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1960 Map of Portage

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Portage
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

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The southern shores of Lake Michigan meet a dense industrial and transit corridor in this Porter County survey. Settled areas like Portage, Gary, and East Gary are interwoven with a massive network of competing rail lines, including the Chicago South Shore and South Bend and the Elgin Joliet and Eastern. This era shows the residential expansion of communities like Inland Manor and Garyton alongside industrial sandpits and the meandering Little Calumet River.

Cultural landmarks and genealogy sites are scattered throughout the developing landscape, from the Seven Dolors Shrine in the south to Calvary Cemetery near the heart of the township. Small, older settlements like McCool and Crisman persist amidst the growing school systems, such as Edison Sr High Sch and Myers Sch, which were established to serve the mid-century population boom in this vital Great Lakes transport hub.