BP, which owns an adjacent petroleum refinery, wants to use the land where Marktown's 219 homes now sit for a parking lot.
Century-old Northwest Indiana factory town is bordered by a BP refinery on one side and steel mills on the other three. BP wants to use the land where Marktown's 219 homes now sit for a parking lot. The town is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Marktown may be nearing its end
