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The first ecologist (Henry Chandler Cowles) did his pioneering work here. A student of Cowles, O. D. Frank continued Cowle's studies. [1] A museum honoring his work called the Hour Glass is located in Ogden Dunes. [1] Many citizens and politicians have helped to preserve parts of the Indiana Dunes. [1] [2] [3]
In 1926, after a ten-year petition by the State of Indiana to preserve the dunes, the Indiana Dunes State Park opened to the public. The State Park was still relatively small in size and scope and the push for a national park continued. In 1949, Dorothy Buell became involved with the Indiana Dunes Preservation Council (IDPC).
Indiana Dunes National Park is a national park of the United States located in northwestern Indiana managed by the National Park Service. It was authorized by Congress in 1966 as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and was redesignated as the nation's 61st national park on February 15, 2019. [ 2 ]
Indiana Dunes State Park is an Indiana State Park located in Porter County, Indiana, United States, 47 miles (75.6 km) east of Chicago.The park is bounded by Lake Michigan to the northwest and is surrounded by as well as within the authorized boundaries of Indiana Dunes National Park, a unit of the National Park Service; the NPS owns the water from the ordinary high water mark to 300 feet (91 ...
Indiana Dunes: American Revolutionary War: 4 United States vs Kingdom of Great Britain and American Indians: de LaBalme Massacre: November 5, 1780 Near the Eel River in Whitley County: American Revolutionary War: 25+ Continental Army vs American Indians: Lochry's Defeat: August 24, 1781 Near Aurora: American Revolutionary War: Illinois Campaign: 37
Gray attained the status of a local celebrity, but her greatest legacy was her role in focusing public interest in the Indiana Dunes when the natural area was threatened by encroaching real estate development. Efforts had begun to preserve the dunes, but the local community's support was critical in helping establish the area as a nature preserve.
The Homestead was the home of Joseph Aubert de Gaspé Bailly de Messein (1774-1835), one of the first permanent white settlers in Northwest Indiana. This homestead, begun in 1834, is one of the only surviving elements of the once-significant fur trade in the region. [ 3 ]
He obtained his PhD in 1898 for his study of vegetation succession on the Lake Michigan sand dunes. The inspiration to these studies came from reading Plantesamfund by the Danish botanist and pioneer ecologist Eugen Warming. [7] [8] Cowles studied Danish to be able to read the original [9] and later (1905) visited Warming in Copenhagen.