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LaGrange County  Historical Society
109 South High Street   ~   LaGrange, IN  46761

This page should be called the "Calico Cat" because you can find a little bit of everything  here. 
Names are spelled as given even if I suspected a typo.  Some of these articles have been transcribed while others have been scanned to a .pdf file and you will open the link to view the article with Adobe Acrobat.  All materials are from past issues of  the LaGrange Standard, unless otherwise stated, and  have been used with the express permission of Bill Connelly, Publisher. - June 29, 2006 I hope you find something to enjoy!!

County Infirmary aka "Poor House"

David Rogers Orpahange & Local Orphans

Alchohol

The LCHS Log Cabin Transfer to Greenfield Mills

South Milford Scene - Residence & Office of Dr. J. Dancer

Old Main Street Topeka


I.B. Newnam's Home - NE Corner, 1 Mile East of South Milford
I believe the "cornerstone" above the center window on the South side is dated 1872. There was no writing on the back but I'm sure the young girl on the front porch is my grandmother, Clemma, and she looks to be age 12-16 so the photo probably dates to 1882-1886. I believe the woman in black on the South porch is my great-grandmother, Katie Jane (Childs) NEWNAM and the other lady is her sister, Martha Childs who lived with them. I'm less sure about he men - I think the one in middle is I.B.NEWNAM and the one on the right is his son, Harmer, who became a Doctor. The one on left resembles my grandfather, William WALTER, but looks too grown up compared to Clemma. - Contributed by Jack Walter, PA.

Old Farmer's State Bank in Stroh

The Scene Changes - old buildings at the corner of US 20 & SR 9

LaGrange County Courthouse Postcard

Kimball Wagon Shop at Lima, Ind.

Mastodon or Mammoth?

Lima Sketch

Valentine Church - 1920 -   John McKibben Collection

When Stroh Was Booming - by: Lloyd Bowman

"From Milk to Bread"  Cub Souts of LaGrange, Dens  1 & 7
Check a condensing unit a the Gordon Baking Co. in LaGrange with Robert Huffman, assistant manger of the plant.  THe boys who toured the plant with their den leaders were Mike Burkey, Richard Tjarks, Jack Pipher, Stanley Larimer, James Hooley, Herbert Levitz, Mike Marten, David Menges, Terry Miller, Richard Wiard and James Woodworth. - Clipping in the,  "The LaGrange Standard," LaGrange, Indiana, Nov. 10, 1960

Farmer's Rescue Election - "The LaGrange Standard," May 30, 1919

1890 LaGrange Township Trustees

Trustees of LaGrange County Indiana, 1921

History of Mongo
Article was pasted in the Scrapbook of Homer Brown of Brushy Prairie.  Donated by Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Hayward.  Article came from a LaGrange, IN, newspaper prior to 1910.

Mongo Olde Store    Page 1    Page 2    Page 3

Hotel Mongo by Paul Riddick

LaGrange County Settler Recalls Early History - John Smith of Lima, Indiana

Plato Recollections By Mrs. Weir -   (Plato was first called, "Hill's Corners")

Hill's Corners 1862

Some Early Ontario History

Early Days of Scott by Paul Riddick

Pioneer Life & Character - Manners & Customs

Scott Mill  #1      Scott Mill  #2

First Courthouse Becomes Barn - by: Paul Riddick

Barn Was First Courthouse

Recalling the Ship Gold

62nd Annual Meeting of the Old Pioneers of LaGrange County, Indiana, 1928

Postmarked Mongoquinong Letter From October 25, 1840

The LaGrange Phalanx

Browns Drug Store - Photo #1     Photo #2

The Underground Railroad

INDEX  TO  DEATH  RECORDS in LaGRANGE County, Indiana
1882-1924
- Vol.1  A-Z Inclusive - Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration  1939


LaGrange Daily Standard

Pickle Stations in LaGrange and Stroh

Old Resident Recalls Days Of Yore Around Mud Corners - Author: Ethel Dunafin

Palm Sunday Tornadoes in LaGrange County, Indiana



The LaGrange County Library has a wonderful microfilm collection that is accessible to the public.  It is open the same hours as the library and you can view the pages for free or print them for 15 cents a page.  The last time I used it, I was able to take a memroy stick and scan pages to a pdf file and then jsut put htem to my stick.   You will find the link to the library in our Links section.  Please remember,  it is not the responsibility of the library to search for articles or make copies. Out of kindness to them, please don't make requests to do so.  If you have an interesting article and the cite source pertaining to LaGrange Co., please email it to lagrange_history@yahoo.com and we will get it posted in a timely manner.

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