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Gary, Indiana

Pictures of Gary, Indiana that inspired my historical fiction stories.

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Michelle Vargas

two headstones sitting in the grass near trees

Vincennes Indiana

Historical Fiction

Abandoned Places

Cemetery in Tolleston section of Gary, Indiana

a sign that is on top of a pole in front of some grass and trees

Lutheran Church

The oldest congregation in Gary. Still active today but is a black congregation instead of the historical German.

an old black and white photo of a house with the words out front for the first time

Fiction Stories

This is the clubhouse of the infamous Tolleston Gun Club, c. 1890s. The clubhouse would have been located in the vicinity of 25th Avenue and Wright Street in Gary.

a monument in the middle of a grassy area with trees and bushes around it,

St Johann Nepomuk Church

Antique Alley Indiana

There was a Scheunemann's grocery store near 9th Avenue and Taft. I wonder if this is the same family?

an old tree in the middle of a grassy area next to a fence and trees

The cemetery was once maintained by St. John's Lutheran Church, located at 10th and Taft. Burials from a ledger in the church office contains records dating to the 1860s. All written in German.

several headstones in the grass near trees

The cemetery takes up an entire block and is maintained by the Calumet Township (I believe)

a group of children standing around a priest in front of a statue with an older man

Baptism at St. John's Lutheran Church. The statues in the background are before my time because I don't ever remember seeing them except in pictures.

a blue car parked in front of a red brick building with white doors and windows

Vacation Bible School

Old St. John's Lutheran School. We used it for Vacation Bible School when I was a kid. Part of the basement was used for Primary Sunday School when I attended the church.

an old brick church with steeples and windows

Cologne Cathedral

Not the original building, but built on the same site. I think this one dates to the '20s. My family attended here as early as the 1960s.

the headstone of mary ann's grave is surrounded by greenery and leaves

I wonder if this is the same Maria Gibson who owned the Gibson Inn the 1800s that was built near the corner of 14th Avenue and Madison, where the old Froebel High School used to be

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Old abandoned buildings

Abandoned buildings

Lutheran church

Abandoned churches

an old cemetery in the middle of a grassy field

Great Grandparents

Waldheim Cemetery at 17th and Grant Street

a group of people standing in front of a church alter with priest's robes on

Geoffrey St John Sonic

John Graves Simcoe Turn

St John's Church

St. John’s Bridge

View of St. John's sanctuary from the choir loft at my confirmation, May 1989

an old cemetery with headstones in the grass

Stepping Stones

Some headstones in the cemetery dates all the way back to 1896

a path through the woods with lots of tall grass

This would have been where the original clubhouse of the Tolleston Gun Club would have been, near 25th Avenue and Wright Street. I envision my main protagonist in my unpublished manuscript, "Striving After Wind" running away from trigger-happy game wardens here.

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