The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 22, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 May 1986 — Page 45

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ONLY A MEMORY — Railroad workers stand near the Milford railroad depot, across from what is now the feed mill. The Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan Railroad gave Milford its first new mode of transportation, laying tracks through the town and village in 1870. The town was incorporated as Milford Junction. What is known as as Milford Junction or the junction today was originally named Shakespere where the B & O Railroad crosses the Big Four Railroad, in 1882. People used to come from Indianapolis to Lake Wawasee by train, traveling north to Milford Junction before catching another trip east to the Syracuse area. The B & O was the main line between Chicago and Washington D.C. for both passengers and freight. Most of the trains went blasting through, although there was at least one local “milk train” each way per day. Behind the engine and its coal tender were two or three mail coaches where clerks could be seen sorting mail behind barred windows. While passengers no longer pass through Milford on their way Lake Wawasee, Indianapolis, or other large cities, freight trips are still made daily through the town, although the stops of the past are rare, as the depot is only a memory.

Wed., May 28,1986 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

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SPRUCING UP FOR THE CELEBRATION - Milford painter Richard D. Smith is pictured here giving a facelift to the trim at the home of Arch and Della Baumgartner. Notice the “gingerbread” trim on the top of Ihe windows, a tribute to craftsmen of earlier years. This is one of the eight homes that can be toured as part of Milford’s sesquicentennial observance on Sunday, June 1 from 2 to 8 p.m.