It is appropriate to mark, on this Indigenous Peoples' Day, that this year marks the 180th anniversary of the removal of the Potawatomi from Marshall county in what became known as the Trail of Death. This article from the 1838... Continue Reading →
On Saturday, 10/6/2018, the Bremen High School class of 1973 will visit the history center from 1 to 4. Docents will be available to guide visitors thru the exhibits. Derek Jensen will be available to show our digital collection and... Continue Reading →
In 2014, Kent Koontz gave a talk at the history center on the history of Koontz Hardware store, sold in 2017 to the Jones family and called Yoder Hardware. https://youtu.be/ZYJPHNPpqgk
![2018 - Darrell [Hiester] Painter](https://historicbremen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/87a7f-2018-darrell-hiester-painter.jpg?w=1400)
Darrell [Hiester] Painter, daughter of Brigadier General David W Hiester, stopped by to offer a suitcase full of her father's uniforms and services medals today. They are loaned to us for evaluation to decide which ones to add to our... Continue Reading →
Robert Earl Hughes was a tall, wall-eyed country boy who grew up in Missouri who became the heaviest human being alive, tipping the scales at over 1,041 pounds—that is, until July 10, 1958, when he was laid low by the... Continue Reading →
Dudley and Marj Stoller built The Corner lunch room and soda fountain in 1948. It was never really on the corner of US 6 and SR 331, but originally its parking lot was. In 1952, the Stollers sold the restaurant... Continue Reading →
![1894 or so - John and Elizabeth [Feitz] Dietrich family](https://historicbremen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/54073-1894-or-so-john-and-elizabeth-feitz-dietrich-family.jpg?w=1400)
We welcomed the donation of the Erma [Dietrich] Cook collection of Dietrich family photographs and documents recently. These were preserved and donated by Gary and Joyce Clyde of Seattle, Washington, who cared for Erma in the final two decades of... Continue Reading →
On June 13, cousins Michelle Blough and Bruce Beehler came to meet with Historic Bremen volunteers to discuss their family history in Michiana. Their Sauer and Schurr family roots center around Bremen and Madison township in St Joe county. They... Continue Reading →
The warm weather has returned, and summer is just around the corner. Back in the early 1960s, when air conditioning was not common in these parts, people yearned for a refreshing dip in a clean, well-maintained swimming pool. Moms wrote... Continue Reading →
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