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We Don't Actually Know Where the State Line Is. Does It Matter?
HISTORY

We Don't Actually Know Where the State Line Is. Does It Matter?

When John Harris surveyed the border between Indiana and Michigan, he did so alone, with rudimentary tools, in 1827. The markers he put down were rotted away before the settlers even arrived. Today's state line is an approximation and a best guess, and that might matter a lot. Except it probably doesn't.

Probably.

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Wendell Walsh prepares to strike Bob Prevost during a high school performance of Julius Caesar
LOCAL FIGURE

Et Tu, Wendell? Local Man Once "Stabbed" the Pope

Local attorney Wendell Walsh was cast as Brutus in a high school performance of Julius Caesar. The man he had to stab ended up becoming the world's newest Pope.

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Remembering South Bend's Hottest Club... In 1925
HISTORY

Remembering South Bend's Hottest Club... In 1925

The music is loud and the room is bathed in rainbow light while you're crammed into a dancefloor filled with thousands of your best friends. Yep, you're at Playland Park in 1925.

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