The Times of Northwest Indiana reporter and columnist Joseph S. Pete has written a new book, "Lost Treasures of Indiana," and will soon do book signings.

St. Louis-based Reedy Press published the book about Hoosier history, with the subtitle "Restaurants, Drive-Ins, Concert Halls, and Other Favorite Places from the Past." It chronicles bygone places across Indiana, including Sauzer’s Kiddieland, Strongbow Inn, Celebration Station, the Town Theatre, the L.S. Ayres Tea Room, Burger Chef, Roselyn Bakery, the Mesker Park Zoo Monkey House and the Little Nashville Opry, as well as people like Sammy Terry and products like Peerless Potato Chips. It delves into little-known history, such as that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s first-ever race involved hot-air balloons and not race cars, that an

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