The Town of Ogden Dunes Battles to Save Its Beach & Homes

Download or read book The Town of Ogden Dunes Battles to Save Its Beach & Homes written by Dick Meister and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The town of Ogden Dunes was incorporated in 1925 as a lakefront community on the southern shore of Lake Michigan in Porter County, Indiana. ... Today it (the town) is virtually surrounded by the Indiana Dunes National Park. ...From 1930 until 1949 the lake level of Lake Michigan remained below its historic average of 579 feet above sea level. In 1952 this changed and Ogden Dunes had its first scare... As I (the author) and the Historical Society of Odgen Dunes complete this history in December 2020, the Town of Odgen Dunes and its residents are in the middle of their 4th battle to save their shoreline and beach."--Pages 1-4.