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Mishawaka grew through both industry and agriculture. In the late 19th century, Mishawaka became known as the "Peppermint Capital of the World", as its rich black loam produced great quantities of mint. [10] From 1906 to 1915, Mishawaka was the manufacturing home of the luxurious American Simplex motor car. Ball Band made rubber garments and ...
The Beiger Mansion, pronounced By-gur, though known more colloquially as Bee-gur, was the palatial home of Martin Valentine and Susie Higgins Beiger at 317 Lincoln Way E. in Mishawaka, Indiana. In 1973 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places . [ 1 ]
The South Bend–Elkhart–Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area is made up of six counties – four in northern Indiana and two in southwest Michigan. The statistical area includes three metropolitan areas and two micropolitan areas. As of the 2020 Census, the CSA had a population of 812,199.
A violent incident at a Mishawaka group home caused council members to question the owner of a proposed adult day care facility in Mishawaka.
The city is home to the South Bend Cubs, a Class A Minor League Baseball team, which plays at Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium in downtown South Bend. In 2014, the franchise changed its name and logo to the South Bend Cubs [ 111 ] and became affiliated with the Chicago Cubs ; prior to this, it had been known as the South Bend Silver Hawks ...
John Palmer Usher, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (Terre Haute) Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, January 3, 1911 to June 2, 1937 ; Mark Warner, current U.S. Senator for Virginia, former Governor of Virginia (Indianapolis) Gary Webb, journalist (Indianapolis) Ryan White, AIDS activist
Palmer, twice targeted by anarchist bombs, organized the nationwide series of police actions known as the Palmer raids in November 1919 and January 1920. Under suspicion of violating the Espionage Act , the Sedition Act and/or the Immigration Act of 1918 , [ 13 ] approximately 10,000 people were arrested, of whom 3,500 were held in detention ...
Hilton estate in Catonsville, rebuilt to Palmer's design in 1917. The Sunpapers Building in Baltimore, the longtime home of the Baltimore Sun, completed in 1950.. Edward Livingston Palmer Jr. FAIA (May 26, 1877 – May 13, 1952) was an American architect from Baltimore, Maryland, [1] [2] [3] credited with the design and development of several planned neighborhoods such as Homeland, [4] Roland ...