Joshua Lange

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Josh Lange is a college student and seventh generation Mishawakan with a strong interest in local history. In his free time, Josh volunteers to help preserve Michiana's past, and writes a regular column for the Mishawaka Enterprise. You can find his works at mishawakajosh.com.
HISTORY

The Great Turkey War of Penn Township

BY JOSHUA LANGE // POSTED NOVEMVER 15, 2025

November is the month of Thanksgiving, where Americans sit around at family gatherings eating an assortment of food, with the centerpiece being a large turkey. Relatives will fight over who cuts the turkey and who gets the best slices. Fighting over a Thanksgiving turkey pales in comparison to the Great Turkey War of 1891-1892 in Penn Township. This “Turkey War,” as contemporary newspapers of the era referred to it

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