Jonita Davis

Michigan City's Washington Park

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The sand dunes stretched higher than many skyscrapers, with the remnants of an abandoned lumber industry at their feet. The sandy, overgrown land was nothing that Michigan City residents cared to develop, let alone visit. The area was largely forgotten until Mayor Martin Krueger decided that his town would have a park and bathing beach. In a few short years, the deserted area was transformed into a family amusement center on Lake Michigan's southern shores. These beginnings helped shape the Michigan City community. However, the lakeside park and bathing beach of today barely resemble the famous amusement area of the early 1900s. Somewhere along this town's history, its greatest asset of that early time--its amusement park--transformed into a natural beauty that is still treasured by families today, though nostalgia remains for the park of the past. Michigan City's Washington Parks traces those lost amusement years with images and the complete amazing tale, from the building of the large wooden roller coaster with a lake view to the communal turn toward a nature park.

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Produktdetails

• Images of America
• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 166mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780738583389
• ISBN-10: 0738583383
• Artikelnr.: 32738710

Autorenporträt

Jonita Davis is the Michigan City native presenting Michigan City's Washington Parks as a follow-up to her first work, Michigan City Marinas. Davis is a writer and has become a researcher of local history, particularly the history of Michigan City, Indiana. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from Purdue University and has authored several works of fiction and numerous clips found on the World Wide Web.