Tag: State Road 25
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The Michigan Road and the Dixie Highway in Fulton County
A look at the Michigan Road and the Dixie Highway in Fulton County Indiana, from my 2008 survey.
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Adding the Michigan Road to the modern Indiana highway system
The story of how the Michigan Road was added to the state highway system, bit by bit.
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The lovely old homes on the Michigan Road in Rochester and Plymouth
Photographs of some lovely older homes on the Michigan Road in Rochester and Plymouth, Indiana.
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The Logansport City Building
Logansport’s City Building doesn’t look like much from the outside. I drove by it many times while exploring the Michigan Road without stopping for a photograph. You only get a clue that something interesting may lurk inside when you see the City Building letterforms over the doors. I made these exterior shots on a Michigan…
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Adding the Michigan Road to the modern Indiana highway system
It was very late to the party: the last segment of the old Michigan Road to be added to Indiana’s modern state highway system. The state of Indiana built the Michigan Road during the 1830s to connect Madison on the Ohio River to Michigan City on Lake Michigan via the new state capital in Indianapolis. Indiana…
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Goodbye, Whitehouse Restaurant
Logansport’s Whitehouse Restaurant closed its doors for good on Saturday after 73 years. Little family-run diners used to be typical; every town had at least one. They began disappearing in the late 1970s, by my estimation, as fast-food and diner-style chain restaurants really caught on. I think that the wide availability of places like McDonald’s…
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270 miles of history
If you’ve ever read my blog before, you know about my fascination with the Michigan Road. It’s Indiana’s first state-funded road, built in the 1830s to connect southern Indiana to northern Indiana through the capital at Indianapolis. Amazingly, it is still mostly intact. With a couple minor detours, you can drive all of it still…