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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 1878. [6]
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 ]
Lake George is a mill pond on Deep River in Hobart, Indiana, in the United States. 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.
After George Earle, who founded Marshfield's Community Christmas, died in 2022, his family carried on. Now with more gone, others are stepping up. Family kept spirit of Christmas in a South Shore ...
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.
He then switched parties and successfully supported George Earle, who then appointed him as Schnader's successor as attorney general. In 1935, Margiotti was appointed state attorney general by Earle. Margiotti prosecuted a number of graft cases involving Earle's administration. [ 3 ]
“James Earl Jones doesn’t get enough credit for being a path-blazer for actors like Denzel Washington who came after him,” said Rae Dawn Chong, his co-star in the 1986 comedy “Soul Man.”
George McGinnis was a phenom at Washington High, a star at IU and an ABA Pacers standout. Indiana basketball legend George McGinnis dies at 73: 'He was like Superman' Skip to main content