Vaccination urged following measles exposure at East Chicago church – The Times of Northwest Indiana

EAST CHICAGO The East Chicago Health Department is investigating a potential mass exposure to a confirmed case of measles after an out-of-state resident recently visited an East Chicago church while infectious with the disease.

Measles is a highly contagious virus that spreads through the air in respiratory droplets produced by breathing, coughing and sneezing.

Measles symptoms, which typically begin with a high fever, cough, runny nose, and red watery eyes, generally appear about seven to 14 days after a person is infected, but can occur up to 21 days after exposure.

Any person who develops measles symptoms, especially a prominent rash on the face and neck, should seek medical attention immediately.

Most people are vaccinated against measles during childhood. The health department recommends anyone who has not been vaccinated to get the MMR vaccine as soon as possible.

In addition, individuals who may have been exposed to measles who are immunocompromised, pregnant, or unable to be vaccinated due to age or underlying health conditions are urged to call the East Chicago Health Department at 219-391-8467 to talk about next steps based on documented immunity and level of exposure.

First Physician

Location: 2985 W. 73rd Place, Merrillville

Erected by Woman's Auxiliary, Lake County Medical Society

Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.

Great Sauk (Sac) Trail

Location: Van Buren Street at West 73rd Avenue (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway) on traffic median east of Calumet Cemetery and west of Broadway, Merrillville

Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966

Part of a transcontinental trail used by prehistoric peoples of North America, it passed through modern Detroit, Rock Island and Davenport in the Midwest. The trail was important into the 19th century.

St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston

Location: 2235 W. 10th Avenue at Taft Avenue, southeast corner, Gary

St. John's Church, the oldest surviving institution in Gary and north of the Little Calumet River, began with the work of the Rev. Henry Wunder in the early 1860's. He regularly came from Chicago by horse and buggy. Baptism records date from 1863; the first church was built on this site in 1868 or 1869; 1870 is celebrated as date of organization. The church served German immigrants to Tolleston (named for George Tolle who came in 1856). Tolleston was annexed to Gary in 1910.

Dutch in the Calumet Region

Location: 8941 Kleinman Road, Highland

Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau and Lamprecht Florist & Greenhouse, established 1923

Dutch immigrants after 1850 began moving to this area because of its similarities to their homeland. They helped to locate ditches to drain water from the extensive marshes, leaving rich land to expand successful horticultural activities.

St. John Township School, District #2

Location: 1515 Joliet Street (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway), east of St. John Road at the St. John Township Community Center, Schererville

Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau and Committee to Save Township School #2

Built, 1853, approximately one half mile south; closed, 1907; moved to this site and restored for educational and community uses, 1993-1994. One of twelve St. John Township schools; structure typical of early one-room school buildings in Indiana.

The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section

Location: Southeast corner U.S. 30 (Joliet Street) and Janice Drive, Schererville

Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau, Northwest Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, Dyer and Schererville Historical Societies, Sand Ridge Bank, Welsh, Inc.

United States' first transcontinental highway, constructed 1913-1928, from New York City to San Francisco. Dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Conceived by Carl G. Fisher to encourage building "good roads." Sponsored by Lincoln Highway Association and supported by automotive industries.

"Ideal Section" - 1.5 miles - of Lincoln Highway, completed 1923, designed and built as a model for road construction. Funded by county, state, and U.S. Rubber Co. Features included 100 foot right-of-way, 40 foot paved width, 10 inch steel-reinforced concrete, underground drainage, lighted, landscaped, bridge, and pedestrian pathways.

Froebel School - side 1

Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary

Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company

Froebel opened here, 1912, as many European immigrants and southern blacks moved to Gary for jobs in steel mills. An experiment in progressive education, it served students of diverse backgrounds and the local community. Despite early status as integrated school, black students were excluded from many extracurricular activities and facilities into 1940s. Closed 1977.

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Froebel School

Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary

Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company

After WWII, Froebel made national headlines when hundreds of white students walked out protesting "integration experiment" there. "Hate strikes" lasted several weeks in 1945 and reflected growing racial tension in North. In 1946, Gary school board adopted desegregation policy, but discrimination continued. Indiana state law desegregating public schools passed 1949.

Stewart Settlement House

Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary

Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church

Stewart House was organized during depression of 1921 to provide social services for Garys black community. A vital neighborhood center for unemployed WWI veterans and southern blacks who migrated for jobs in steel mills, it helped thousands adjust to urban life. Services included lodging and meals, as well as legal, medical, and employment advice. Moved here, 1925.

