When news of the Black Hawk war reached Indiana and Michigan in the spring of 1832, settlers came together for mutual protection and started to build forts. This location in LaPorte County, Indiana, is one where a fort was not just started, but actually built. It even got some use as a staging place for [...]
The main route between Detroit and Chicago is now I-94, which is not suitable for bicycling. Before I-94 was built, US-12 served that role. It runs further south than I-94, a little closer to Michigan’s border with Indiana. Except that when it was the main east-west road, it was US-112. It was renumbered when I-94 [...]
Originally written for LiveJournal, 3-May-2006) The day started with a 12 mile ride to Collinwood, where I got on the Natchez Trace parkway. It had already started to rain off and on, and starting at this point it was mostly on. I had been looking forward to the quiet of this road after riding along [...]