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Historic Bremen

Bremen, Indiana

Author

Derek Jensen

Historian, film lover, and bon vivant

Heyde-Heckaman family

This author had the pleasure to sit down recently with Fran and Arden Druckamiller and go thru the Druckamillers' Bremen relations. The Druckamillers themselves were from the Syracuse, Indiana, area, but they married into the Heyde-Heckaman family. They allowed Historic... Continue Reading →

1918 – “Spanish influenza” pandemic comes to Bremen

In 1918, a new and virulent strain of influenza swept the world, killing tens of millions. The spread was worsened by the fact that Europe was embroiled in the Great War, later to be called World War One. Recruits came... Continue Reading →

2020: COVID-19

The Bremen History Center is still closed for the time being, as the COVID-19 coronavirus keeps most Americans at home. But we remain aware that history must be recorded in order to be preserved. So we have collected photos of... Continue Reading →

2019 – Google Street View of Bremen

If you're not familiar with Google Street View, it is a feature of Google Maps that shows the view along roads and streets from the perspective of Google's trucks that bristle with cameras. As the truck moves, it periodically takes... Continue Reading →

Old Lutheran Church renovation – open house March 8, 3 PM

This week, Historic Bremen purchased the old Lutheran Church on South Street known as The Gathering Place. The property had been owned and cared for by Kent Koontz since 2002. In addition, for the past 60 days, a volunteer group... Continue Reading →

1903 – Organ destruction

Bremen Enquirer - 27 Feb 1903

Thanksgiving thru the years

Items from the Bremen Enquirer from the old days. 1893 1906 1960

McPherron donations

Mary Jo [Pease] McPherron grew up around Tippecanoe and taught school in Madison township, St Joe county, but her late husband Tom taught school in Bremen. He coached girls' track and boys' wrestling and taught higher mathematics for many years.... Continue Reading →

Berg donations

Recently, Barb Berg offered an antique horse fountain and hitching posts to Historic Bremen. And this past week, the means were rallied and the items retrieved from the Berg farm on Grape Road south of town. One is a large,... Continue Reading →

History Chat: Larry Kipfer

The next History Chat of 2019 is Larry Kipfer, long-time director of Bremen parks, on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. Please enter by the old bank entrance at the corner of Plymouth and Center. Those who attend find... Continue Reading →

Bremen Iron & Metal

Bremen Iron & Metal Co. was founded in 1943 in Bremen by the Ochstein brothers--Charles, Isaac, Sam, & Abe--after buying the Bremen Junk & Wrecking Yard from Claude Mitchel in 1942. They moved from Maple & Whitlock (now a residential... Continue Reading →

History Chat: Randy Sriver

The next History Chat of 2019 is Randy Sriver, long-time teacher at Bremen High School, on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. Please enter by the old bank entrance at the corner of Plymouth and Center. Those who attend... Continue Reading →

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