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MILLER
If you have ever driven past St. Mary of the Lake Church in
the Miller Section of Gary, you probably noticed that the
church and the houses along that street are set very far back
from the street. The reason for this is that there was once
a railroad track that ran in front of those houses. That railroad
intersected with the present CSX line just west of Lake Street.
Whenever two railroads intersected in the 19th century there
had to be someone who lived at that intersection with the
railroad timetable so they could switch the rails back and
forth to avoid the trains colliding.
In 1852 that person was named John S. Miller and the crossing
where he lived and threw the switches became known as Millers
crossing. Within a few years, a community grew up around the
crossing made up mostly of Norwegian and Swedish railroad
workers. They formed Temple Bethel Church, which is still
in business and still operates a cemetery directly behind
the Pepes on U.S. highway 20.
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