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.
Historic Bremen has recently added more than 150 additional photos to the Historic.Bremen Flickr account from the Schneider collection. This is a collection of images collected and displayed by Don Schneider over his many years as a barber in Bremen.... Continue Reading →
The powers that be are in the process of digitizing the Bremen Enquirer and making it available online. Hoosiers can access it—and many other Indiana newspapers—for free via Inspire, a collaboration with the Indiana State Library and their Hoosier State... Continue Reading →
Dr. Walter K Schlosser (1888-1973 - obituary) grew up on a farm in German township, studied medicine at Indiana University, and spent most of his career as a part-time surgeon and a full-time chemist and manager at the Schlosser Brothers... Continue Reading →
This terrific piece of Bremeniana just came up for auction on eBay: a Joseph P Leitch Company cigar box from about 1900. It features a fantastic photo of one of the Bremen bands of the time, and the back is... Continue Reading →
Historic Bremen has recently scanned and researched more than 65 photos in two family photo albums donated to the History Center. These photos date from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s and feature numerous families related to Bremen residents. As... Continue Reading →
Historic Bremen has recently scanned and researched more than 65 photos in two family photo albums donated to the History Center. These photos date from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s and feature numerous families related to Bremen residents. As... Continue Reading →
Fritz Nierste started teaching at Bremen High School in 1951 at just 24 years old. A World War 2 vet who had presumably given the enemy many very, very difficult tests, he had come from Wesphalia, Indiana, and took over... Continue Reading →
Baseball was not just the national pastime in the early 20th century but the pastime for most Bremen residents as well. The little town had at least three teams, sometimes simultaneously—the Greens, the Blacks, and the Grays—who drew fans well... Continue Reading →
This spooky item ran May 18, 1900, in the Marshall County Independent (repeated from the Enquirer). No follow up was found, so perhaps the ghost hunters turned up nothing—or perhaps they never returned at all.... "Millan" Crum might be Milon... Continue Reading →
This matter-of-fact item appeared in the short-lived Semi-Weekly Independent of Plymouth on April 4, 1896. Click on the image to display a larger version. The story made it all the way to San Francisco, where it ran more briefly but... Continue Reading →
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