UPDATE: The poker tournament was a great success. We raised nearly $5000 to benefit Historic Bremen! Thanks again to the sponsors, organizers, and players! https://www.flickr.com/photos/historicbremen/albums/72177720303472264 Saturday, November 5, 2022 6:30pm Check In 7:00pm Play Starts Location: St. Isadore’s Hall, 803... Continue Reading →
Note: This article was first posted December 17, 2018. It has been updated and improved with new research. Bremen's paper of record, The Bremen Enquirer, was founded in November of 1885 by Brook H Bowman (1858-1931). 2018 marked the end... Continue Reading →
We have built up quite an impressive collection of digital maps of Bremen, Indiana, over the last several years. From as far back as 1872 to fairly recent times, we have some quite detailed and high-resolution images. You can find... Continue Reading →
Today, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Historic Bremen as an organization. We hosted a brief program at the Historic B&O Depot with speakers Kurt Garner (Marshall County historian), RT Henke (Historic Bremen historian), and Matt VanSoest (Bremen Community Cares).... Continue Reading →
Roy Molebash was a mail carrier in the 1930s whose route took him north of Bremen to deliver to Madison township residents with Bremen addresses. He seems to have had a sense of humor about the more difficult parts of... Continue Reading →
One of our goals at Historic Bremen is to scan all of the BHS yearbooks and make them available online on our Flickr account. We don't scan every page but rather focus on senior pictures, clubs, and sports teams, with... Continue Reading →
In 1897, motion pictures came to Bremen for the first time. The Bremen Theatre did not exist yet (that would come along in 1910), so the presentation was shown in the hall on the second floor of the Wright Building,... Continue Reading →
Theodore Bauer served Bremen as a barber for seven decades, starting in his brother Oliver's shop in 1896 moving four or five times to shops on N Center street (depending on whether or not you count replacing an old wood-frame... Continue Reading →
Following the 72-year release schedule, the 1950 census became available to the public in April of 2022, and genealogy organizations leapt on it. This census has a significantly different form from previous ones. It is oriented vertically and arranged more... Continue Reading →
It's been 36 years, and yet it only seems like yesterday that the class of 1986 graduated Bremen High School. Here is a substantial part of that class' senior portraits. If you have more or portraits from other years, we'd... Continue Reading →
Last year, we were given on loan-term loan a ledger of the John Link & Lewis Fink sawmill in German township. It is filled with many Bremen-area names of customers who had logs sawn into lumber. It's a fascinating document... Continue Reading →
A new addition to Historic Bremen's research capabilities is the Kodak Slide N Scan, which allows us to view and capture slides and film. This is valuable, because the Bremen Enquirer has only been scanned by Newspapers.com up to 1964.... Continue Reading →
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