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ID
103518
Title of Article
A STEP BACK IN HISTORY
Source
Elkhart Truth
Location
Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption
A tinsmith shapes a cup the old-fashioned way based on a design found at Fort Ouiatenon near modern-day West Lafayette. The fort, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana. The presentation was part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day event at Amish Acres in Nappanee; Militiamen and frontiersmen chat during the Five Medals 2026 reenactment at Amish Acres in Nappanee. This was the second year the longtime event was held at Amish Acres; Kevin Stewart of Winona, Indiana, talk with guests about a modified Chippewa kitchen that might have been found in Wisconsin hundreds of years ago according to the work of archaeologists. The presentation was part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day event at Amish Acres in Nappanee; Joe Zdziebko of Osceola, a teacher and reenactor, shows a musketball used during the French and Indian War. Part of the Five Medals event at Amish Acres in Nappanee, Zdziebko was depicting a French marine of the 1750s and showed furs, maps and weapons used during the period; Members of various militia muster Saturday as part of Five Medals 2026, a two-day reenactment event at Amish Acres in Nappanee
Selge Construction workers labor on Jackson Boulevard on Thursday afternoon as part of the work being done for phase one of the construction that ends in June; MAPS: LEFT: Phase one of the construction includes Jackson Boulevard from Waterfall Drive through Main Street. The city said the Jackson Boulevard bridge and Waterfall Drive will remain open during this phase of the construction. The construction during phase one started in March and will continue through June. MIDDLE: Phase two of the construction will include work on Jackson Boulevard from the Main Street intersection through 3rd Street. The city said phase two of the construction will last from June until September. RIGHT: Phase three of the construction will include work on 3rd Street from Jackson Boulevard through the High Street intersection. This phase of construction will stretch from September through December, the city said.
