Lake Shore Drive 1907

Description:	Front: Printed script at bottom of postcard reads, Lake Shore Drive, Winona Lake, Ind. Handwritten script reads, Winona Lake, Aug. 26th. Dear Kate: When do you expect to be back at the Hall. You intended at one time, leaving early. Let me know by card if there is no time for letter. M.E.B. Box 39.Back: Addressed to, Miss Kate Ainslie, Oxnard, California. This postcard, in 1907, took only four days to go from Indiana and California. 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:	1907-08-26
Created By:	Watson's Drug & Book Store, Warsaw, Ind. (Made in Germany)
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15705coll8/id/516
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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