Munster, Indiana
[10] In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the area that is today Munster was part of land claimed by France as French territory.Twenty years later George Rogers Clark overran the British in the American Revolutionary War, claiming the land for the newly independent United States of America.In the 1850s, as the numbers of Native Americans dwindled, pioneer settlers began to inhabit the area which would become Munster to grow crops and provide dairy products to the profitable markets in Chicago.[1] When Jacob Munster, a young man from the Netherlands who until the 1860s spelled his surname "Monster,"[11] opened an area general store complete with a U.S. postal station on the back, the local farmers and settlers came to rely on the postal station, which soon became a United States Post Office.[12] In September 2008, Munster's northern portions suffered flooding resulting from the impact of Hurricane Ike, which caused the Little Calumet River to overflow.A main break occurred in the levee located near the intersection of Calumet Avenue and River Drive in the northwest quadrant of the town.Munster also supports Democrats in Presidential elections; Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden both defeated Republican Donald Trump.Among them are the Community Hospital, the Center for Visual and Performing Arts, The Times of Northwest Indiana newspaper, a PepsiCo bottling and distribution facility, a Whole Foods Market distribution center, the Community Veterans Memorial, the LEED-certified Centennial Park and Golf Course, Kaske House Museum at Heritage Park, Bieker Woods Nature Area, eleven miles of bike paths, an innovative Public Art and Sculpture Program, the new Munster Music Festival, the Munster Centennials Vintage Baseball Team, and the Babe Ruth Baseball.Munster is also home to the Three Floyds Brewing Company, a microbrewery and craft beer-drinker's destination noted for its "Dark Lord Day" event, which draws 6,000 people every April.[18][19] In spring 2011, Simborg Development revitalized plans for a $60 million renovation of the 72-acre Lake Business Center site fronting Calumet Avenue that will open new commercial opportunities for the Town of Munster.This development, originally to be named Munster Town Center that would have created a mixed-use center of retail shops and restaurants, commercial offices, medical facilities as well as an extended-stay hotel, was modified to maintain the warehouse facility and maintain a high-tech image exterior for the development.[21] The area, named "Centennial Village," will be a mixed-use transit-oriented development that will feature both retail and multi-unit residential housing once it is completed.However, American involvement in World War II and the creation of the federal highway system stopped these plans until the present day.The initial proposal encompassed a spacious building designed for 1,200 students and included an athletic facility with a swimming pool.Munster High School dedicated a state-of-the-art football, track and soccer complex in 2010, as well as a $17,000,000 Aquatic Center in January 2011.In 2012, a two-story classroom addition was constructed at Munster High School to accommodate the growing student population.Designed to enhance the school system's instructional technology infrastructure, the program provides leases on laptop computers to all students in grades 5-12.Munster has ten parks, three lakes, a nine-hole golf course and driving range, eleven miles (17.7 km) of bike paths, an innovative public art and sculpture program, and two recreational points of interest.designed golf course and driving range, a live stage amphitheater, a lake with two bridges, three fountains, fishing opportunities, and a boardwalk, a sculpture walk (in progress), formal botanical gardens, outdoor pavilions, walking trails, access to the Pennsy Greenway, a 3-acre dog park, and soccer fields.
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