Fall 2012 Docket.p65 - Berrien County Historical Association

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Back in Print!
The Heyday of Hinchman
The History Center at Courthouse Square has
issued a reprint edition of the popular book The Heyday of
Hinchman, by Beverly Campbell Pottle. The 67-page
book includes dozens of photographs of people and places
in the hamlet of Hinchman, located a few miles north of
Berrien Springs. It includes endnotes, a bibliography, and
index; an appendix lists all the students of the Hinchman
School and the years of their attendance. Photographs in
the book come from the History Center’s own collections
as well as many private collections.
The Heyday of Hinchman was originally published
in 2006 and has been out of print for several years.
It chronicles the history of the settlement that was named
for Hiram and Susannah Hinchman, who moved to Berrien
County in the 1830s. Although little more than a crossroads
village, it boasted a church, school, store, creamery,
and a post office. The Milwaukee, Benton Harbor and
Columbus Railroad built a depot in Hinchman in 1897
when it extended a line from Buchanan through Berrien
Springs and north to Benton Harbor.
The book retails at $18.95 and can be purchased
from the museum store, located at the History Center, 313
North Cass Street in Berrien Springs. History Center
members receive a 10% ($1.90) discount per book.
Museum Store hours at the History Center are 10-5 Monday-Friday. The new book can be purchased through
mail order at an additional cost of $4.95 for shipping and handling. Michigan residents should add $1.14 for sales tax.
Orders should be sent to the History Center at Courthouse Square, PO Box 261, Berrien Springs, MI 49103. Telephone
orders at (269) 471-1202 can pay with Visa or Mastercard.
Berrien History on WAUS Radio
If you enjoy local history, tune in to WAUS Radio
in Berrien Springs every Tuesday. Andrews University’s
classical music station broadcasts Berrien History every
week at 90.7 FM , airing at three times: 6:55 a.m., 7:55
a.m. and 6:05 p.m. The programs are written and presented
by History Center curator Robert Myers.
Each program runs about three minutes and covers
a particular topic of local history. Recent topics have
included the filming of the motion picture Prancer in
Three Oaks, the Bell Opera House in Benton Harbor, and
the Illinois, Indiana & Iowa Railroad that ran from Galien
to St. Joseph.
If you live outside the southwest Michigan area,
you can still listen in via Live Stream on the Internet. You
can find WAUS at www.waus.org.