PDF⋙ Michigan City's Washington Park (Images of America Series) by Jonita Davis
Michigan City's Washington Park (Images of America Series) by Jonita Davis Michigan City's Washington Park (Images of America Series) by Jonita Davis PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The sand dunes stretched higher than many skyscrapers, with the remnants of an abandoned lumber industry at their feet. The sandy, overgrown land was nothing that Michigan City residents cared to develop, let alone visit. The area was largely forgotten until Mayor Martin Krueger decided that his town would have a park and bathing beach. In a few short years, the deserted area was transformed into a family amusement center on Lake Michigan’s southern shores. These beginnings helped shape the Michigan City community. However, the lakeside park and bathing beach of today barely resemble the famous amusement area of the early 1900s. Somewhere along this town’s history, its greatest asset of that early time―its amusement park―transformed into a natural beauty that is still treasured by families today, th...