History

The Memorial Opera House in Downtown Valparaiso has been a lot of things in the past. From playing vaudeville shows, being a movie theatre and now a center for performing arts, Memorial Opera House seems to have a rich past. What some may not know...

Take a thrilling tour of haunted stories, legends, and lore from Porter County this October! The Porter County Legends and Lore Bus Tour will start at the Porter County Museum in Valparaiso, IN and travel to four sites throughout the county. Tours...

Stop by the Porter County Museum on August 7 at 5:30 p.m. to learn more about archeology in Porter County. August's We Are Porter County Series features John Hodson, President of the Kankakee Valley Historical Society. Mr. Hodson will give an...

The 80th anniversary of the downfall of John Dillinger will also be the final day visitors can learn why crime doesn’t pay at the Indiana Welcome Center. On Tuesday, July 22, the John Dillinger Museum will close to prepare for its move to the Lake...

Join the Porter County Museum and the Historical Society of Ogden Dunes on July 20 from 4-6p at the Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane in Ogden Dunes, for the opening of The Ogden Dunes Stories Project. Over the past year, Stories Project researcher...

Today, the depot will be maneuvered into position as utility crews Frontier, NITCO and NIPSCO clear the lines for the move onto the school property. We will also be building a ramp up to the grassy area. The plan is for the move onto the property to...

Residents of Valparaiso and lovers of railroad history gathered during the day Monday to watch a historic move. The former Grand Trunk railroad depot began its trek from the site it had been located for more than a century to its future home at the...

The South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail’s exhibit, “Region United, Nation Divided: Following Lincoln,” will be on display at the Indiana Welcome Center through Wednesday, April 30. The exhibit showcases the region’s answer to Abraham...

As part of the South Shore Civil War Memorial Trail’s exhibit, “Region United, Nation Divided: Following Lincoln,” visitors to the Indiana Welcome Center will be able to learn about a soldier’s life during the Civil War from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00...

Want to see photos of the old Lake George Medical Center in Hobart, soldiers standing in front of the U.S. Steel Corporation building in Gary during the 1919 strike, or how the church on Bradway and 47th Street looked in 1921? If Northwest Indiana...