Miller, Gary and NW Indiana Links:
A number of links of interest to Miller and Gary people are scattered through these
pages, but a few deserve mention on a page of their own. Please
email me with anything else that you think belongs on this page. Make sure
you check out Wayne Randall's MillerBeachDays.com
. He's got a lot of neat stuff there from old post cards to puzzles
The following links are in no particular order:
- The Humane Society in Miller
- Gary Fire Station Number 2 has a nice
site with an interesting history page about the station.
- Randy Noak of the Horace Mann H.S. Class of 1966 has created a web page for Horace
Mann grads. Check it out at http://www.myhoracemann.com.
- Indiana Outfitters
has a nice spread on the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and lots of info on Indiana
outdoor recreation.
- Northwest Indiana KidsNet seems to have dropped off into cyberspace. But if you're
looking for a kids site try FirstGov for kids.
Or check out the Gary Kids Page.
- The Gary Post-Tribune Online
- Wirt Alumni Memorial
Page
- And there are now images of the Miller Aquatorium at Tim Arends' site devoted
to the preservation of historic buildings in Indiana. Check it out at
his site . The pictures of the Aquatorium are at the
Aquatorium page.
- The Calumet Regional Archives
is now online with a master list of their collection and some inventories of collections.
The Archives are housed on the 3rd floor of the IU Northwest library.
- A site devoted to the preservation of historic architecture and neighborhoods in
Indiana. Contains links to numerous related sites as well as images of the Marquette
Park Aquatorium/Bathhouse. It's at
Preserve Indiana.
- Hoosier Environmental Council is the place
to go for information on environmental concerns.
- The Save the Dunes Council
- The Grand Calumet River Task Force
- An environmental organization in Northwestern Indiana dedicated to working cooperatively
to improve the water quality and ecosystem of the Grand Calumet River and its surrounding
areas.
- Joseph Kallok has created a nice NW Indiana links/portal page called
RegionNet - for those of you with regionaires disease.
- da' Region - Dave Yaros has a site with some curiosities and reflections on Gary, his home town.
- Green Calumet - online magazine covering the environment, energy, farming and food in the Calumet region of South Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana is up
and running thanks to Linda Gibson. Enjoy.
Accommodations: There aren't many places to stay west of Michigan City that are
close to the lake, but up around the lake to the east there are a goodly number
of them.
Search for accommodations at Lake Magazine.