red Cedars: Stories and Tales |
Oct. 29, 2002 |
Jonah Thorn |
Nov. 26, 2002 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 12 |
Dec. 31, 2002 |
Lowell Area Pioneers on the Oregon Trail, 1853 -- Part One |
Jan. 28, 2003 |
Lowell Area Pioneers on the Oregon Trail, 1853 -- Part Two |
Feb. 25, 2003 |
Stories Told by Pioneer Claud Osburn |
Mar. 25, 2003 |
Did You Know That...? (about the Kankakee River) |
Apr. 29, 2003 |
West Creek Township -- Revisited |
May 27, 2003 |
A Strange Pioneer Vehicle in the 1930's |
June 24, 2003 |
From West Creek Farm to Fame in Hawaii |
July 29, 2003 |
Hotels of Lowell
|
Aug. 26, 2003 |
Mills of Lowell
|
Sept. 20, 2003 |
The Opera House & Theaters
|
Oct. 28, 2003 |
Historical Markers and Memorial Plaques |
Nov. 25, 2003 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 13 |
Dec. 30, 2003 |
A Soldier's Letter from Germany in December 1944 |
Jan. 27, 2004 |
Lowell High School Year Book -- 1915 |
Feb. 24, 2004 |
Hon. Schuyler Colfax Dwyer |
Mar. 30, 2004 |
Our Pioneer Doctors, Part One |
Apr. 27, 2004 |
Our Pioneer Doctors, Part Two |
May 25, 2004 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 14 |
June, 29, 2004 |
Building the County Road, 1850 |
July 27, 2004 |
Forgotten Places |
Aug. 31, 2004 |
The Beauty of the Prairie and the Wetlands as Seen by the Pioneers |
Sept. 28, 2004 |
Poems of History |
Nov. 2, 2004 |
Trading with Native Americans |
Nov. 30, 2004 |
The Lowell-Crown Point Stagecoach |
Dec. 28, 2004 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 15 |
Jan. 25, 2005 |
Log Cabins |
Feb. 22, 2005 |
Life in a Log Cabin |
Mar. 29, 2005 |
The Lake of the Red Cedars; The Book |
April 26, 2005 |
Pioneer Communication |
May 31, 2005 |
Mysterious Beaver Lake |
June 28, 2005 |
Dinwiddie Revisited |
July 26, 2005 |
This Is Only a (History) Test |
Aug. 30, 2005 |
Building on Wheels |
Sept. 27, 2005 |
History at Lowell Library Web-Site |
Oct. 25, 2005 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 16 |
Nov. 29, 2005 |
An Address by Pioneer Wellington A. Clark in 1882 |
Dec. 27, 2005 |
Pioneer Christmas in Indiana |
Jan. 31, 2006 |
The Wreck of the Flying Cloud |
Feb. 28, 2006 |
Sanitarium at Shelby |
Mar. 28, 2006 |
A Soldier's Letter, 1898 |
Apr. 25, 2006 |
Topics of the Day in Lowell, 1872 |
May 30, 2006 |
What Happened to . . . |
June 27, 2006 |
The 1849 Halsted House |
July 25, 2006 |
Town of Schneider |
Aug. 30, 2006 |
Music in Our Years |
Sept. 26, 2006 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 17 |
Oct. 31, 2006 |
Indian Treaty at Lowell |
Nov. 28, 2006 |
It Happened in Lowell -- 1898 &1899 |
Dec. 26, 2006 |
1898 Fire Destroys Stores in Lowell |
Jan. 30, 2007 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 18 |
Feb. 27, 2007 |
Meyer Manor Mound Cemetery at Cedar Lake |
Mar. 27, 2007 |
Jane A. Horton Ball, Pioneer |
April 24, 2007 |
A History Test #2 |
May 29, 2007 |
Pioneer and Native American Authors |
June 26, 2007 |
Pioneer Food |
July 31, 2007 |
Handy Men and Women of the Early Days |
Aug. 28, 2007 |
A Tradition, Grant Brothers' Dept. Store |
Sept. 25, 2007 |
1st Original Issues of Lowell Newspaper Found |
Oct. 30, 2007 |
More News from the 1901 Newspapers |
Nov. 27, 2007 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts No. 19 |
Dec. 24, 2007 |
Deida McCarty, Pioneer of Three Counties |
Apr. 29, 2008 |
'Pioneers' of the 1940's -- World War Two |
May 27, 2008 |
Politics: Lake County, Indiana, in the 1830's and 1840's |
July 1, 2008 |
Did the Fuller Brush Company Ever Have a Factory in the Town of Lowell? |
July 29, 2008 |
1872: Lake County's Vault Bombed |
Sept. 3, 2008 |
Historical Questions and Answers |
Sept. 30, 2008 |
Historical Questions and Answers |
Oct. 21, 2008 |
Historical Questions and Answers |
Nov. 25, 2008 |
Historical Questions and Answers |
Jan. 6, 2009 |
Historical Questions and Answers |
Jan. 27, 2009 |
Strange, Unusual & Interesting Historical Facts |
Mar. 3, 2009 |
Bessie's Scrapbooks |
Apr. 7, 2009 |
Pioneer Belshaw's Atlantic Voyage, 1834 |
Apr. 28, 2009 |
The Belshaws - Part II |
May 2, 2009 |
Castle Gardens |
July 21, 2009 |
Archaeology & the Pioneers |
Sept. 1, 2009 |
1896 Main Street School Revisited |
Nov. 3, 2009 |
Strange, Unusual, and Interesting Historical Facts #21 |
Dec. 29, 2009 |
Pioneer Weddings |
Mar. 9, 2010 |
Kankakee River Pearls |