Miller Beach / Linda Simon and Jane Ammeson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simon, Linda, 1967- Author.

Ammeson, Jane., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller (Gary, Ind.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Miller (Gary, Ind.).

Miller (Gary, Ind.)--History--Pictorial works.

Miller (Gary, Ind.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Miller Beach, known for its eclectic charm, became a popular tourist destination in the early 1900s thanks to its windswept sand dunes and Lake Michigan shoreline. An early aviator, Chicagoan Octave Chanute, glided his aircraft over the dunes almost 10 years before the Wright brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk, and botanist Henry Chandler Cowles studied plant succession in Miller Woods, now part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Like its citizens, Miller Beach’s architecture is diverse, with historic park buildings designed by George W. Maher: the Marquette Park Pavilion and the Gary Bathing Beach Bathhouse, recently renovated as a museum that honors Chanute and the Tuskegee Airmen. Miller Beach contains other historic structures: Miller Town Hall dates to 1911, the old railroad depot houses a restaurant, the 1910 Miller School is home to a community arts group, and Ayers Realtors remains in its 1926 building. Miller Beach is now a part of Gary, Indiana, and the draw of the beach remains a timeless part of its past, present, and future.

Contents:

Early settlers : Carr family and downtown Swedes

On the go : Trains, horses, and automobiles

Lake industries : ice, sand and fish

Civic life : Schools, churches and public institutions

Flight and flora : Octave Chanute and Henry Chandler Cowles

Independent women : Diana and beyond

Miller Beach : fun in any season

Beach living : Settling the dunes

Business district : life on Main Street.

OCLC:

885208552