Talking About an Old Building and Old Roads in Indiana

The May 20th Merrillville, In, Post Tribune ran an article about the Merrillville/Ross Township Historical Museum at 13 West 73rd Avenue. It is "a historical building on a historical street in a historical part of town. 73rd Avenue was a human epic in the continent's settlement."

The building was originally a school, then, in 1977, when the town incorporated, it was city hall for 20 years. Today, it is a museum.

The street originally was a dirt path, then the Sauk Trail, the main road to Detroit. Spain owned it after its 1781 capture of British Fort Joseph at what is now Niles, Mi.

US troops took the Sauk Trail on their way to build Fort Dearborn at present-day Chicago. By 1876, it was known as the Joliet Wagon Road, a main route for farm produce to get to market.

The towns of Merrillville and Schererville grew up along it. In the 20th century, it became a part of the Lincoln Highway.

That Is Some Historic Road. --RoadDog