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While walking around the historic Bailly Homestead and taking in view of these buildings and living quarters. The view is looking to the northeast while walking the Bailly Homestead - Chellberg Farm Trail in Indiana Dunes National Park.

While walking around the historic Bailly Homestead and taking in view of these buildings and living quarters. The view is looking to the east while walking the Bailly Homestead - Chellberg Farm Trail in Indiana Dunes National Park.

The Old Bridge at Bailly Homestead,
near Chesterton, Ind.

Date: 1936
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Brooks and Chapek (#707)
Postmark: November 1, 1936, Youngstown, Ohio
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The bridge seen in this postcard image spanned the Little Calumet River on what is known today as Howe Road and was referred to as the Howe Bridge. The bridge was constructed by Lane Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago in 1895.

This bridge collapsed and was destroyed during bridge repair operations on November 9, 1953. Tri-State Steel Company was contracted for the repairs. However, the Porter County Highway Department's crane went through the bridge causing it to collapse. Newspaper reports state that "No one was injured, but the bridge was totally destroyed."

Lane Bridge & Iron Works built several iron span bridges throughout Porter County during the mid-1890s using iron repurposed from dismantled buildings erected for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Today [2023], only one bridge that this company erected, Dunn's Bridge over the Kankakee River, is still standing.

Sources:
Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; May 24, 1895; Volume 12, Number 7, Page 1, Column 5. Column titled "Porter Pointers. On the Movements and Doings of Its People."

Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 20, 1895; Volume 12, Number 36, Page 1, Column 4. Column titled "About the County. Kouts."

The Westchester Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; October 23, 1897; Volume 14, Number 28, Page 1, Columns 3-5. Column titled "Those Iron Bridges. A Correspondent Asks Pertinent Questions About Them. And is Answered With the Testimony Given by Chairman Fulton of the County Board of Commissioners, Who Makes Some Startling Admissions."

The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 25, 1897. Volume 14, Number 37, Page 1, Columns 1-2. Column titled "The News of the Week. Taxpayer of Valparaiso Throws a Bombshell Into Camp by Claiming the County Commissioners Have a New Bird to Throw Money at."

The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; November 12, 1953; Volume 27, Number 112, Page 1, Column 6. Column titled "Close Bridge On Route 12 Several Days. County Traffic On Second Bridge Halted For Winter."

The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; January 11, 1954; Volume 27, Number 160, Page 1, Column 5. Column titled "Opera House, Bridge Funds Get Approved."

Copyright 2023. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.

Date: Circa 1990s
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Kimberly Ehn, Eastern National Park and Monument Association (#ID-5)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The following text is printed on the reverse of this postcard:

INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
Joseph Bailly brought his family to the Dunes are in 1822. He built their home near the Little Calumet River. The National Park Service has restored the buildings exterior to its appearance in 1917.

Copyright 2023. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.

While walking around the historic Bailly Homestead and taking in view of these buildings and living quarters. The view is looking to the south while walking the Bailly Homestead - Chellberg Farm Trail in Indiana Dunes National Park.

While walking the Bailly Chellberg - Little Calumet Loop with a view looking to the south across a grassy meadow to the historic Bailly Homestead. In composing this image, I went back-and-forth in my mind as to angling my Nikon SLR camera. Here I decided to angle it more leveled on and have a balanced focus with the meadow and surrounding trees. While the overcast skies were in my mind kind of a negative space, here they kind of helped to balance the image and national park setting. Kind of a color contrast, if you will. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 4 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

On this beautiful autumn afternoon, the Bailly Homestead was full of kids. They were visiting on field trips and learning about the history and ecology of the place. I spent some time watching the kids interact with the staff. It looked like a wonderful program. The kids were enthused and the staff (from Dunes Leaning Center) was excellent. They pull groups from all over Chicago and Northern Indiana.

duneslearningcenter.org/

Made me think of something from the civil war era. — at Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm.

Boiling off water with a hot rock from the fire... or cooking meth? Okay, it was the former, but it could have gone either way I'm thinking. — at Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm.

First step of reducing and the syrup is still mostly water. — at Bailly Homestead and Chellberg Farm.