The Project
This project was inspired by The Calumet Region, a Master Bibliography published by Lance Trusty of Purdue University Calumet in 1985. Since his work is approaching 40 years old, we decided to not only update it, but make it web based so we can continually add to it. We view this work as organic, growing, and changing, community driven project. We believe this area with its unique population, culture, geography, and location is deserving of research. This website quite simply is trying to highlight the history of this area to assist researchers. Thank you for visiting.
The Calumet Region
Northwest Indiana, nicknamed "The Region '' from the Calumet Region, comprises Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton, Jasper, and Starke counties in Indiana. This region neighbors Lake Michigan and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.. Much of this region is on the south shore of Lake Michigan and is sometimes referred to as the "South Shore". Because it was initially cut off from the rest of the state due to natural geographic barriers like the Kankakee Marsh to the south, the Calumet Region was the last-settled portion of Indiana.