Monthly Archives: August 2014

The Old Elkhart Road, known today as Wilden Avenue, County Road 45 or Hammond Avenue depending on where you are at, used to be the main driving route between Goshen and Elkhart before U.S. 33 was built. It paralleled the … Continue reading →

I have family living in South Whitley and I couldn’t help but notice this old red barn standing behind a house in a neighborhood along State Street, which is also State Road 5. This is not far from where 5 … Continue reading →

This week I’m straying from the local, but this is a state historical site worth visiting. The Huddleston farmhouse was built in 1841 and weary travelers on the Old National Road found meals, shelter, provisions and feed for and a … Continue reading →

Now used by the Fairview Grange, and also according to the sign out front the Dunlap Lions Club, this building on County Road 45 in Concord Township used to be a schoolhouse. Once again I refer to the excellent book … Continue reading →