The year is 1907. Football is a brutal game with few rules and fewer pads. Boys are breaking bones and cracking heads and riding home in horse-drawn buggies or horseless carriages (the Model T didn't even start production until 1908).... Continue Reading →
In his autobiography, Doc Bowen said that he had nothing to do with Bremen getting the US 6 highway by-pass or, for that matter, a state police post, and that he always looked askance at his gubernatorial staff when they... Continue Reading →
Although Bremen was first surveyed and platted in 1851, the beginning of the town is often dated to 1871, when it was incorporated. What was it like back then? In 1870, the census of Bremen covered just three pages: 120... Continue Reading →
This writer had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Calvin Koontz of the Plymouth area recently, during which we pored over four photo albums donated to the History Center a few years ago. Those albums had been partially scanned... Continue Reading →
The town whistle at the Bremen Light & Water Plant by Shadyside Park has been refurbished by Paul Shelton of Michigan City and is being blown again. Listen for it. Here's a link to the WNDU coverage. It is an... Continue Reading →
Newspapers subscribe to other newspapers and pick up the more interesting articles to re-run them. If the story is particularly interesting, a story re-run by one paper gets picked up by another that subscribes to that one. Here's one from... Continue Reading →
Happy new year from the Bremen A&W Drive-In... The A&W opened in Bremen in the summer of 1957. They closed each winter (you can't walk orders to the cars very easily if there's snow all over), but before long Ervin... Continue Reading →
Several towns started near Bremen never reached a self-sustaining size. The remarkable document below tells part of the tale; it is the official postmaster record for Marshall county, and lists the towns, their postmasters, and their name changes over time.... Continue Reading →
Another little gem popped up on eBay the other day. It is a postcard showing Cleo Juday's "Juniors" youth band, resplendent in their new uniforms, marching down East Plymouth Street in 1913 playing either Frank H Losey's "Fidelity" two-step (which... Continue Reading →
In 2010, Jim and Loretta Huff sat down with Mary Kay Jones and others at the History Center and discussed the history of the Bremen Holy Walk. Historic Bremen thanks the Huffs and Mary Kay for their participation.
Here is Principal Cook with part of the 6th grade class in 1945, most of whom would graduate as part of the class of 1951. Click on an image to display a gallery. The photo was taken at what is... Continue Reading →
130 years ago this past week, Brook Bowman put out the first issue of the Bremen Enquirer. In his second issue, Nov 28, 1885, Bowman ran this review from the Plymouth Republican. Click the image to display a larger version.
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