Logansport, Indiana

AT A GLANCE LOGANSPORT, INDIANA WHAT: : A city of 18,000 WHERE: In Cass County, in the north central part of the state WEBSITE: www.cityoflogansport.org ously in Chicago and that renamed itself the Western Motor Company when it moved to the city. Logansport is also home to a refurbished Dentzel carousel, which resides in Riverside Park on the banks of the Eel River. The carou- sel is on the National Register of Historic Plac- es and is a National Historic Landmark. The city also hosts such notable community venues as the McHale Performing Arts Center, the his- toric State Theater, and the People’s Winery. Although the Norfolk Southern Railroad still runs through Logansport, connecting the Port of Canada in Detroit with St. Louis, according to Mayor Dave Kitchell, the city is no longer the major rail transportation hub it once was. “The Pennsylvania Railroad was one of the major employers,” he recounts, “and we had the second most rail lines of any city in Indiana. But the transportation piece has changed; now we’re very much a food and fiber economy with Tyson Fresh Meats as our number one employ- er. We’re also about advanced manufacturing; we make all sorts of springs for cars here. We also make Batmobiles, now, because there’s a LOGANSPORT, INDIANA