It's baseball season again, and here is a reminder that trash talk is nothing new. Click the image to display a larger version.
In February, members of the Huff family visited the History Center and reviewed family research with this author. We found census and obituary documents, viewed family photos in our collection and theirs, and uncovered numerous articles in the archives of... Continue Reading →
February 26 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Doc Bowen. On Sunday, volunteers of Historic Bremen visited the Bethel College exhibit of his life and memorabilia. Otis R Bowen was born February 26, 1918, near Rochester, Indiana, to... Continue Reading →
Logansport State Hospital, the state psychiatric hospital, was originally called Longcliff Hospital for the Insane. It was relatively common for folks from all over northern Indiana, including Bremen, to be sent there, since few mental disorders, including senile dementia, could... Continue Reading →
In the late 1800s, Valentine's Day was not merely a day for giving gifts to your sweetheart. There was also a tradition of sending ugly comic Valentines to those you disliked. Valentine's Day was also an occasion for masked balls,... Continue Reading →
Football was a dangerous game in the days before proper helmets and pads, and when the flying wedge was legal. But it was popular in Bremen as early as the mid-1890s. (It was disallowed in 1907 and returned in 1955.)... Continue Reading →
In 2016, Mary Ellen Kauffman and Miriam Hochstetler gave a talk at the history center on their lives growing up in the Amish community and their later interactions with them. https://youtu.be/94Pz5Kry1sI
About 1850, Jacob BN Klinger (1819-1894) was elected surveyor of Marshall county, a post he would hold for 12 years. He engaged his much younger brother, Jeremiah M "Jerry" Klinger (1835-1911) to join him, and the two proceeded to survey... Continue Reading →
In 2010, Al Suttor gave a History Chat on the history of the Bremen Bible Church, which began in Bremen in 1924 as the Apostolic Christian Church. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJWEa4y7Rj8 Click any image to view a larger version. [flickr_tags user_id="133138807@N08" tags="Bremen-bible-church"]
The Enquirer began publishing children's letters to Santa Claus in 1902, but it didn't last long. It restarted in the 1930s and became a tradition. Click any image to view it larger.
Grove Walter (1888-1945) was, in his youth, a baseball and fishing enthusiast and (with his father Frank) a pool hall and then confectionery proprietor. He married Nellie Ranstead and ran a dress shop in town. He eventually became proprietor of... Continue Reading →
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