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Hobart was platted in 1849. [1] George Earle, an English immigrant, bought land from the Potawatomi Native American tribe, who built a dam on Deep River, creating Lake George. He named the settlement that later developed into Hobart, after his brother, Frederick Hobart Earle, who never left England. The first school of the city was built in ...
Lake George was formed when George Earle constructed a dam on Deep River to power sawmills and gristmills. [3] The lake is fed by several small streams, including Deep River, the largest, and Turkey Creek. It is approximately 3.1 mi (5 km) long, 980 ft (300 m) at its widest, and has a surface area of 270 acres (110 ha). [4] The lake is a ...
The Hobart Nature District is located in the City of Hobart, Indiana and includes over 1,000 acres (400 ha) of scenic parks, wetlands and floodplains, winding rivers, peaceful lakes, open prairies, oak savannas, old-growth forests, and undulating ravines.
In the summer of 1834, the first Lake County settler and homesteader, William Ross, settled near the confluence of Turkey Creek with Deep River. [4] Two years later in 1836, land was purchased from the Potawatomi at the confluence of Deep River with the Little Calumet River, and the town of Liverpool was platted, and later purchased by George Earle.
First Unitarian Church of Hobart is the oldest Unitarian Church in Indiana, and the oldest church still occupied by its original congregation in the city of Hobart. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 1999.
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Hobart: Hobart: Jan 14, 1914: $16,000 706 E. 4th St. Open 1915–1968, the only Tudor Revival building in Hobart, now used by the Hobart Historical Society as a museum of local history. (July 2010) 66: Huntington Huntington: Dec 21, 1901: $25,000 44 E. Park Dr. 67: Indianapolis West Indianapolis Branch Indianapolis: Jan 19, 1909: $100,000 1926 ...