Linden log cabin finds a new home

PORTAGE | The Linden log cabin has found a new home.

Linden log cabin looking for a home

PORTAGE | The Linden log cabin is ready for a another journey, it just needs a permanent home.

Kankakee Valley historians will discuss railroads Tuesday

KOUTS | The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will hold this month's general meeting, which is open to the public, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kouts Library, 101 E. Daumer Road.

Kankakee River documentary slated to be shown Tuesday

KOUTS | The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will hold its general meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kouts Library, 101 E. Daumer Road.

Exploring the history of Baum's Bridge

KOUTS | For many years, the members of the Kankakee Valley Historical Society have been looking underground to find traces of the past to learn more about the history of the Kankakee River.

Archaeology in Southeast Asia topic of Kankakee Valley Historical Society meeting

KOUTS | The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will hold its general meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kouts Library 101 E. Daumer Road.

KVHS program to feature Society of Indiana Pioneers

KOUTS | The public is invited to learn about The Society of Indiana Pioneers at a meeting hosted by the Kankakee Valley Historical Society.

Native American foods topic of KVHS meeting Tuesday

KOUTS | The public is invited to hear a presentation on Native American foods.

Archeological dig at Collier Lodge on hold

KOUTS | The summer ritual of uncovering bits of southern Porter County's history has been put on hold.

Historical society meeting will feature 1930s quilts Tuesday

KOUTS | A presentation on quilts of the 1930s will be topic of a presentation at the next meeting of Kankakee Valley Historical Society.

New life planned for Collier Lodge

VALPARAISO | A plan is in the works to breathe life back into the 113-year-old Collier Lodge near the Kankakee River on Baums Bridge Road in Pleasant Township.

Historical Society will discuss ghost hunting at its meeting

KOUTS | The Kankakee Valley Historical Society will hold its general meeting at 6:30 Tuesday at the Kouts Library, 101 E. Daumer Road.

PHIL WIELAND: Lew Wallace, the most famous unknown Hoosier

I love that I learn so much on this job. Most of what I learn probably is useless stuff, but it's interesting and could come in handy if I'm ever on "Jeopardy" or something.

Collier Lodge hosts annual Aukiki Fest

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP | The history of the Kankakee River will be brought to life once more for the fourth annual Aukiki River Festival this weekend at the site of the old Collier Lodge, 1097 Baum's Bridge Road.

Volunteers, students finishing up project at Collier Lodge

KOUTS | Volunteers and students battled Tuesday's sweltering heat and humidity in the last week of Kankakee Valley Historical Society's archaeological dig at Collier Lodge.

Students bone up on local archeology

KOUTS | Boxes of shovels and wood-framed screens stood around the grounds outside of Collier Lodge in Kouts as students and volunteers sifted, dug, and sweated underneath canopies erected over archeological sites.

Kankakee Valley Historical Society seeks amateur archaeologists

KOUTS | For the past 10 years, scholars, volunteers and members of the Kankakee Valley Historical Society and associated universities have been conducting archaeological digs along the Kankakee River near Kouts.