History
Argos History
Marshall County, Indiana, was settled in the early 1830s with the planning of the Michigan Road. Sidney, originally laid out in 1851, merged with neighboring Fremont in 1859 to form Argos, named after their shared post office.
Argos Public Library history
Argos Public Library in 1942 and a drawing of the old Schoonover store from 1954 courtesy of the old newspaper The Argos Reflector
Historic links
Bruce McCoige Stories
These are from a former Argos resident Bruce McCoige recounting his early memories of Argos.
Blacksmith Shop
Building Destruction
Cemetery
Cigar Store
Halloween
Dick and Doc
Medical
Migrant Camps
Mr. Tucker
Ponds
Postal
Refuse Dumps
Scout Cabin
Sledding
Blacksmith Shop
Building Destruction
Cemetery
Cigar Store
Halloween
Dick and Doc
Medical
Migrant Camps
Mr. Tucker
Ponds
Postal
Refuse Dumps
Scout Cabin
Sledding
Argos Yearbooks
Argos High School Yearbooks
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Old maps from the Library of Congress
South Bend Tribune Nov. 27, 1927
The South Bend Tribune’s “History of Argos Reads Like Romantic Story” from November 27, 1927
Marshall County Cemeteries
Green & Walnut township records, mapped, indexed, current to 1985.
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