the Great Depression the Ski Club had financial setbacks; combined with little snow, the club looked to sell the tower. In 1935, a ski club in Rockford, Illinois, purchased the tower and moved it that summer. The Rockford Ski Club built ski jump at along the Kishwaukee River (Rockford Rotary County Forest Preserve) near the end 1920’s. It was expanded in 1936 by adding the steel inrun tower from Ogden Dunes. Moving the tower was repeated a third time in 1955 when the tower was moved to Eau Claire, Wisconsin and erected at Hendrickson Hill along the Chippewa River in what is now the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Campus. In 1968-69 Hendrickson Hill the hill was abandoned and the steel tower was once again dismantled and reassembled in its new location at Silver Mine Hill, downstream on the Chippewa River. The ski jump is still used at this site. Two early houses (11008,11009) on Ski Hill Road are simple yet stylish homes built on the steep and lovely wooded hills of Ogden Dunes. Later structures along the beach include two outstanding houses (11001, 11004), which reflect the area's emergence as a fashionable and exclusive residential area in Porter County. Structures of historic significance Geography Ogden Dunes is located at (41.624250, −87.191338). According to the 2010 census, Ogden Dunes has a total area of , of which (or 50.68%) is land and (or 49.32%) is water. Ogden Dunes is in Portage Township, Porter County, Indiana. It is an exclusively a residential community. Neighboring Ogden Dunes are several similar enclaves within Indiana Dunes National Park: Miller Beach to the west, Beverly Shores and Dune Acres to the east. Like Ogden Dunes, a considerable portion of the residences in these communities are occupied as summer or weekend homes by Chicagoans. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,110 people, 508 households, and 335 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 619 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 96.1% White, 1.1% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.2% of the population. There were 508 households, of which 19.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.9% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a