First brewery opens.
Thirty-two people were killed near the present day intersection of Ironwood and Lincoln Way West. The fire destroyed forty-two buildings between First and Third Streets and Spring and Race Streets. Battell Park is the city's oldest park. 1884 Civil War statue dedicated in Battell Park. 1878 All-knit woolen boot created by Adolphus Eberhart and Martin Van Beiger causing the growth of the Mishawaka Woolen Company, which later became Ball Band.