Lake Shore Drive 1906

Description:	Front: Script, starting at top, reads, Warsaw, Ind. 7/24/06. Dear Bro Edgar, Myrtle and I are spending our vacations here at Winona with Myrtles aunt. Are having a fine time. Went over to Goshen yesterday on a complementary ticket on new [...] Heard Creation at Winona Sat. [...] Lovingly Ernest.Back: Addressed to, Rev. E. U. Allen, Cor. Jefferson and Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind. This faded black and white image of Lakeshore Drive was taken near downtown and looking north. The miniature railroad can be seen. The writer talked about a complementary ticket to Goshen, Indiana. No doubt this was a ticket for one of the first trips of the Winona Interurban Railway line between Warsaw and Goshen, Indiana.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:	1906-07-24
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/510
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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