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- English
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Lost Hammond, Indiana
About this book
In the heart of the calumet region, hardworking Hammond helped build America. Originally known as State Line Slaughterhouse, the city began as no more than a meatpacking plant for nearby Chicago. In time, the city grew, and at its industrial height, trains, chains, cigars, shirts, candy, nuts, player pianos, commercial wallpaper, concrete roof slabs, gutters, boilers, potato digging devices, screws and steel products poured from its many factories. Meanwhile, its many racetracks and casinos earned it the title of "Atlantic City on the Lake." The city also nurtured Jean Shepherd of A Christmas Story fame and was even home to an early NFL team. Hammond-born journalist Joseph S. Pete explores bygone landmarks like Phil Smidt's, Madura's Danceland, the State Theatre, the Woodmar Mall and the W.B. Conkey factory, all of which now live only in legend.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. State Line Slaughterhouse and Early Days
- 2. Ice Harvest at Wolf Lake
- 3. Roby
- 4. West Hammond
- 5. Five Points
- 6. Downtown
- 7. Movie Theaters
- 8. Department Stores
- 9. Jean Shepherd’s Hammond
- 10. Hotels
- 11. Restaurants
- 12. Trains
- 13. Standard Steel Car Company/Pullman-Standard Factory
- 14. Taylor Chain Company
- 15. W.B. Conkey/Rand McNally Plant
- 16. Sears Roebuck/Alvah Roebuck
- 17. Straube Piano Company
- 18. State Line Generating Plant
- 19. Nine Span Bridge
- 20. WJOB and The Hammond Times
- 21. Woodmar Country Club
- 22. Woodmar Mall
- 23. Hammond Pros and Other Professional Sports
- 24. Hammond Distilling Company
- 25. Bank Calumet and Other Financial Institutions
- 26. Indiana Botanic Gardens
- 27. The Roller Dome
- 28. John Dillinger Museum
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- About the Author