MPE

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@FourWindsField
and the @SBCubs are absolute gems in our community! ⚾️

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Where Legends of Notre Dame sits today, was once an old home that transformed into the Senior Bar. A one of a kind party house for Notre Dame’s upperclassmen.

Some of you out there have commented that you used to hang there. So cool!

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Did you know
that the original
East Race was
built in the 1840’s? 

A portion of the old wall is still there (I surmise.)

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Do you know what
popular establishment
was located here?

Drop it in the comments.

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Now that’s an old basement!

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This summer, I’m teaming up with the Mishawaka Historical Museum to tackle the “Mishawaka History Summer Bucket List” - 75 local history experiences.

Follow along for short videos all summer and join the challenge!

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🍻 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🍻

Drewry’s Brewery once towered over South Bend’s northwest side.

But behind those brick walls was a story involving Prohibition, Detroit mob connections, and the rise & fall of one of South Bend’s industrial giants.

Episode links in replies ⬇️

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They once delivered beer by horse drawn carts from what is now Mishawaka’s 100 Center

The site where the Kamm & Schellinger Brewery originally stood.

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A train cruising through
a 100 year old neighborhood

Crossing a 100 year old
viaduct

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Local History On the Walk:
Chapin & Western

If you’re familiar with the Chapin and Western area today….

It was WAY different back in the day! A downtown within a town.

Watch until the end

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The Great Depression era public works projects that put South Bend and Mishawaka folks to work are still scattered throughout our cities 90 plus years later….

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Any original Muessel School alums out there??

That building was an absolute monster of an old school!!

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This 1993 cartoon says it all!

In the early ’90s, bringing the College Football Hall of Fame to South Bend wasn’t a sure thing - it was debated from every angle!

I talk with Richard Nussbaum about the decisions behind it

Wherever you get your podcasts or in the replies ⬇️

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Check out the entrance to Town and Country Shopping Center when it was being built in 1960ish.

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The corner of
Wayne & Michigan
has STORIES!!!

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Many memories with my sons at Hacker’s!

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🏈NEW EPISODE ALERT🏈

It was supposed to change everything

In the early 1990s, South Bend landed the College Football Hall of Fame

I sit down with Richard Nussbaum to talk vision, reality, & what we learned

Episode available wherever you get your podcasts or in the replies⬇️

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Who used to tailgate in the soccer fields at Notre Dame?

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@BuzzPatterson I’m cracking up!!!!!!😂

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Anyone out there ever experience dollar 💵 Mondays at @FourWindsField (the Cove) in the early 2000s?

I was at the scene of the crime last night at the old beer gardens

It used to get buck nutty! You pack hundreds of 20+ yr olds in that little area with 🍻flowing non stop 😮