Historic photographs provided by George E. Neeley. Includes historic photographs of structures in Beverly Shores, Porter, Chesterton, Ogden Dunes, Valaparaiso, Wheeler, Boone Grove, Kouts, Hebron.

"Ogden Dunes, incorporated in 1925, is the largest and most residential of the three Porter County lake-front communities established in the 1930s. Although it began as a highly restricted resort community with the largest man-made ski jump in North America, it became a middle-class residential community after 1945. Because of its proximity to Gary and Chicago, Ogden Dunes was also a battleground between the forces that wished to conserve the dunes...