Alec Evans
Pumpkinvine Trail: Northern Indiana's Rails-to-Trails Gem
BY ALEC EVANS // POSTED AUGUST 18, 2025
With the warm summer season coming to an end and the beauty of the fall season right around the corner, it is a treat to take time to enjoy all that the fall outdoors has to offer. Take a walk outside to hear the crunching brown leaves beneath your feet, smell the earthy aroma of the air as it cools your face, and see the critters that run in front of you. To experience the highest concentration of these sensations, drive a half an hour east from South Bend towards Goshen to begin your walk on the Pumpkinvine Trail which begins at Abshire Park.
Erasmus Books Still Feels Like a Secret
BY ALEC EVANS // POSTED JUNE 23, 2025
If you turn down Wayne Street near downtown South Bend, there is a home located a stone's throw from Eddy with overgrown foliage out front. It's a two story Prairie style house with white stucco walls and a low hip roof covered in burnt sienna shingles. When you walk up the driveway to enter the building, there is a door with a bronze sign to your right installed on the stucco wall reading “Erasmus Books”.
How Mishawaka Moved Its Library and Preserved Its History
BY ALEC EVANS // POSTED APRIL 9, 2025
On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission commenced lift off to transport humans to the moon's surface. Two days prior, another mission was in its final stages in the heart of downtown Mishawaka. As the sun rose above the Main Street bridge over the Saint Joseph River, with the lingering chemical smell from Uniroyal hanging in the air, employees of the library on Hill Street prepared for the same cumbersome task that every resident must endure in life: transferring your belongings to a new home.