HistPhotoSept08

La Porte County Historical Society

Welcome to our new website and web address: www.laportecountyhistory.org. New Museum building now open to the public. Museum hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 - 4:30.

Historical Photo from September, 2008

Samuel Fox's Woolen Mills

In 1864, Samuel Fox conceived the idea of establishing a woolen mill in LaPorte. He enlisted the support of prominent men of the town; Jacob and Simon Wile, Joseph Guggenhime, Isaac Kramer, Meinrad and John Rumely and John Fildes. The mill was located on the west side of Fox Street at what was the south edge of town at the time. An adjacent pond known as "Soapie's Ocean" collected the waste water from the plant. Today an apartment complex occupies the site.

La Porte County Historical Society Museum
2405 Indiana Avenue, Suite 1
La Porte, IN 46350
Tel: 219/324-6767
Fax: 219/324-9029

Admission Charge: La Porte County Adult Residents $3
Out-of-county Adult Residents $5
Children/Students 12-17 $3
Commercial bus tour participants $3

Children under 12, La Porte County Historical Society, Inc. members
Time Traveler affiliates, School Tours FREE

OPEN TO PUBLIC
Tuesday thru Saturday
10 A.M. to 4:30 P.M
Handicapped accessible

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