Stewart Settlement House

Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary

Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church

U.S. Steel, with an interest in regulating its workers, helped fund the settlement house, designed by architect W.W. Cooke. The Methodist Episcopal Church and Garys blacks also donated funds. Rev. Frank Delaney guided its development as superintendent, 1920-1939, and made it a source of pride for blacks. During Great Depression, it aided hundreds daily. Closed 1970s.

Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law

Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary

Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall

Rep. Katie Hall (1938-2012)

Democratic leader Katie Hall was born in rural Mississippi and moved to Indiana in 1960. She taught in Gary before serving in the Indiana General Assembly, 1974-82. Hall became the first African American U.S. Representative from Indiana, serving 1982-85. During her tenure, she authored and sponsored the bill that made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a federal holiday.

Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law

Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary

Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall

Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law

The struggle to make Dr. Kings birthday a federal holiday began soon after the civil rights leaders death in 1968. Growing interest, publicity, and advocacy helped Representative Hall secure passage of a bill in 1983. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law that November, designating every third Monday in January as the holiday. Celebration began in 1986.

Bailly Homestead

Location: Bailly Cemetery, U.S. 12

Marker no longer standing.

Home of Joseph Bailly, a French Canadian, who established a fur trading post here on the Detroit-Chicago road in 1822. It became a center of trade, culture and religion. The family cemetery is on the land near by.

Iron Brigade

Location: Eastbound U.S. 20 at southeast corner of Ind. 49 overpass, Chesterton

Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau, Porter Co. Tour. Com., Indpls. Civil War Rnd. Tbl., Porter Cmp. 116, Dept. of Ind., Sons of Un. Vets. of Civil War

Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861-1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat fatalities among the highest in the Union armies.

Willow Creek Confrontation

Location: Southeast corner of Woodland Park, 2100 Willow Creek Road, Portage

Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau

As railroad lines expanded through U.S., conflict occurred between competing lines. Michigan Central Railroad, with track in Porter County since 1851, briefly defied state militia and court orders (1874) to allow Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to cross its track. Crossing was built at Willow Creek Station.

Ogden Dunes Ski Jump

Location: Kratz Field, 82 Hillcrest Road at Boat Club Road, Ogden Dunes

Erected 1997 Indiana Historical Bureau and Historical Society of Ogden Dunes.

Steel and wood ski jump with adjustable height and length was built here for Ogden Dunes Ski Club, incorporated in 1927 to promote winter sports. Five annual events with international competitors were held 1928-1932, with 7, 000 to 20, 000 spectators. Reputed to be the largest artificial ski jump at the time. Dismantled after 1932 event.

Edwin Way Teale

Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton

Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust

Born 1899 in Illinois, Teale became an influential naturalist, author, and photographer[ who won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for his book Wandering Through Winter. Teale wrote that boyhood summers and holidays spent near here at his grandparents farm inspired his interest in nature. Teale moved to New York City; employed by Popular Science Monthly 1928-1941.

Edwin Way Teale

Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton

Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust

Teale published his first critically acclaimed book, Grassroot Jungles, in 1937. In 1943, he published Dune Boy, recollections of time spent exploring the dunes and woodlands in this area. During his life, he wrote, edited, and contributed to over 30 books, which educated Americans about natures importance and beauty. He died in Connecticut in 1980.

Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant

Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor

Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor

In the early 1900s, steel plants were developed on southern Lake Michigan to improve access to growing Midwest markets. After purchasing 3,300 acres in Porter County, Bethlehem Steel built and began its Burns Harbor operations in 1964. The plants development spurred local conservation efforts leading to the creation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966.

Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant

Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor

Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor

The Burns Harbor plant was key to building the Port of Indiana and incorporation of the Town of Burns Harbor in 1967. Designed as a fully integrated plant, it relies on the port for transporting raw materials. Since 1969, Burns Harbor remains the newest integrated U.S. steel facility. Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal gained ownership of the Burns Harbor plant in 2007.

Civil War Camps

Location: Ind. 2 W and Colfax Avenue, La Porte

Erected by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963

Two Civil War training camps: Colfax and Jackson, were located near La Porte. The 9th and 29th Indiana Volunteer Infantry regiments were organized and trained here.

Old Lighthouse

Location: Old Lighthouse Museum in Washington Park, Michigan City

Marker no longer standing. Replaced by local marker.

Built on the waters edge, 1858, by the United States Government. One of the first lights on the Great Lakes. Harriet E. Colfax was the tender from 1853-1903. Remodelled 1904, electrified 1933, discontinued 1960.

Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad

Location: CR 250 and Ind. 39, south LaPorte

Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau.

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