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Turbulent times at 19th century Bloomington hotel
By Bill Kemp. Published on April 4, 2006.
The Ashley House, Bloomington’s largest hotel from the Civil War until its fiery end in 1900, had a tumultuous history replete with fin...
Highland Park Golf Course site of old German brewery
By Bill Kemp. Published on June 16, 2007.
Established during the Civil War, the hometown brewery sold kegs and later bottles of beer until Prohibition in 1920. First known as Me...
West side Subway Club earned notoriety in late ’50s
By Bill Kemp. Published on May 5, 2019.
Try as he might, Bloomington Mayor Robert McGraw could not close the Subway Club, an afterhours “set-up” joint on the city’s west side ...