Lagro’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Lagro. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community was named after Le Gris, a Miami Chief. The Lagro post office has been in operation since 1893.
The National Register of Historic Places listed St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in 1999 and the Masonic Temple and the Red Men Hall in 2020.
Beginning in 1929, one of the main industries in Wabash County was rock wool production. As of 1937 at least five production facilities had been built in Wabash county, two of which were in or near Lagro.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lagro’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lagro’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewRock Ledges on the Salamonie Rive…, 1879: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lagro
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Lagro, decade by decade
1990s
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3 historic places in Lagro
3 places in Lagro are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Rock Ledges on the Salamonie River, Lagro, Indiana (approximately 1879) - DPLA - 19d4f82de7d43488d0a57fe012991220 (1879) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (7) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.