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Major Events — Roseland, Indiana
16 August 1956 — the Toll Road opens, and its first half ends at Roseland
AARoads Wiki, Indiana Toll Road (dated citations); Indiana Toll Road Commission, 1954 report; Whiting-Robertsdale Historical Society
For one season in 1956, the Indiana Toll Road ended at Roseland. Construction of the road had begun 21 September 1954, and its first construction section ran through St. Joseph and LaPorte counties — Rieth-Riley Construction of…
28 December 1978 — State v. Town of Roseland: the town keeps its fines
State v. Town of Roseland, 383 N.E.2d 1076 (Ind. App. 1978), No. 3-1077A255; the opinion read in full (case text, static.case.law)
The corridor's enforcement economy was fought over once, in court, and the town won. In 1971 the town had adopted an ordinance "governing 'the operation of a system for enforcing traffic violations occurring within the Town,'"…
25–27 January 1978 — the Blizzard, at county strength
National Weather Service, Northern Indiana, the Blizzard of 1978; University of Notre Dame History, 60 Milestones
The benchmark storm of the region's record closed everything around the town — and left no Roseland-specific record at all. The winter of 1977–'78 was, in the Weather Service's words, "the coldest and snowiest winter on record…
11 April 1965 — Palm Sunday: the outbreak that did NOT hit Roseland
National Weather Service, Northern Indiana, the April 11th 1965 Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak (confirmed-tornado table)
The county was struck that evening — in its south. Clay Township was not touched. The Weather Service's confirmed list for St. Joseph County on 11 April 1965 holds two tracks, both southern: an F3 from northeast of Knox to south…