Marshall County’s Only Prize Fight
The story is told in McDonald’s History of Marshall County of the only prize fight held in Marshall County: The prize fight was to take place at Baugherville, on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, about nine miles northwest of Plymouth between Lou C. Allen of...
Introducing the Balcony Building
Some of the buildings in Marshall County’s cities and towns have quite an interesting history. They have changed ownership, of course, but some have even changed size and shape! A good example we have covered previously is the REES Theatre. It went from a three-story,...
Dredging the Yellow River
In 1909, Supreme Court of Indiana had ruled in favor of the farmers and cleared the way for the Yellow river to be dredged. This article has been edited from the Plymouth Tribune, December 8, 1910.Progress on the work of dredging the Yellow river is being completed...
Fatal 1911 Accident at Tippecanoe
We have quoted verbatim from the Argos Reflector newspaper of November 9th, so please excuse the fact that reporters of that era did not miss the opportunity to create great drama when writing the news. “Last Thursday evening the people of our neighboring community of...
Ghosts: How They Live, Move, and Have Their Being
Excerpted from the 1881 History of Marshall County By Daniel McDonald By modern standards, early Marshall County Historian Daniel McDonald (1833-1916) was a man of contradictions. A believer in Spiritualism with a deep confidence in seances, he didn’t have any...
Skeleton Found in a Bourbon Barn
It is said that every family has a skeleton in their closet. One Bourbon family had a skeleton in their barn: “After the body was accidentally discovered by a hired hand and became publicly known, an inquest was held. Witnesses were called, a jury summoned, and...
Spooky Marshall County
The following tales are just a taste of spooky Marshall County. Most of the stories are told as they were written long, long ago. “The neighborhood two miles east of Lapaz is all stirred up over a ghost story, which is vouched for by a number of persons to be...
Inwood High School
As with other towns in Marshall County, at one time Inwood had its own high school. The Inwood neighborhood may have been small, but it was spunky. Some indication of that was seen in the Marshall County Independent in April 1899 when Trustee McCrory decided to...
Accomplishments of WPA in Marshall County
In our U.S. history classes most of us gained a passing acquaintance with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Works Progress Administration program that helped Depression-era workers get back to earning a paycheck. The projects were wide ranging geographically...
The Liberty Bell Visits Plymouth
We can’t show you the Liberty Bell, but don’t miss the opportunity to stop in at the Marshall County Museum between October 14 - 25 to visit The American Revolution Experience, a special exhibit sponsored by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution...
