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The Rumely Allis-Chalmers LaPorte Heritage Center is dedicated to promoting, through its Center and projects, a better understanding and appreciation of the agricultural and industrial heritage of the Rumely and Allis-Chalmers companies, their employees, dealers, and customers.
The Center will promote interest and education through collecting, preserving, and displaying items produced and/or sold by the Rumely and Allis-Chalmers companies and the companies that were acquired by or merged with Rumely and Allis-Chalmers.
Northwest Indiana community foundations, including Legacy Foundation, Unity Foundation of La Porte County, Crown Point Community Foundation, and Porter County Community Foundation, have received a grant of $20,000,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. through the Community Leadership Implementation Grants component of the eighth phase of its Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT VIII) initiative. This is