Formed more than 10-thousand years ago by glaciers, the area was first home the Miami and Potawatomi tribes. The area quickly thrived thanks to its location to not just Lake Michigan, but also rivers -helping the fur trade and eventually steel production, flourish. But water wasn’t the only mode of transpiration that brought in commerce. Railroads brought in goods and people.
Today, the Indiana Dunes are a hot spot for visitors in the Midwest and beyond.
Featured:
00:00 Intro
01:40 Riley’s Rail house
03:52 Red Cup
05:51 Chesterton Brewer
09:31 Indiana Dunes State Park
12:37 Dunes Learning Center
14:14 Diana of the Dunes
18:58 Progress Homes
22:00 Beverly Shores
22:53 Wizard of Oz Fair
25:18 Urschel Laboratories Inc.
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