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The News-Dispatch of Michigan City was established in 1938 through the merger of the Michigan City News and the Michigan City Evening Dispatch. [1] [2]In September 2007, Small Newspaper Group sold the La Porte Herald-Argus to Paxton Media Group.
By 1835, the settlement had grown to the extent that La Porte was incorporated as a town. A newspaper was established in 1836. La Porte Medical School, the first of its kind in the Midwest, was founded in 1842. By 1852, La Porte had become a well-established settlement of considerable size for its time and vicinity, with 5,000 residents.
In 1856 Reitz opened his own sawmill on the banks of Pigeon Creek. Soon, with the help of his sons, the Reitz sawmill had become one of the largest sawmills in the area. It operated 22 out of 24 hours a day, six days a week. [1] Evansville was the largest hardwood market in the country over the period of 1845 through 1885.
He also served as lieutenant colonel of the 128th Indiana Infantry and was promoted to colonel June 26, 1865. He served as the Auditor of La Porte County from November 15, 1866, to March 1, 1869, Packard was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875). He served as ...
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Pages in category "People from La Porte, Indiana" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The 9th Regiment organized and mustered into service at Indianapolis, 25 April 1861, for three months service. At the end of the three months service, the 9th returned and went into rendezvous at Camp Colfax, under the command of Col. Robert H. Milroy. (Abstracted from information in files of La Porte County Historical Society, Inc., La Porte, IN)
New Durham Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,105 (down from 8,664 at 2010 [ 4 ] ) and it contained 2,351 housing units. History