The "Steelmakers" exhibit highlights the steel industry in the Calumet Region and how it forever transformed Chicago's Southeast Side and Northwest Indiana.
The book recounts life on the open seas when Baxter sailed on the L.E. Block lake freighter that was based out of Indiana Harbor in East Chicago. Named after Inland Steel chairman Leopold Block ...
He was of the Baptist faith and read his bible faithfully along with western novels. He worked for 23 years at Inland Steel in East Chicago, IN before moving back home to County Line Rd in Fordsville ...