Moments in Time, March 14
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 14, 1919 — Holding a meeting at Richter Hall, the returned soldiers and sailors of LaPorte perfected an organization. ... Continue Reading →
Genealogical society bus trip to Fort Wayne is April 24; reservations due April 2
The LaPorte County Genealogical Society, in cooperation with the Michigan City Public Library, announces a Genealogy Research Bus Trip to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time, March 13
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 13, 1919 — The Attorney General of the United States takes steps to protect the public against high prices of meat ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time, March 12
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 12, 1919 — General John J. Pershing is moved to tears when he visits the hospital ship Mercy after it arrives in ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time, March 11
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 11, 1919 — More than 1,000 persons were killed in Berlin this past week. Naked prisoners were dragged through the ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time, March 9
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 9, 1919 — Uncle Sam is in for the biggest job in history in feeding millions of undernourished people in central ... Continue Reading →
LPHS Class of 1969’s 50th reunion is July 6
LaPorte High School Class of 1969 classmates are invited to gather to celebrate their 50-year reunion on Saturday, July 6, 2019.
Return to the majestic Civic Auditorium, site of ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time, March 8
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 8, 1919 — In the basketball sectional, LaPorte defeats LaCrosse and Wanatah loses to Elkhart in the morning, and ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time, March 7
Compiled by Mary Hedge, LaPorte County Public Library
March 7, 1919 — More than $100,000 worth of stocks and bonds were stolen by thugs in New York who attacked a messenger ... Continue Reading →
Dr. Jesse A. Wasson: a big man in La Porte, IN, AND in LaPorte City, IA — in more ways than one
By Fern Eddy Schultz, La Porte County Historian
Recently I was contacted by a person who had been on a tour of the British Isles and met another tour member who was from La Porte City, ... Continue Reading →
