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The History of Highland, Indiana with Dan Helpingstein

As the steel mills along Lake Michigan grew into a major manufacturing hub and American society modernized, Highland evolved. The once developing turn-of-the-20th-century small town became a more urban and populated center. Tom Lounges talks to Dan Helpingstein, co-author of "Higland" the new book highlighting the history of this historic Northwest Indiana City on this weeks "Midwest Beat"

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