Lowell Labor Day Parade

2019 marked the 100th year for the annual Lowell Labor Day Parade, the longest consecutive running parade in Indiana. The festival and parade is still on for 2020 over the Labor Day weekend. This year’s festivities kick off on Saturday, Sept. 5, and runs through Monday, Sept. 7. The parade is held on Labor Day Monday beginning at 10 a.m. The festival begins on Saturday, at the Lowell American

Legion grounds , 108 1/2 E. Commercial Ave. (State Rd. 2) at 11 a.m. The festival is open until 11 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday and open until 5 p.m. on Monday. The festival opens on Monday at 11 a.m. and stays open until 5 p.m. for visitors to enjoy a full day of fun after the 101st Labor Day Parade! Visit https://www.lowelllabordayfestival.com/ or Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/LowellLaborDayFestival.

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Museum, continued from page 2 use as a town complex.

Town officials were considering tearing down the old hotel, which was in a state of decay. The Cedar Lake Historical Association was formed to prevent this historic structure from demolition. In 1981, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and is now a museum operated by the historical association.

The Cedar Lake Historical Association (CLHA) exists to present the relevance of Cedar Lake history. CLHA is proud to be shaping the future by preserving heritage, discovering new knowledge, and sharing resources throughout the Calumet region. Their passion is connecting partners to resources and each other, and advocating for the value of remembering legacies.

CLHA operates a local history museum within Lassen’s Resort hotel, a 100-year old property on the state and national historic registry situated on the shoreline of Cedar Lake. It’s a reflection of the bygone industry of Cedar Lake’s resort era from 1880-1940. The east wing was constructed about 1895 on the northwestern shore and used as the boardinghouse of Armour & Company’s ice harvesting operation for its Chicago meatpacking yard. In winter 1919, it was pulled across the frozen lake. The west wing, with its spacious

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wrap-around porch, was built using lumber from Armour ice barns. The hotel opened on May 7, 1921.

The Lake of the Red Cedars Museum has 60 rooms in a Tshaped building. The east/west base of the “T” originally sat on the west shore of Cedar Lake. Built in 1895, it was a boarding house for ice farming employees, who cut and harvested ice from the lake. It was built by the Jonathan and Philip Armour. It was later bought by Chris Lassen.

In 1919, when the lake was frozen over, the building was moved across the lake to its present site on the east shore. Lassen remodeled the boarding house into a hotel and built the top section of the “T” with wood from the former ice barns, which he also sent across the frozen lake.

The museum is one of two registry sites that remain publicly accessible to visitors in the town of Cedar Lake. Several period rooms depict the lifestyle of the early 1900’s. A hands-on history room for children was added in 2018 and a dining room with scenic lake views opened in 2019. CLHA provides educational programming and offers community spaces to children, seniors, families, schools, and history-minded adventurers throughout the Calumet region. They also serve the community through hospitality space rentals. Learn more by visiting www. cedarlakehistory.org

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Homestead, continued from page 4 the sights, sounds, and smells of early farm life through a living history outdoor museum.

Later, upon her passing, Mrs. Pearce’s estate donated the remaining acres to the park department and to the residents of and visitors to Lake County.

Resort, continued from page 6 the “ Lake of the Red Cedars.” The Pottawatomi word literally meant lake of the red wood, for the red cedar trees that grew here.

The name Lake of the Red Cedars or Red Cedar Lake stuck with the pioneers, but by the late nineteenth century and with the Pottawatomi gone, it was becoming known as just Cedar Lake.

By about 1897, the Monon Railroad built a new station at the lake’s midwestern shore called Cedar Lake Station. With the mail stopping here, the U.S. Postal System changed the destination point to Cedar Lake.

There are still cedar trees (Juniperus virginiana ) growing in Cedar Lake. In fact, the area on the east side called Cedar Point was named this by the pioneers who settled here.

The Buckley Homestead is located in Lowell at 3606 Belshaw Rd. The park open 7 a.m. to sunset all year, with its historic buildings open seasonally. For programs, events, and information for the Homestead and all of Lake County’s parks, visit online at lakecountyparks.com.

The first actual inn or hotel was started by Dr. Calvin Lilley on the east side in 1836. Records do not give what amenities Lilley offered. Just before the big resort boom from 1881 to 1930, John Binyon started Binyon’s Hotel in 1877. Binyon’s offered fishing, boating, swimming, dining, dancing and ice skating each winter.

The Lake of the Red Cedars Museum was the Lassen Hotel, part of Lassen’s Resort, from 1920 to 1944. It was built in 1920, from the former Armour Boarding house and the lumber from the Armour ice barn. From 1944 to 1976, it served as part of a Christian summer camp operated by the Lake Region Christian Assembly.

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James Sakelaris, jsakelaris@ hanover.k12.in.us Hanover Central High School 10120 W. 133rd. Ave. Cedar Lake 219-374-3800

Principal: Tami Kepshire, tkepshire@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3868

Assistant Pricipal: Lori Bathurst, lbathurst@hanover. k12.in.us, 374-3802

Hanover Central Middle School 10631 W. 141st Ave. Cedar Lake 219-374-3900

Principal: Thomas Martin, tommartin@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3902

Asst. Principal: Denise Cordrey, dcordrey@hanover.k12. in.us, 374-3903

Jane Ball Elementary School 13313 Parrish Ave. Cedar Lake 219-374-3700

Principal: Ryan Eckart, reckart@hanover.k12.in.us, 374- 3700 ext. 3702 Lincoln Elementary School 12245 W. 109th Ave. Cedar Lake 219-374-3600

Principal: Frank Zaremba, fzaremba@hanover.k12.in.us, 374-3600 ext. 3602

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