Posted in Culver -- Town of, Events, News, Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2014
Summer is slowly fading away but we still have some exciting events to complete your summer! “Survivors of the Titanic”: August 16, 2014 Jeff Kenney will be giving another one of his informative Power Points on how the Titanic disaster had roots in Culver. Culver was home to a survivor of the Titanic disaster and […]
Posted in Culver -- Town of, Events, News, Uncategorized on Jul 10th, 2014
A look at the great crimes of Culver’s past is on tap for Saturday, July 12, starting at 10 a.m. as part of the annual meeting of the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver. The event will take place in the large meeting room of the Culver Public Library, 107 N. Main Street in downtown […]
Posted in Center for Culver History (AHS Museum), Events, News on Jul 3rd, 2014
After months of planning and effort, the newly renamed museum has opened at 102 W. Jefferson Street, Suite B (south entrance of the First Farmers Bank and Trust Building in downtown Culver)! The museum can be reached by phone at 574-635-0053. We’re sharing space with the newly-opened Culver and Lake Maxinkuckee Visitor Center, and both […]
Posted in Culver Academies, Events, Lake Maxinkuckee, News on Oct 14th, 2013
Please join the Antiquarian and Historical Society this Saturday, October 19th for a Historic Hayride and Moonlight Paddle. The Historic Hayrides will be from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. and will begin and end at the Culver Depot. Jeff Kenney will narrate the hayrides with interesting facts of Culver’s past. The Moonlight Paddle will be […]
Get ready for an exciting evening of Hoagy Carmichael music Saturday, June 8th, at the Culver Academy Legion Building at 7:30 p.m. The evening features hit song renditions by none other than Hoagy’s son, Randy Carmichael. The younger Carmichael has been delighting audiences for decades, keeping his father’s musical legacy alive. The show takes it’s title […]
Posted in Center for Culver History (AHS Museum), Culver -- Town of, Culver Academies, Events, Families, Famous People, Libraries -- Public, News on Feb 22nd, 2013
Ask any long-time Culver citizen about Warner Williams, and you’ll probably hear a description of an eccentric man riding around town on his bicycle, his long beard flying behind him. Others may recall the geodesic dome he constructed in his back yard, out of from which he churned out countless plaster animal sculptures following his […]
Posted in Bowling Alleys, Buildings, Businesses, Christmas and Christmastime, Culver -- Town of, Restaurants on Nov 29th, 2012
By Jeff Kenney: Citizen editor Not long ago, Jim Dewitt was in the Culver post office when the topic of the beloved tenderloins he served at the Lake Shore Lanes bowling alley between 1953 and 1978 came up. Soon, various folks in line were speaking up in favor of their favorite menu item, and the […]
Posted in Agriculture and Farming, Events, News on Sep 25th, 2012
A fun time was had by all on Saturday, September 15th when the Antiquarians visited Child’s Farm just north of Culver. There was laughter and friendly competition between the men and women as butter was churned by both parties to see who could make the best looking butter. The discussions still continues on that subject […]
Posted in Buildings, Events, Fires, Groceries, Lake Maxinkuckee -- East Shore, Maxinkuckee Village, Organizations - Culver-Union Twp. Volunteer Fire Dept. on Sep 4th, 2012
On Dec. 28, 1985, the Maxinkuckee Village lost one of the last vestiges of its formerly active business community, the Manor Market at the northeast corner of East Shore Drive and 18B Road, to fire. The market, known in the 1930s as Van’s, changed its name to R & J circa 1947. Apartments were also […]
Posted in Christmas and Christmastime, Culver -- Town of, Events, Fires, Holidays, Nursing homes, Organizations - Culver-Union Twp. Volunteer Fire Dept. on Sep 4th, 2012
At least as far back as the 1950s — if not earlier — Santa Claus helped kick off the Christmas season each December by arriving in town on a Culver fire truck, often greeting children at the annual children’s Christmas party at the station afterwards.
