Looking for a source for school records for
elementary schools in Pleasant Township, Porter County in the era 1900-1920.
I'm particularly interested in
information about the names and locations of the schools
I've checked various
sources, including the Newberry Library,Chicago map collection, the Allen County Public Library, The L.D.S. Family
History Center Catalog, the Valparaiso Public Library, the Kouts Public
Library, Worldcat.org, E-bay, Amazon,the University of Chicago Library and your
on- line databases.
Bruce Harmel
2311 Dakota Ridge
bruceharmel@hotmail.com
Pleasant Township plat maps can be found on the excellent Porter County GenWeb site, administered by Steve Shook.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.inportercounty.org/Data/Maps/PleasantTownshipMaps.html
Also, Shook has placed the Kouts Quasquicentennial book online, in which several pages discuss the history of the schools in the area. See approx. page 50 and onward. The mention of the various schools can be compared to the locations shown on the maps.
http://www.inportercounty.org/Data/Misc/KoutsQuasquicentennial-1990.pdf
You might also check with the Porter County Museum:
http://pocomuse.org/