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In the days before self-service gas pumps and convenience stores, gas stations and garages were more in abundance, even in smaller towns. Shown is the former Phil’s Garage in New Paris, Elkhart County. It was located on State Road 15 … Continue reading →

The Erie Lackawanna Railroad passed through Huntington County on its way west to Chicago. Shown is a remnant of a bridge across County Road 700 North northwest of Huntington and east of State Road 5. The railroad line was abandoned … Continue reading →

For a very long time before it became State Road 15, the stretch between Goshen and Bristol in Elkhart County was known as the Goshen-Bristol Road. The road dates to the 1830s but had a different route then. It was … Continue reading →

Once in a while an old alignment of a state highway is still visible even though no longer an actual road. Shown is an old alignment of State Road 13 south of North Webster in Kosciusko County. It runs parallel … Continue reading →

The Wabash Railroad once passed through Huntington in Huntington County. Shown is a building that used to be a freight station for the Wabash. It is now the Pizza Junction Cafe. Nearby is the county historical museum and the downtown … Continue reading →

Likely hundreds if not thousands of automobiles pass through the small unincorporated community of Waterford Mills in Elkhart County everyday. It is just south of Goshen. Many may not know the history of the community though, such as this old … Continue reading →

Whistle markers are used on railroad lines to let train engineers know they need to sound the locomotive horn. In the days of steam locomotives it sounded more like a whistle. Here is an older concrete whistle marker on a … Continue reading →

On County Road 22, historic itself, just northeast of Goshen in Elkhart Township there is a historic farmhouse. The house was originally built in 1834 by Ebenezer Brown in the Greek Revival style. After the Brown family came to Elkhart … Continue reading →

The building closest to the camera was in the local news a few weeks ago as it was significantly damaged in a fire. Along with the building in the background, it was part of the Goshen Churn and Ladder Company … Continue reading →

Studebaker Cemetery in Goshen has no sign indicating it is a cemetery and there is no fence around it. There are also no tombstones left standing. A couple of broken grave markers can be found if you take the time … Continue reading →