- August 2026
- Issue 025
Before there was ever a South Bend and before the Europeans even knew there was a continent on the other side of the ocean, South Bend's Portage Trail was one of the busiest intersections in the region. It stayed that way for thousands of year.
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In 1931, an international group of powerful individuals began working on plans to build a massive monument on Portage Avenue. It didn't happen, but it was closer than you think.
Before Twyckenham Drive was a road in South Bend, Twyckenham Park was the name of Albert Erskine's gawdy mansion. As for how he came up with the name of the house...
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