Research Catalog

Title

Miller Beach / Linda Simon and Jane Ammeson.

Author

Simon, Linda, 1967-

Publication

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2012]

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Details

Additional Authors

Ammeson, Jane.

Description

127 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

Miller Beach became a popular tourist destination in the early 1900s thanks to its windswept sand dunes and Lake Michigan shoreline. Early aviator and Chicagoan Octave Chanute glided his aircraft over the dunes; botanist Henry Chandler Cowles studied plant succession in Miller Woods. Miller Beach's architecture is diverse, with historic park buildings designed by George W. Maher: the Marquette Park Pavilion and the Gary Bathing Beach Bathhouse. Miller Beach is now a part of Gary, Indiana, and the draw of the beach remains a timeless part of its past, present, and future.

Series Statement

Images of America

Uniform Title

Images of America.

Subject

• Buildings
• Gary (Ind.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works
• Gary (Ind.) > History > Pictorial works
• Gary (Ind.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
• Indiana > Gary
• Indiana > Miller
• Manners and customs
• Miller (Gary, Ind.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Pictorial works
• Miller (Gary, Ind.) > History > Pictorial works
• Miller (Gary, Ind.) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• History.
• Illustrated works.
• Pictorial works.

Contents

Early settlers: Carr family and downtown Swedes -- On the go: Trains, horses, and automobiles -- Lake industries: ice, sand and fish -- Civic life: Schools, churches and public institutions -- Flight and flora: Octave Chanute and Henry Chandler Cowles -- Independent women: Diana and beyond -- Miller Beach: fun in any season -- Beach living: Settling the dunes -- Business district: life on Main Street.

ISBN

• 9780738593647
• 0738593648

LCCN

2012937411

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library