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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/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/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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15ZY_dodge-manufacturing-company_Mishawaka-IN.html
Wallace H. Dodge (1849-1894) founded company 1878; made wood products; moved to this site 1880. Patented wood split pulley 1882, revolutionary for standardized, interchangeable parts. Its innovative products have led to advances in power transmiss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM111H_first-dam-across-the-st-joseph-river-power-race_Mishawaka-IN.html
First Dam Across The St. Joseph RiverThe original dam, providing power for which Mishawaka was noted, was completed in 1837. It was 577 feet long, 24 feet thick and cost $38,000.00.Power RaceAlong this race, providing water power, and along its co…