Chester's Camp

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The historic Lincoln Highway crossed northern Indiana, and a two-lane remnant still curves away from the present-day Route 30 to wind through Merrillville, Ainsworth and Deep River before rejoining Route 30 east of Deep River.

Members of the Chester family opened a tourist stop along the Lincoln Highway, west of Deep River and about half a mile south of Ainsworth, according to the Valparaiso Vidette-Messenger. By 1929 Chester's Camp was well established, offering camping grounds, a barbecue stand and a filling station.


Source: Jan Shupert-Arick. The Lincoln Highway Across Indiana. Arcadia Publishing, 2009.