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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G23_perkins-windmill_Mishawaka-IN.html
This restored windmill was originally gifted by John M. Perkins to the Studebaker National Museum in 1979. The Museum conveyed it to the City in 2003. This iconic artifact is part of our proud manufacturing heritage, and a good reminder of our dow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G22_mishawaka-fish-ladder_Mishawaka-IN.html
St. Joseph River Trout and Salmon Project
The Mishawaka Fish ladder is an integral part of the St. Joseph River Trout and Salmon Project. This Project was conceived in the 1970's by the Indiana and Michigan Departments of Natural Resources in c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18IF_kamm-schellinger-brewery_Mishawaka-IN.html
Kamm and Schellinger Brewery is significant in the industrial heritage of Mishawaka and Indiana. First structures built 1853; expansions in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Incorporated in 1883; beer production ended in 1951. Listed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17JA_ball-band-factory_Mishawaka-IN.html
Introduction
This monument, overlooking the site of the former Ball-Band factory on the south bank of the St. Joseph River, pays tribute to the thousands of men and women who labored there. The swift-flowing waters of the river attracted manufa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17J9_mishawaka-high-school_Mishawaka-IN.html
Mishawaka's first public high school was opened in 1874 with an enrollment of sixty students. Accredited in 1876, the school graduated its first class in June, 1878. The original building was a three-story red brick structure at First and Hill str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM160I_mishawaka-wars-of-the-nation-memorial_Mishawaka-IN.html
Dedicated to those of Mishawaka, Indiana who offered their lives in humanity's defense in the wars of the nation and in memory of those who gave their last full measure of devotion. May 30, 1928.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM160H_mishawaka-civil-war-soldiers-monument_Mishawaka-IN.html
(Monument Base)Erected September 1884Shiloh - Mobile - Chickamauga - Vicksburg
(Facing East)Erected by the citizens of Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, to commemorate the bravery and patriotism of her soldiers and sailors in the war f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1601_battell-park_Mishawaka-IN.html
Mishawaka's oldest park, circa 1860s; given to city (1881) by members of Battell family. Features include Civil War soldiers monument (1884); neoclassical copper-domed, brick and limestone bandshell commemorating WWI (1927); exceptional Works Prog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1600_normain-heights-subdivision_Mishawaka-IN.html
Veterans' Homes of Mishawaka, Inc., founded by veterans, 1946, built (1947-1949) to counter housing shortage after World War II. 315 houses built on battle-named streets to seven designs; innovative features: aluminum siding, complete kitchen and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ZZ_the-mishawaka-academic-and-normal-institute_Mishawaka-IN.html
Opposite the south end of Main Street at 4th Street stood the two-storied, red brick Institute Building, where the Mishawaka Academic and Normal Institute classes were held. This was a Free school for Mishawaka children and a Select school for adv…