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The Calumet region; Indiana's last frontier.
- Title
- The Calumet region; Indiana's last frontier. / Powell A. Moore.
- Author
- Moore, Powell A., 1904?-1967.
- Publication
- [Indianapolis] Indiana Historical Bureau, 1959.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Text | Use in library | F532.L2 M667 1959 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 654 pages illustrations, portraits, maps; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Indiana historical collections, v. 39
- Uniform Title
- Indiana historical collections ; v. 39.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 609-625.
- Contents
- The Calumet Story -- French, English, and Indians [Fur trade] -- The Log Cabin Era -- The Impact of the Railroads -- Early Industrial Development -- Hammond, Dressed Beef, and Germans -- Whiting and Standard Oil -- East Chicago, the Twin City -- Gary, the Pioneer Period -- Gary, Expansion and Maturity -- Population -- The Newspaper Press -- Education -- Labor and Labor Troubles -- Politics, Prohibition, and Depression -- Tales of the Indiana Dunes.
- LCCN
- 60062741
- OCLC
- ocm00478938
- 478938
- SCSB-322561
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library