Lake Shore Drive 1909

Description:	Front: Script in upper left corner reads, Lake Shore Drive, Winona Lake, Ind.Back: Body of message reads, Mar. 17/1909. I received your card several weeks ago. Have just written a letter to my sister in Idaho. When you come to town, just come down and see me. It isnt far. I dont suppose I will get to go home next Sunday - I wanted to write to Hazel W. but this week. I wonder how she is - come when you can. E.I. Addressed to, Miss Ethel Kinsey, Claypool, Ind. R.F.D. The far south end of Lakeshore Drive. A photographer can be seen taking pictures of people in a boat. There appears to have been fill material used to raise the shore line area. The materials could have come from the dredging of Cherry Creek or from nearby gravel eskers.Lakeshore Drive, now known as Park Avenue has been the main street of Winona Lake since the days when the area was known as Spring Fountain Park. Early maps indicate that the natural shoreline of Winona Lake was in the area where Park Avenue is now located. Lowering the lake level to accommodate the creation of the island changed the shoreline. Early accounts of this area tell that this area was covered heavily with brush and trees. A miniature railroad paralleled this street until its removal around 1908. A small portion of this street at the end of Park Avenue is still called Lake Shore Drive. At one time many ducks inhabited this area causing havoc with drivers. In the wintertime snowdrifts are a challenge to street department employees. This street greeted millions of visitors to Winona.
Origin:	1909-03-20
Created By:	W. R. Thomas, Warsaw, Ind. (Made in Germany.)
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/504
Collection:	Grace College - Winona Lake Postcards
Copyright:	Contact Morgan Library, Winona Lake, IN for copy and usage permissions
Geography:	Winona Lake (Ind.)
Subjects:	Lake Shore Drive

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