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9 South Bend P Menno-Hof Mennonite
Anabaptist Interpretive Center
* 107,789. ~ £ @ n 401 E
Colfax Ave, (800) 519-0577. 510 S Van Buren St. Tel (260) 768-4117.
∑ visitsouthbend.com Open 10am–5pm Mon–Sat.
Closed Sun, some public hols. &
South Bend is widely known 7 ∑ mennohof.org
today as the home of the Roman
Catholic University of Notre
Dame. The 12,100-student instit- q Fort Wayne
ution was established in 1842 * 206,000. ~ @ n 927 S Harrison
by Father Edward Sorin, a priest St, (800) 767-7752.
from the Congregation of the ∑ visitfortwayne.com
Holy Cross.
While religion is still important, Fort Wayne’s location at the
the students and countless confluence of the St. Mary’s,
alumni are equally passionate St. Joseph, and Maumee
about the Notre Dame “Fighting Rivers made it a strategic site
Irish” football team, one of the for the Native Americans,
most successful in college French fur traders, British
football history. In fact, one of armies, and American settlers
the most famous sculptures at who sought to control the
the art-filled campus is a large “Touchdown Jesus” mural at Notre Dame, access to the Great Lakes.
mural of Christ known as The South Bend The city’s prosperity during
Word of Life that students call the rail-road era is exemplified
“Touchdown Jesus.” 0 Shipshewana in the fascinating downtown
Tours by appointment are avail- Allen County Court house,
able at the Morris Performing * 525. @ n 780 S Van Buren St, constructed in 1902.
Arts Center, which was built in (800) 254-8090. ∑ backroads.org Visitors use the Sky Safari
1921 and renovated in 2011. It to glide over treetops and
cost $1 million to construct and This small village, nestled in animal quarters at the Fort
was the most modern theater in the rolling farmlands of north- Wayne Children’s Zoo, which
the nation when it opened as a eastern Indiana, has one of is the city’s biggest attraction.
vaudeville house. Many celebr i- the world’s largest Amish An extensive array of Australian
ties, from Frank Sinatra to Jerry communities (see p119). The animals has earned accolades
Seinfeld, have performed here. town’s Menno-Hof Mennonite nationally, while the African
South of downtown, the Anabaptist Interpretive Journey brings visitors up
Studebaker National Center provides a detailed close to a menagerie of lions,
Museum contains background on the hyenas, mongooses, and other
the horse-drawn European Anabaptist species found on the continent.
carriages and early movement, which
automobiles manu- gave rise to the O Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
factured by the Mennonite, Hutterite, 3411 Sherman Blvd. Tel (260) 427-
town’s now-defunct and Amish sects. 6800. Open Apr–Oct: 9am–5pm daily.
Studebaker corpor- Religious persecution & 7 ∑ kidszoo.org
ation. The collection Amish horse-drawn in the 19th century
includes the carriage in carriage led to the large-scale
which President Lincoln immigration of
rode to Ford’s Theater the night Anabaptists to the US and
he was assassinated in Canada. Exhibits at the center
Washington, DC, and a 1909 back- re-create this dark period as
ward-forward automobile that well as examining the sects
shuttled US senators between and their lifestyles as they
their offices and the Capitol. are today.
Local Amish farmers, with
F Morris Performing Arts Center their distinctive black hats, white
211 N Michigan St. Tel (800)-537- shirts, and black suits, riding
6415. Open 10am–5pm (box office). horse-drawn buggies, are
∑ morriscenter.org frequent sights in Shipshewana
and the surrounding villages
E Studebaker National Museum of Bristol, Elkhart, Goshen,
201 S Chapin St. Tel (888) 391-5600. Middlebury, Nappanee, and
Open 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, noon– Wakarusa. Tourists come to the
5pm Sun. Closed major public hols. villages in search of furniture, The Allen County Courthouse in
& = ∑ studebakermuseum.org dairy, baked goods, and quilts. Fort Wayne

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