Diverse Goshen
Goshen, Indiana, the county seat of Elkhart County, was platted in 1831. The area was home to Indigenous Miami and then Potawatomi band people before they were…
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Potawatomi Leader Onaxa and the Removal of Native Peoples from Elkhart Countylocation_fillA commemorative rock in River Preserve County Park marks the legacy of the Potawatomi leader, Onaxa. Also know…
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Goshen College and the Mennonite Communitylocation_fillIn 1894 the first post-secondary school geared towards the Mennonite community opened when the Elkhart Institu… -
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Newell Brothers General Storelocation_fillSouth of the County Courthouse on Main Street is Goshen’s business district. This area was developed in the fi… -
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Neptune Statue and Olympia Candy Kitchenlocation_fillThe Neptune statue that sits on the south east lawn on the Elkhart County Courthouse highlights the story of i… -
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Elkhart County Homelocation_fillThe County Home facility was built on this site in 1886 to provide housing for those who were unable to suppor… -
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Goshen’s Jewish Communitylocation_fillThe Gutierrez Mexican bakery was home to the Louis Simon Clothiers beginning more than one hundred years ago. … -
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Kercher’s Orchard and the Bracero Programlocation_fillKercher’s family-run orchard began in 1922 when William Wheeler Kercher planted apple trees at his home on 7th… -
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Twentieth-Century Sundown Towns: The Carter Road Subdivision in Elkhart Countylocation_fillJust south of the Goshen College campus, the Carter Road subdivision has a good view of the pond created by th…
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