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Historical and recent photos and recollections will be added to this page as they become available.

Historical photos of other Martin County sites including the LaSalle Springs Hotel (also named for the nearby healthful natural sulfur springs) which was located about 2.6 miles NE of the Mustering Elm Site.

The above photo is looking west from the current Mustering Elm Park Grounds.

Trinity Springs Hotel looking south east. The horses at the left would be standing near the middle of current SR-450 and the drive at the right is still there.

The concrete curb below is visible next to the automobiles above.

The last ruminants of the classic Hotel were this concrete curb and steps. They remained as a gentle reminder of days gone by until removed in 1975 to clear the right of way for the SR-450 upgrade. The new Indian Creek Bridge replaced the one seen in the top photo.

Springs Before & After Recent Cleanup.

Brassine Reunion 2006

This photo was taken just east of the railroad crossing in Indian Springs, IN. My Grandmother Lucy is on left.

Chet Hopkins on right. Trinity Springs School in background looking southeast.

Springs looking southwest

Very early Springs looking east

Indian Creek Dam with Grist Mill was located just upstream from the Mustering Elm Park. Part of the dam and concrete foundation are still present.

Parking east of the Springs in the current Mustering Elm Park.

The Pines Hotel was located on the north side of current SR-450 on the 2nd curve west of the Trinity Springs Hotel.

Otis Hitchcock shown reading the newspaper owned the local grocery store just north of the Trintiy Springs Hotel on the opposite side of the road. This photo is looking west on current day SR-450.

The grocery was purchased and operated by Ray & Naomi Brassine until it was removed as part of the right of way for the SR-450 highway and bridge improvements. I have many fond memories of this front porch.

Ray’s sister, Sylvia is shown below in this 1956 photo with the store in the background facing northeast.

The next 4 photos are September 2008 views of the grist mill and dam located just upstream on Indian Creek from the park.

The retaining wall at the west side of the former dam can be seen on the far side of the water however the creek no longer flows over the dam. I heard that a local farmer excavated a ditch on the west side of the retaining wall to lower the water table for his nearby field. Since then, the creek has eroded the ditch enough leave the actual dam ‘high & dry’.