Lake Station, Indiana - Wikipedia
The name of Lake Station was officially changed to East Gary in 1908 in an attempt to lure executives from the nearby US Steel plant in Gary, Indiana into creating a suburban community.
City of Lake Station reflects on past and steps into future ...
Feb 17, 2021 · In 1908, Lake Station’s name was changed to East Gary, in an attempt to lure executives and workers from U.S. Steel to the area to create a suburban type of environment for the city. The city would be named East Gary until the mid-1970s when they reverted back to their historical name to distance themselves from Gary’s decay and reputation ...
Lake Station Map - Hobart Township, Indiana, USA - Mapcarta
Lake Station, formerly known as East Gary, is a bedroom community of Chicago in Lake County, Indiana. Mapcarta, the open map.
Lake Station – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
Lake Station, formerly known as East Gary, is a bedroom community of Chicago in Lake County, Indiana.
Lake Station owes history to trains, steel - The Times of ...
Oct 25, 2024 · Lake Station was renamed East Gary, and a whole new community and economy formed around the Gary steel mill. A new City Hall, public library, school system and other municipal amenities...
Gary, Indiana - Wikipedia
Gary (/ ˈɡæri / GARR-ee) is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 69,093 at the 2020 census, [4] making it Indiana's eleventh-most populous city. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel 's Gary Works, the largest steel mill complex in North America.
East Gary was a small community in Northwest Indiana, located mere miles outside of Gary, Indiana. The city was founded as Lake Station in 1852, but changed its name in 1908 following the completed construction of the Gary Works steel mill.
Indiana State Library: Lake County - IN.gov
Sep 19, 2024 · The Calumet region historical guide, containing the early history of the region as well as the contemporary scene within the cities of Gary, Hammond, East Chicago (including Indiana Harbor), and Whiting (Federal Writers Project, 1938)
Gary Indiana, Acerbic Novelist and Critic, has Died Aged 74
Oct 24, 2024 · Gary Indiana, Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story (1999), 2017, book cover. Courtesy: SEMIOTEXT(E) Indiana’s final novel, The Shanghai Gesture, appeared in 2009, followed by two collections of short stories and plays in the mid-2010s, a memoir in 2015, as well as a much-vaunted selected essays, Fire Season, in 2022. In his last years ...
Rise and Fall of Gary, Indiana - ArcGIS StoryMaps
From Sand to Booming Industrial City to Ghost Town, The History of Gary Indiana.