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Indiana Bicentennial Celebration 2016

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Steuben County - Rene Stanley
Q&A with County Coordinator June Julien

What do you consider the key accomplishment(s) of your county’s Bicentennial celebration?

  • Bringing together people from all walks of life to participate in the various events and projects related to the Bicentennial.

What Legacy Project do you most like to tell people about, and why?

  • I cannot even begin to narrow it down to my favorite!  We had so many wonderful projects put forth that really highlighted how lucky we are to live not just in Indiana, but in Northern Indiana Lakes Country!  Every time I spoke about the Bicentennial and our myriad projects, interest grew!!  We could not even begin to tell you how many phone calls we received asking about different projects at the tourism bureau.
  • There were 34 legacy projects.  Nine were state sponsored projects that we did not have information on.  We have completed reports on all  legacy projects that went through our office.  

Describe a highlight or most memorable moment related to your county's Bicentennial celebration.

  • The seaplane carrying our final torchbearer, our county historian, Peg Dilbone, over Lake James was the most memorable moment for me.  
    Peg and I became quite close during the year while working on projects and I will never forget how happy she was at the Torch Relay. I tear up even remembering.  It was the perfect ending to our year long (plus some) work!

How/where are you preserving information and artifacts related to your county's celebration?

  • We have it in the tourism offices.

Steuben County Legacy Projects

Steuben County Facts

Steuben County was officially created in 1837 from LaGrange County, and named for Baron Frederick von Steuben, an officer of the American Revolutionary War.

About the courthouse: Freeborn Patterson was the architect and the building was completed in 1868.

Indiana’s only refrigerated toboggan ride is located at Pokagon State Park. Speeds can be as fast as 40 miles per hour!

Pokagon State Park, a 1,260-acre park on Lake James, has hiking trails, camping, nature center, boat rentals and the 137-room Potawatomi Inn.

Leopold and Simon Pokagon were father and son and the last two most notable leaders of the Potawatomi. The park’s Potawatomi Inn takes its name from these Native Americans, who made their home in the area.

Being one of the state’s original parks, Pokagon features the unique work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, whose members lived and worked at Pokagon from 1934 to 1942.

The “boys of the CCC” built the beautiful stone and log structures that dot the park landscape and provide accent to the rolling wooded hills, wetlands and open meadows.

County Seat: Angola
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 308.94

Steuben County Bicentennial Committee

Oversight Committee

  • June Julien, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Peg Dilbone, Steuben County Historian
  • Janet Hartsuff, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Kara Olson, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Lynn Tyler, Steuben County Tourism Bureau

Bison-tennial Committee

  • Bobbi Grill, Steuben County United Way
  • June Julien, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Dina Feree, Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County
  • Marie Laudeman, Pokagon State Park
  • Dave Olson, Angola City Council
  • Ron Smith, Steuben County Commissioner
  • Hope Wilson, Fremont Public Library

Legacy Projects

  • June Julien, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Peg Dilbone, Steuben County Historian
  • Janet Hartsuff, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Kara Olson, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Maria Davis, City of Angola
  • James Somers, Steuben County Historical Society
  • David Koenig, Steuben County Economic Development Corporation
  • Bonnie Hollman, Town of Orland
  • Karen Shelton, Bike Americana
  • Jennifer Danic, Bike Americana
  • Marcia Powers, Powers Church
  • Tom Frederick, Angola Civil War Days and History Timeline
  • Margaret Rothrock, Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County

Torch Relay Committess

Program Committee
  • June Julien, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Peg Dilbone, Steuben County Historian
  • Janet Harstuff, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Lou Ann Homan, Storyteller
  • Mike Marurello, Editor, Herald County Republican Newspaper
  • Jennifer Danic, Steuben County Community Foundation
  • Marie Lauderman, Pokagon State Park
Development and Staging Committee
  • June Julien, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Ted Bohman, Pokagon State Park
  • Lisa Johnloz, Pokagon State Park
  • Tammy Sawvel, Pokagon State Park
  • Randy Strebig, Strebig Construction
  • Lynn Tyler, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
Torchbearer Relations Committee
  • Lynn Tyler, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Kara Olson, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
Hospitality Committee
  • June Julien, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Emily Sattison, Potawatomi Inn and Conference Center
  • Janet Hartsuff, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Lynn Tyler, Steuben County Tourism Bureau
  • Bobbi Grill, Steuben County United Way
  • Dina Ferree, Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County
  • Ron Smith, Steuben County Commissioner
  • June Mayer
  • Jennifer Decker
Event Support
  • Maria Davis, City of Angola
  • Vivian Likes, City of Angola
  • Mitch Davis, Steuben County Innkeepers Tax Commission
  • Bill Eyster, Eyster Photo and Graphics
Speaker's Bureau
  • Ron Smith, Steuben County Commissioner
  • Lynne Liechty, Steuben County Commissioner
  • Rickard Hickman, Mayor of Angola
  • Denny Zentz, Indiana House of Representatives

Organizatons

  • Historic Preservation
  • Interactive History Group
  • Pokagon State Park
  • Steuben County Lakes Council
  • Town of Hamilton
  • Satek Winery
  • Town of Fremont
  • Steuben County Economic Development Corporation
  • Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County
  • Fremont Public Library
  • WLKI
  • Herald Republican
  • Steuben County Historical Society
  • Fremont Historical Society
  • Town of Orland
  • Angola Balloons Aloft

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