1917: The Great Pageant – 5 Participants Who Later Lived in Ogden Dunes
Ogden Dunes Participants in the Great Pageant In the October 5, 1940 issue of the Ogden Dunes Sandpiper, a periodic community newsletter, published by Ogden Dunes Realty, a short article appeared, We plan someday to retell the story of the Great Pageant of the Dunes which was presented at [...]
1930: Port Williams
Ogden Dunes and the Planned City of Port Williams By Dick Meister In the 2010 donation to the Historical Society of the papers of the late Joseph Thomas, an Ogden Dunes resident, journalist and editor for the Gary Post-Tribune, by his daughter (see September 2010 issue of The Hour Glass [...]
1940: Residents Listed on the U.S. Census
By Dick Meister By federal law the individual census records are not open to the public until seventy years after the census was taken. Thus, on April 2, 2012 the United States Census Bureau was able to release the 1940 Census. This manuscript census contains the census interviewer’s handwritten responses [...]
19th Century: The Alpha Shipwreck on Ogden Dunes Beach
The odyssey of the "Alpha Wreck" shipwreck, as it was described in 2007, near the east end of the shoreline in Ogden Dunes beach has periodically been the subject of articles, especially when the lake level is lower than normal. In 2007 the shipwreck was very visible and was investigated [...]
Artist’s Home/Studio Walk: 2009
Historical Society of Ogden Dunes October 4, 2009 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Ogden Dunes, from its founding in 1925, has attracted and nurtured artists. The dunes, the lake and the many varieties of trees and flora provide an environment that continues to stimulate the creative imagination. Many of these [...]