Elkhart High School Archives

No matter the circumstances, Bill Phillips was always going to work.   During World War II, he trained in a segregated unit. As the civil rights movement unfolded in the 1960s, he earned a historic seat on the […]

The hometown of the world’s musical instrument industry had no orchestra to call its own until Zigmont George Gaska made it happen. He was no corporate titan. No building around […]

Helping younger students and making a better community. Importantly, teenagers are leading the way.  National Honor Students from area schools provide Homework Help at Elkhart Public Library locations. And whatever […]

The homecoming queen didn’t receive her honors, and the football crowd was subdued. Racial tensions were at a boiling point in 1969 Elkhart.

The hotel never quite delivered on its promise, but it gave life to the city's biggest event.