Stories tagged: Dear John

Latest stories tagged: Dear John

Dear John/Magician Lake

How did Magician Lake get its name? Was it a tribute to the great vaudeville magician, Harry Blackstone? He did retire to Colon, not too ... Read more

Dear John/Oppenheim’s cash register still works in Idaho

I recently purchased a cash register that came out of I. Oppenheim’s in Dowagiac. I live in north Idaho and a man brought it into ... Read more

Dear John/Andy and the orphan train

Do you remember Andy Carroll? — Kay Gray, Dowagiac District Library I didn’t until Kay refreshed my memory of Tuesday, July 7, 2009, when I ... Read more

Dear John/Remembering Ross Beatty

I knew Ross Beatty before he was a building, but I only knew part of his story. Read more

Dear John/Fitch Camp

Dear John,   Who founded Fitch Camp, and in what year did it open? For those who did not grow up in Dowagiac, is this ... Read more | 1 comment