CIVIL WAR: In the South Shore

Civil War Historic Exhibit
"Region United, Nation Divided"
Hammond, Indiana Visitor Center
April - May 2013
  Photos by Debra K Gutierrez



 The exhibit honors Civil War HEROS from Lake County and Porter County Indiana













See the Civil War Exhibit at the Indiana Welcome Center
7770 Corinne Dr.
Hammond, IN 46323
(219) 989-7979

For more information visit
South Shore Cival War Memorial Trail

Hammond Historic Site: Little Red Schoolhouse

The Bridge is OUT!


Northwest Indiana's Longest Bridge


Photos by Debra K. Gutierrez
On Route 41, Indiana's longest ironclad bridge over a nobody of water has served NW Indiana commuters with a safe passageway over numerous train tracks in Gibson Rail Yard for over 75 years.

Photos of the 9-span bridge before and after demolition:

Indianapolis Boulevard North of Michigan Street (2013)

 Traveling South over the Bridge (2012)

East of the 9-Span Bridge (January 2013)


The bridge contract was awarded to Illinois' Dunnet Bay Construction Company.


West of the Bridge (April 2013)

Columbia Avenue (March 2013)

Indpls. Blvd. South of Gibson Yard (March 2013)

Summer St. (March 2013)

Indpls. Blvd. North of Gibson Yard (April 2013)
Some of the nine steel spans from the bridge will be recycled to areas where a shorter span of bridge will suffice.

"So long! Indiana's Iconic Bridge."
1937-2013


WHOniverse Photo Shoot 8 - Chicago

 Dr. Who Fans
Photos by Debra K Gutierrez
The Whoinverse Photo Shoot 8 was at Montrose Point Beach in Chicago, Illinois on April 6th, 2013 at 10 am. "The Order of the Blue Box" created the event. Enjoy!
































Queen Anne Candy

Another Hammond, Indiana landmark - Gone.
Photos by Debra K Gutierrez

Queen Anne Candy Company was located on the industrial corner of Hoffman Street and Sohl Avenue in Hammond, Indiana since the early 1920s. The brick and mortar candy factory was known for its chocolate covered cherries for over 80 years. The business also provided employment for many in the Calumet region.

If you are from NW Indiana and you received a traditional box of cordial cherries for Christmas, there is a good possibility they originated from the Queen Anne Candy!

In 1992, Premiere Candy Company bought the building and machinery from Hershey. Premiere Candy Co. went out of business in 2006. The building was owned by the Indiana Pallet Company when it was fire damaged in 2012. Demolition was completed in the spring of 2013.