686 East Shore Dr.  

James F. D. Lanier of Jefferson county, Indiana on 30 June 1837 was issued Certificate #7338 for the North west quarter of section fifteen and the East half of the South East Quarter of Section Seventeen in township thirty two containing 240 acres. William Thompson was from Fayette county, Indiana and on 10 August 1837 he was issued Certificate #6822 for the East fractional part of Section Fifteen containing 344 96/100 acres. Which borders Lake Maxinkuckee. Note he also had 2 other land certificates for land in Section 10 for 240 acres and 160 acres

William Thompson By Daniel McDaniel in "An Early History of Lake Maxinkuckee" (1908):

The Only one of the caravan who settled on the lake was Eleazer Thompson who built a log cabin a year or two later where the residence of Mrs. H. H. Culver is now located on the northeast shore. The old cabin still stands just north of the Culver residence, but has been remodeled, losing thereby some of its primitive beauty. Mr. Thompson was, therefore, the first white settler to take up permenant residence on the banks of the lake. He died a few years later, and the property has changed hands many times since then. The elder Adam Mow lived there in the early forties, rearing a large family of boys and girls who are well remembered by the surviviors of that early period in the history of the lake.

Section 15: 500.90A (North shore town and academy) Section 15: Lot 1 - 41.75A Section 15 Lot 2 - 32.25A Section 15 Lot 3 - 57.88A. Section 15 Lot 4 - 47.30A

1872 Plat Map A. T. Benedict - 160A J. Hissong - 91A G. Peeples - 10 A C. Filer - 40 A T Houghton - 40A W. Densmore - 80A E. Parker 80A

1876 Plat Map J. Wylie G. Peeples - 37 a

1880 Plat Map A. t. Bendedict 89A, 44,75A, 38.25A J. Hissong 92.40A G. Peeples/Peoples 16.90A F Parker 80A W. Dinsomre 80A F. Overmyer 40A T Houghton 40A

From the Logansport Daily Journal page 3 dated Aug. 27, 1882:

All the preliminaries for the extension of the Logansport branch of the Vandalia railway to Lake Michigan have been satisfactorily adjusted, and upon compliiance with a few easy conditions the contact will be closed, and the work will be commenced and pushed to completion.

Readers of the Journal are familiar with the route of this line to Marmont (Maxinkuckee), and will have no difficulty in following it to South Bend and the lake...
With these advantages before them, our citizens are asked to consider one of the conditions above named, which condition is that the right of way shall be furnished free to the new line thorugh our county. The estimated cost of this right of way is from $7,000 to $10,000 and it is proposed to raise the amount by subscription. A consideraable portion of this subscription has already been secured, and a committee appointed for that purpose will make an effort to raise the remainder during the present week...

1883 - Oct 6 - The.Vandaiia railroad company commenced laying iron at Marmount a d ay or two ago, and-withln a short time the tract will be completed from Maxinkuckee lake to the Nickle Plate railroad, a distance of about three miles,- Logansport Pharos Tribune

1896 Historical notations map

1898 Plat Map Culver Military Academy 16.52A H. H. Culver 76.46A H. H. Culver 39.35A H. H. Culver 35.27A, 57.66A F. Overmyer 40A Wn. Dinsmore 80A B. McKeen H. H. Culver C. Peoples R O Venneouwt (Vonneut) G. Peeples 11.90A By this may the property is listed as "B McKeen"

Could this be: "Benjamin McKeen born January 1864 in Indiana died December 16, 1947, St Louis County, Missouri Burial: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis St. Louis City Missouri Benjamin married October 20, 1891 Vigo County, Indiana Anna Massie Strong. born October 1867 Indiana October 13, 1943, St Louis County, Missouri Burial: Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis St. Louis City Missouri Dau. of Joseph Strong and May Bourne Blake" son of William Riley McKeen of the vandalia Railroad?

1900

1908 Plat Map Culver Military Academy H. H. Culver Est. Ira Marriz 40A Thos Houghton 40A Mary J Hissong Est. F. M. Parker 20A D. W. Marks 20A Jenny Marks 40A

1908 - Jul 15 - B. McKeen to Alice O. Forgy, lot in Section 15, $120

1915 - Jun 24 - Alice O Forgy to Mary L Forman, e of lake in sec. 15, Union $1200

Assuming she is the Mary J. Foreman-Snider who married Ralph H. Mowbray, Ralph H.

1922

1922 - A. W. Wagner -

1922 - 1927 - A. W. & H. W. Wagner [Albert W. Wagner & Harriet W. Wagner]

1922 - July 12 - Wanted - Four thousand old bricks. Mrs. A. W. Wgner, phone 264-3

1922 - Jul 26 - Raver & Stevens began work this week on a 28X32 two story cottage on the east side, near the K. K. Culver place for A. W. Wagner.

By news articles in the Culver Citizen 686 East Shore was their 2nd cottage location.

1930 - A. W. & H. Wagner [Albert Wagner & Harriet Wagner]

1942 - Oct 21 - Harriet W. Wagner WD to Claire W. and Helen M. Jackson, lot of ground, Sec. 15-31-1

1952-1953 - C. W. Jackson [ Claire Walter Jackson]

1958-1963-? William H. Robinson

1958 Lake Directory - 686 William H. Robinson 686 East Shore Dove, Culver.

1959- Jul 1 - Bulletin - Just as we go to press the interesting news arrives that the Howard Oberlin apple orchard, one of the best and biggest in the state, has been Purchased by William H. Robinson, 686, East Shore Dr.

1960 - jan 27 - having sold their home and well known apple orchard on east Shore drive road to William H. Robinson of 684 East Shore, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oberlin have moved into the Hallberg residence at 471 lake Street, which they recently purchased 1960 - Jul 20 - William H. Robinson of 686 East Shore Drive and Chester W. Cleveland, publisher of the Citizen are both Kentucky Colonels. Are there any others in Culver?

1981-Aug. 2001 - Rafik S Farag (Dr.)

Dr. Rafik Farag is a surgeon in Peru, Indiana. He received his medical degree from Ibrahim Pasha University Faculty of Medicine ; Mercy Hospital Internship, Transitional Year ; Mercy Hospital, Christ Hospital & Good Samaritan Hospital Residency, General Surgery' and has been in practice for 58 years.

Health Officer of the Miami County Indiana Health Department

Aug. 2001 - Sandra Farag

Aug. 2001 - Aug. 2007 - Michael R. Wilcox

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W LN RD 200' E LAKE & 330' N SEC LN

PRT S1/2 SEC 15 COM AT SE COR SE1/4 TH N89-55-16W 2410.20' TH N0-04-44E 325.36' TO POB TH S89-23-16W 221.38' TH N8-10-55E 50.59' TH N89-23-16E 179.82' TH S34-41-38E 60.37' TO POB