Christmas on the Farm

  Join us at the Portage History Museum at Countryside Park on December 3 from 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. for an old-fashioned Christmas on the farm. Take a picture with Father Christmas, make holiday crafts and tour the museum. Countryside Park is located at 5250 U.S. Hwy 6 in Portage, Indiana. 1/4 mile east of […]

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Belle Gunness Presentation

Belle Gunness Presentation The Portage Community Historical Society, Inc. present guest speakers: Stephen Ruminski and Bruce Johnson, they will show the 40 minute documentary of Belle Gunness presentation. The viewing is free to the public, everyone is invited Wednesday, August 20, 2014 @ 7:00pm Woodland Park 2100 Willowcreek Rd Portage, IN 46368

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2013 in Review

2013 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY! It marked the 25th Anniversary of the group’s founding! Here’s to 25 more! 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 […]

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2013 Festival

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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Log Cabin News

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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25th Anniversary

Here are pictures from our 25th Anniversary Dinner

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Slanger’s Corner

Pictures from Slanger’s Corner which is now home to the new Walgreens

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Aerial view of Portage in 1958

These are Aerial views of Portage taken in 1958

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