The county owned the homes, also called poor farms. They housed up to 40 people at a time who worked to maintain the property, and there was one in every Indiana county. But then the government ...

It was a self-supporting farm. Tell be about the medical facility. Carrie: In 1900, the very first medical facility in Lake County opened up at the Poor House. It was built just off of the main ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (WISH) — The National Weather Service has confirmed six tornadoes touched down in Indiana during Wednesday ... of well-built metal farm buildings that had collapsed walls ...