A Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog sits Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at the Farm at Prophetstown in Prophetstown State Park outside of West Lafayette, Ind. The farm has two museum homes, one being a ...

Hammond reader Paul Malarik III shared with me an important reminder about Northwest Indiana’s contribution to retail history. “Sears was originally Sears and Roebuck and founder Alvah Curtis Roebuck ...

In our “Information Age” it might be difficult to comprehend the significance of Sears, Roebuck & Co. in the lives of several generations of mountain people. Comparable to the World Wide Web, the ...

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The city of Hackensack has reached a settlement agreement in its dispute with the parent company of Sears concerning redevelopment of the retailer’s historic building on Main Street. Under the ...