Address
706 E 4th St
Hobart, IN 46342
Phone
219-942-0970
Hours
Monday to Friday: By Appointment
Saturday: 10AM - 12PM
Sunday: Closed
Hobart’s Old Settlers Cemetery is located along South Lake Park Avenue (Ind. 51) north of 12th Street. As a project for Hobart’s American Revolution Bicentennial Commission in 1976, members of the Historical Society researched this burial ground. It had been…
Ever wonder where the Brickie nickname originated? Did you also know that Hobart’s bricks have a connection to a potential Catholic saint? Hobart’s original Brickies were just that – bricks. Back when horsepower meant actual horses, brickmaking plants were very…
Note: Images in this digital version of the article have been added and did not appear in the original print version published in Fall of 2024. Walter A. Elliot of Gary and Henry J. Kranz of Chicago were the developers…
When the expected 4,000 people entered the Lake County Fairgrounds’ Industrial Building Feb. 10 for the NWI Comic-Con, they were treated to a variety of comic books, artists, paraphernalia, and food. They were also treated to two artists with a…
Featured image by Chicago Tribune/AP; web source: During a 1990s interview, Dale Messick, already in her 80s, commented that she was dating three men at the time. She explained, “At my age, it takes three men for a good date.”…
George Earle, the founder of Hobart, was born in Falmouth, a coastal town in southwest England, in 1807. He was, according to records, the sixth of 13 children born to Joseph and Ann Crabb Earle. Joseph was a Wesleyan Methodist,…
Thirty-five years ago, in 1987, Hobart saw some historic firsts. First Margaret Kuchta, then Hobart’s clerk-treasurer, challenged three-time elected Mayor Calvin Green for his job and won the Democratic primary. She then defeated Republican challenger Bob Malizzo in the fall…
