Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Ambiguity of "Ainsworth Road," Part 2

George Norman, at Hobart, the Indian Ridge professional, is still concentrating his efforts on the permanent greens for the nine-hole outlay there. Indian Ridge is south of Hobart, on the Ainsworth Hobart road, next to the Dorman farm.
From The Lake County Times, Monday, June 14, 1926 (Hammond, IN) (emphasis added).

The Indian Ridge Country Club is still there, but the "Ainsworth Hobart road," which was also "Ainsworth Road," is now Grand Boulevard, State Road 51 and Lake Park Avenue.

I've never seen a town like Hobart for giving multiple names to the same street. It must be something in the water.

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