Local history nerd Matt Emery strives to tell the story of South Bend and Mishawaka through interviews with local leaders, business owners and community members. Learn how intertwined the South Bend and Mishawaka area's past is to our present.
Our episodes are available on all popular podcast apps Apple, Spotify, etc. I'm dabbling into visual content as well! Be sure to like and subscribe to our YouTube channel! JAN He owned, operated and built Playland Park into an extremely popular amusement park that was a go to destination for decades. When the park closed, the land was then transformed into a popular 9 hole golf course, equipped with lights to play into the night. This was all located on the land between the Mighty St.
Along with Sandy, I met with her son, also named Pete. Check it out at the link below. Be sure to visit their shop at E. Mishawaka Ave in Mishawaka Check out their website and you'll see why I'm so enthusiastic about partnering with them! Check out our channel! Be sure to like and subscribe!
Link below! Be sure to share Round the Bend Now and Then with somebody who you think will appreciate it! In the book, Todd does an absolute wonderful job of, not only telling the story of the actual riot, but also providing readers with great historical context behind the history of the University of Notre Dame as well as the Ku Klux Klan. He shares how their separate but unique histories led up to the clash in Downtown South Bend, right on the corner of Michigan and Wayne St.
Be sure to check out the links below to purchase any of Todd Tucker's books, including Notre Dame vs. The Klan. My mouth is watering for a breakfast burrito! Check out their website! I learned a ton from Garry and I know you will as well! We talk about how the land was very close to being sold and subdivided into a neighborhood and we of course talk about the beloved Storyland Zoo and how people still ask about it all of these years later.
