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Calumet National Heritage Area This website provides general background and historical information on a proposed National Heritage Area that would include Calumet and Northwest Indiana. It includes a listing of natural and cultural resources. www.lincolnnet.net/calumetheritage/cover.htm Center for Cultural Understanding and Change at the Field Museum - Mapping Social Assets in the Lake Calumet Region Beginning in 2001, the Center for Cultural Understanding and Change has been conducting ethnographic research in the Lake Calumet Region. This information assists local organizations in addressing environmental and economic concerns held by residents of the region and those of external interested parties. www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/ccuc/calumet.htm Chicago's Southeast Side Home Page This page, created by Washington High School students, is an excellent source of historical information on Southeast side neighborhoods. In addition to detailed histories of South Chicago, East Side, South Deering, and Hegewisch, the page contains an environmental history of the area, curriculum materials, and historic pictures and maps. www.neiu.edu/~reseller/ City of Hammond History This website includes a general timeline of the city's development and several links that highlight specific people and places important to Hammond's history. www.hammondindiana.com/history.htm Grand Calumet Task Force - History of the Grand Calumet River This website provides a brief history of how development in the Calumet region affected changes to the Grand Calumet River. This website also has a link to some historical pictures of the river. www.grandcalriver.org/gctfhistory.htm Indiana University Northwest Library - About the Calumet Regional Archives This website provides information about the Calumet Regional Archives housed by Indiana University in Gary. It includes a detailed listing of resources that can be found there as well as contact information. www.iun.edu/~lib/crahome.htm Journey through Calumet This on-line ethnography allows you to explore several communities of the Calumet region through photos, video, maps and stories gathered by Field Museum researchers. Learn how residents are actively engaging their environments through recreation, history, beautification, formal meetings, issues of health and conservation. In order to save endangered species and ecosystems, as well as recreate a local economic base, efforts are underway by community groups, as well as city, state, and federal agencies to develop plans for the future of the region. www.fieldmuseum.org/calumet Pullman Historic District This is the home page for the Historic Town of Pullman. It includes visitor information, a calendar of events, information on groups and activities, and links to related websites. members.aol.com/PullmanIL/index.html "Rustbelt Hell or Redevelopment Heaven? Lake Calumet: Land of Contrasts" by Betsy Mendehlson This article describes the general historical development of the Lake Calumet region, beginning with the non-industrial uses of the area by groups including Native Americans and fur-traders. The article discusses the importance of Calumet as a passageway to the growing city of Chicago, and how the region became an industrial district and the problems this caused. The article ends with a review of the area's ecological resources, which thrive despite changes to the landscape, and some efforts that have been made to reverse the negative impacts. illinois.sierraclub.org/calumet/pastandfuture/mendelsohn.html |
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