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Chamber of Commerce Building is a historic commercial building located in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1925, and is a two-story, rectangular, Tudor Revival-style brown brick building. It features limestone detailing, a green tile facade roof, and an arcade of Tudor arches. [2]: Part 1, p. 28
Merrillville (/ ˈ m ɛr əl v ɪ l / MAIR-əl-vil, locally [ˈmɛərvɪl]) is a town in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 35,246 at the 2010 census. Merrillville is in east-central Lake County, in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Whites had been living in the area since 1811, when General Harrison erected a fort north of present-day Terre Haute. After the Indian skirmishes were resolved, settlers arrived in significant numbers beginning 1815. [10] The area in present-day Vigo County was first placed under local jurisdiction in 1790, when Knox County was created.
Berne is widely known for its Swiss heritage, architecture and culture, and for its status as the "Furniture Capital of Indiana." [4] Berne and the surrounding area have also become known for their large Amish population (the fifth largest Amish community in the USA), [5] who speak Bernese German (a Swiss German dialect), as opposed to ...
PortageLife.com, a website launched in early 2010, which publishes information about community and city events and initiatives for Portage, Indiana. Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce Website is a website provided by the Greater Portage Chamber of commerce for residents living, visiting, or moving to Portage.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Big Lake CDP has an area of 0.87 square miles (2.25 km 2), of which 0.58 square miles (1.50 km 2) are land and 0.29 square miles (0.75 km 2), or 33.29%, are water. [1] Big Lake is fed and drained by the Tippecanoe River, a west-flowing tributary of the Wabash River. The lake is just downstream from ...
Monticello (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɛ l oʊ / ⓘ MON-tiss-EL-oh) [4] is a city in and the county seat of White County, Indiana, United States. [5] [6] The population was 5,508 at the 2020 census. [7] Monticello is known as a tourist destination in north-central Indiana and is home to the Indiana Beach amusement park on Lake Shafer, and Lake ...
During Indiana's frontier days, the lake continued to provide food and furs for the early settlers. Thanks to its remoteness, criminals were known to hideout at the infamous Bogus Island located on the Lake. [1] The name "Beaver Lake" was first recorded by U.S. surveyors in 1834, who deemed it and the surrounding area "of little value." Due to ...