Author Archive: Ronald Garrison
August 2014 Newsletter
In This Issue Summer Festival We had a great festival this year! We actually made a nice profit, thanks to Bill Mesich and family who cooked the food. They do a great job-everything was delicious! Portage Alumni Association This year’s Alumni Multi-year dinner dance will be held Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Duneland Falls Banquet […]
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In This Issue New Donation From Portage Township School System The Society recently received a donation from Portage School System of all their old student records, a few as early as late 1890’s, and rest from 20’s,30’s and some trustee records. Portage Township Cemeteries Brendan Clancy, Portage Township Trustee, spoke at the Portage Community Historical […]
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In This Issue Urbex Photography Urban exploration (often shortened as urbex or UE) is the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment The Vernon Patton Dickinson Farm Wagon This wagon was brought to Porter County on May 27, 1929. On this date Vernon Patton Dickinson and […]
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In This Issue Val Roach Val Roach was born and raised near Mott, North Dakota on an 800-acre family farm. Overachievers in action The possibilities for the creation of an organization to preserve, manage, and promote the history and heritage of the Portage community was conceived in the mid-1980s. The Vernon Patton Dickerson Farm Wagon […]
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In this issue: Summer Festival Thanks to the Portage Park department for all their help in setting up and taking down the tables, chairs, tents and stages for this year’s festival. We couldn’t have done it without you. IHS Traveling Exhibition Faces of the Civil War Portage – Civil War history will come alive for […]
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Don’t forget to come out for the HISTORICAL FESTIVAL ON JUNE 21ST AT COUNTRYSIDE PARK from 10-5! There will be lots to see and enjoy. We’ll have grilled food, dessert, music, vendors, antique cars, hayrides, kids games, fishing derby, watermelon-eating contest, silent auction, museum displays, and more! Festival News Here’s a sampling of pictures from […]
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Through the hard work and diligence of Clement Khan, Al Goin, Carl Fisher, and several others in the Historical Society, the Parks Dept., and the City, the Historical Society had won the bid for a historic log cabin for the Countryside Park. It is a Linden Family Swedish structure from the 1860s that was located […]
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Pictures from Slanger’s Corner which is now home to the new Walgreens
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