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9 unusual facts about South Bend


Harrell Site

The Harrell Site, also known as the M.D. Harrell Site, is a Native American archeological site near South Bend in southern Young County, Texas.

John Paul Chase

Chase's first confirmed robbery with the Dillinger gang occurred on June 30, 1934, when he joined Dillinger, Nelson, Van Meter and two others robbed a bank in South Bend, Indiana for $29,890.

Maclyn McCarty

McCarty was born in 1911 in South Bend, Indiana, the second of four sons of a branch manager for the Studebaker Corporation while it was still a firm for horse-drawn carriages.

Mike Lockwood Memorial Show

It was the first of two memorial shows held in memory of Mike Lockwood, who committed suicide at his home in Navarre, Florida on two weeks earlier, with a second show, the Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament, run by New Breed Wrestling Association in South Bend, Indiana two years later.

Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament

The Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament was a professional wrestling memorial event produced by the New Breed Wrestling Association (NBWA) promotion, which took place on March 18, 2005 at ZB Falcons in South Bend, Indiana.

Rich Crandall

He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women

In 2011, Schiller International University moved out of the building and sold it to University of Notre Dame of South Bend, Indiana, USA where it was renovated and converted into dormitories.

South Bend, Texas

South Bend is an unincorporated community in Young County, Texas, United States.

Stan Coveleski

In 1929, after leaving major league baseball, Coveleski relocated to South Bend, Indiana.


Armando Hinojosa

Other HInojosa sculptures are the Juan Seguin monument at Seguin Central Park in Seguin, Texas, the Knute Rockne and Ara Parseghian statues at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana, and the life-size "Among Friends There Are No Borders" statue at Laredo International Airport, which depicts a South Texas vaquero and a Mexican charro sharing a campfire.

Bertrand Township, Michigan

St. Joseph County, Indiana, lies to the south, with Olive Township to the southwest, Warren Township due south, and German Township with the city of South Bend to the south on the east side of the township.

Charles Zeitler

Zeitler was born to a family of Bavarian immigrants in Clay Township, just north of South Bend, Indiana.

Chet Grant

At a young age, Chet Grant took an active interest in South Bend athletics, particularly Notre Dame football, and at the age of eighteen he became the sports editor for the South Bend Tribune.

George Joseph Finnigan

The co-consecrators were Bishops John F. Noll of Fort Wayne and Edward Francis Hoban, Auxiliary bishop of Chicago.

JetAmerica

The airline formally announced the station markets of Lansing, MI; Melbourne, FL; Minneapolis, MN; Newark, NJ; South Bend, IN; and Toledo, OH.

Joe Sostilio

In AAA competition, Sostilio won seven races between 1948 and 1950 at tracks all over the country: South Bend, Indiana, Milwaukee Mile, Akron, Ohio; Miami, Florida and Heidelberg, Pennsylvania.

Michiana Monarchs

Based in South Bend, Indiana, the Monarchs play in various locations in Michiana, but most notably The Training Center in Granger, Indiana and Ross Beatty Junior/Senior High School in Cassopolis, Michigan.

North American Light and Power Company

The North American Light and Power Company was a utility holding company formed in South Bend, Indiana and run since 1916 by its President, Clement Studebaker, Jr., of the family famous for the Studebaker automobiles.

Clement Studebaker, Jr. (1871–1932) was born the son of Clement Studebaker (1831–1901), the carriage and automobile manufacturer of South Bend, Indiana.

Peter Buttigieg

Buttigieg was born in South Bend, Indiana to parents Joseph A. Buttigieg and Jennifer Ann (née Montgomery).

Tadeusz Żukotyński

Żukotyński's work can also be found in the state of Indiana where his stations of the cross can be seen at St. Hedwig's in South Bend, Indiana, as well as his frescoes in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

U.S. Route 31

As US 31 approaches southern South Bend, Indiana it converges with US 20 and proceeds westwards then north on a freeway (the St. Joseph Valley Parkway), bypassing South Bend and proceeding into Michigan.

All of US 31 between Ludington, Michigan, and Indianapolis, Indiana, is divided highway—some of it is freeway, including a bypass route of South Bend, Indiana.


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Barbara Hoffman

Just before the regular season ended, South Bend manager Karl Winsch suspended the flashy Charlene Pryer for not going in to pinch-run quickly when asked, which created an uproar after the game.

Georgette Vincent

She had a few chances to pitch, due in part to the South Bend's strong pitching rotation headed by Jean Faut, Lillian Faralla, Josephine Hasham and Ruth Williams.

Glenna Sue Kidd

South Bend also had a surplus of pitching talent, which included Dorothy Mueller, Lillian Faralla and Janet Rumsey, so Kidd was loaned briefly to the Battle Creek Belles.

Indiana State Road 9

Schuyler Colfax — Ulysses S. Grant's Vice President (1869–1873) from South Bend

Jerry Planutis

Planutis attended West Hazleton High School, PA, and served in the Army, during his period in Free Territory of Trieste played football with local team, appeared in two Rose Bowl games for the Spartans, and was head football coach at John Adams High School in South Bend, IN.

John H. Striebel

Born in Bertrand, Michigan, Striebel began working at the age of 14 as a political cartoonist for the South Bend Daily News, receiving recognition as the youngest front-page cartoonist in the country.

Laser tag

Since its birth in 1979, with the release of the Star Trek Electronic Phasers toy manufactured by the South Bend Electronics brand of Milton Bradley, laser tag has evolved into both indoor and outdoor styles of play, and may include simulations of combat, role play-style games, or competitive sporting events including tactical configurations and precise game goals.

Martin's

Martin's Super Markets, a grocery chain headquartered in South Bend, Indiana

R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Company

The Johnson Press and Deka Drill service parts businesses were acquired from South Bend Lathe in 2001 and the South Bend Lathe and Dynablast parts businesses in March, 2002.

Robert A. Grant

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-first Congress in 1948, and resumed the practice of law in South Bend.

Roseland, Indiana

Roseland is located at the Notre Dame/South Bend exit of the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 80/90), making it a good location for many restaurants, hotels and gasoline stations.

South Bend Silver Hawks

The name "Silver Hawks" was chosen as an homage to the once popular Studebaker Silver Hawk automobile, which was manufactured in South Bend.

Transpo

South Bend TRANSPO is the public bus system of South Bend, Indiana, United States.

WHME

WHME-TV, a television station (channel 46 analog/48 digital) licensed to South Bend, Indiana, United States

WMYS-LD

On October 18, 1995, W58BT (channel 58, now WBND-LD on channel 57) became the South Bend market's new ABC affiliate, after full-power WSJV (channel 28) ended its affiliation with that network to join Fox.

WNDU

WNDV-FM, a radio station (92.9 FM) licensed to South Bend, Indiana, United States, which used the call sign WNDU-FM until November 1998

WNDU-TV, a television station (channel 16 analog/42 digital) licensed to South Bend, Indiana, United States

WDND, a radio station (1490 AM) licensed to South Bend, Indiana, United States, which used the call sign WNDU until November 1998

WSBT

WSBT-TV, a television station (channel 22) licensed to South Bend, Indiana, United States

Wubu

WUBU, a radio station licensed to South Bend, Indiana, United States

Zeitler

Charles Zeitler (August 1871 – 1903), American football player from South Bend, Indiana