Gardening, Beautification and Restoration
Gardening, Beautification and Restoration ‘Rays of Sunshine Among the Singing Sands of the Dunes’ By Dick Meister with contributions from Lois Braatz, Dorothy Kurtz, and Dena Green. Special thanks for those who have added to the Garden Club Archives, including Christine Craig, Dena Green, Hank Kazmier, Betsy and Marion Kovacik, [...]
Gingrich, William Fredrick
William Fredrick Gingrich (December 22, 1874 - January 31, 1959) Within the collection of the Historical Society of Ogden Dunes are sixty-two, 3”*4” glass slides of photographs of the dunes. William F. Gingrich is the photographer. His name or initials appear on almost all the slides. These slides were taken [...]
Gray, Alice Mabel: ‘Diana of the Dunes’: Myth and Reality
“Diana of the Dunes” Myth and Reality Alice Mabel Gray: March 25, 1881 – February 9, 1925 By Ken Martin and Dick Meister On January 17, 2016 Ken Martin and Dick Meister presented a program on “Diana of the Dunes” to the Aquatorium Society as part of [...]
Gray, Alice Mabel: ‘Diana of the Dunes’: The True Story
by Janet Zenke Edwards, published by The History Press, 2010. Review by Dick Meister Background to the Review: The connection between Ogden Dunes and Alice Gray, a.k.a. Diana of the Dunes, begins in 1923. Samuel Reck and his associates in Ogden Dunes Inc. discovered that, on closing their deal on the [...]
Gray, Alice Mabel: ‘Diana of the Dunes’: Time Line
Alice Mabel Gray: Time Line (dates and newspaper articles) 1881: Note: Birth Date- March 25, 1881 (U of C transcript) and not November 25, 1881 as found on death certificate on info from nephew. 1898? Graduated from South Division High School - “the college class” 1903 Graduated from the University [...]
Gray, Alice Mabel: Diana of the Dunes
Biographical (to the degree that fictionalized accounts can be referred to as "biographical") pieces on former town resident Alice Gray ("Diana of the Dunes") claim that articles on her appeared in newspapers around the globe. An excellent recap of Alice Gray's life was written by Indiana writer David Hoppe, published [...]