It didn't happen in Bremen, but many older residents will remember the mysterious 1973 train derailment in Wyatt that killed engineer Glen Perkins and (pictured above) train fireman Delroy Liepelt. It was blamed on an unknown person breaking the padlock... Continue Reading →
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25 years ago, Jane's Park was built in the Parke View subdivision of the town, creating numerous sports fields, a substantial walking path, and playground facility. The park honored Jane [Sieg] Stillson, who died of breast cancer in 1999. Use... Continue Reading →
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the tragedy that took the lives of five young Bremen residents. In 2000, these young people lost their lives in a collision with a semi on US 30 when they failed to stop the... Continue Reading →
Out of "bullfrog country and huckleberry marsh", Marshall county, Indiana, was cleared and drained, leaving a great deal of good, mucky soil for onions and wheat and later spearmint and peppermint. It was the mint that made Bremen the "mint... Continue Reading →
In July of 1911, 24 members of the Spartan Club gathered for the last time to pay their respects to the first of their body to pass away. The club had formed in 1903 as a social club and had... Continue Reading →
Bremen High School recently donated the bulk of their trophy collection to Historic Bremen.
Historic Bremen's Derek Jensen will deliver a history of Bremen, Indiana, talk to a brown-bag lunch audience at the Bremen Public Library on Friday, June 28, at noon. The talk will cover early families, construction of the downtown, local businesses,... Continue Reading →
Something I like to say all the time is "If you want to preserve history, you have to capture it." We often get offered random artifacts from Bremen's history, but those rarely include things or even photos from events that... Continue Reading →
On Friday, April 19, the Marshall County Historical Society and Museum will host their first Casino Night Fundraiser, "Back to the Pine Tree Inn," at the REES Theater in Plymouth from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sue Irwin and Sandy Garrison... Continue Reading →
As part of the Weston family collection, a photo of the 1984 Bremen Little League All-stars team has all the subjects identified. We love things like this.
Don Bunge passed away this weekend. He was a WW2 veteran and a coach and teacher for many years at Bremen High School starting in 1952 and retiring in 1985.
It seems like winter in Bremen just doesn't feature the snow we used to have in the old days. What we get melts off in a day or two. But here's a reminder that that didn't used to be the... Continue Reading →
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