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George Earle laid out the town of Hobart in 1848 on property that he owned near his saw and gristmill. To encourage development, he offered free land for community projects such as a railroad and congregations wishing to build churches with a resident minister and regular services. [ 4 ]
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 ...
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. Next, Earle moved two miles southeast and platted Hobart in 1848. Liverpool was briefly the county seat, soon displaced by Crown Point. [4]
Location of Lake County in Indiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Indiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Indiana, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The Survey and Registration Section of the Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology oversees this state register. All places within Indiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places are automatically on Indiana's Register. Additional sites are on the state register, as the state's register does not require as ...
A Very English Scandal and The Crown star Alex Jennings will appear in Wolf Hall as Stephen Gardiner, formerly played by Mark Gatiss. Gardiner is secretary to Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell’s ...
Hobart Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 39,417 and it contained 16,366 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 39,417 and it contained 16,366 housing units.