John Weaver Archives

No matter the circumstances, Bill Phillips was always going to work.   During World War II, he trained in a segregated unit. As the civil rights movement unfolded in the 1960s, he earned a historic seat on the […]

What time is it in Elkhart, Indiana?   The factual answer can be simple. Well, most of the time. Maybe not so much in 1967, when City Hall had a single, […]

Johnson Street bridge improvements took 20 years to plan. Construction delays and political squabbles turned it into a project to forget.

The homecoming queen didn’t receive her honors, and the football crowd was subdued. Racial tensions were at a boiling point in 1969 Elkhart.

The Arch was memorable, costly and criticized as a short-lived 1960s Main Street attraction.