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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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Description
xiii, 654 pages illustrations, portraits, maps; 24 cm
Series Statement
Indiana historical collections, v. 39
Uniform Title
Indiana historical collections ; v. 39.
Subject
  • Indiana > History
  • Calumet Region (Ill. and Ind.)
  • Indiana
  • Indiana
  • United States > Calumet Region
  • United States, Indiana, Lake > History
  • United States, Indiana, Porter > History
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