ROBINSON - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- NOT Named for Band Leader
Glen Miller Park, the largest of several parks in the Richmond Park and Recreation system, has 194 acres of beautiful wooded area. It has fresh spring water flowing from several different locations in the park and wild flowers growing abundantly. This land was purchased by the City of Richmond in 1885 at the, then so fabulous, price of $35,000.00. Colonel John Miller was the owner and from his name plus the natural topography of the area came the name, Glen Miller. This park formerly had a 9 hole golf course available to the general public, now public putting greens and a walking course, tennis courts, horseshoe courts, a bandstand and open air theater, several shelter houses and over 600 picnic tables and numerous grills throughout the park.
A small lake is located in the center of the park and once a year it is stocked and a children's fishing rodeo is held. At the 22nd Street entrance to the park stands a tall statue of the Madonna of the Trail, which is one of several along the old National Road (U.S. 40). It was erected by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as a memorial to pioneer mothers of the covered wagon days. It carries the inscription, "A nation's highway once a wilderness trail over which hardy pioneers made their perilous way seeking new homes in the dense forests of the great northwest." The first toll gate in Indiana stood near this site on the National Road.
John Smith, owner of the land south of Main Street, came to the conclusion in 1816 that there should be a system and plan to govern the location of the houses and streets in the settlement. For that reason, he proposed to his neighbor, Jeremiah Cox, whose farm adjoined his to the north, that they lay out the town site. Jeremiah Cox refused to enter into the building project so John Smith hired David Hoover to survey lots on Front (now Fourth Street) and Pearl (now Fifth Street) from present South E Street to Main Street.
Although Cox shied away from promoting the town, he nevertheless sold small parcels of land and lots to settlers. Among the sales was one to his brother-in-law, Robert Morrisson, who acquired the northwest corner of Main and Ft. Wayne Avenue. Convinced, finally, that a town would inevitable be organized on the eastern bluff of the Whitewater River, Cox joined Smith in 1818 in the town project.
Job Titles:
- Broker
- Owner
- Referring Broker Associate
Job Titles:
- Associate Broker With
- Real Estate Agent With
- Referring Broker Associate
Ron Gary has been a real estate associate broker with Robinson Real Estate since 2002. He specializes in the sale of both owner occupied properties as well as bank owned properties. Ron Gary's previous experience consists of 32 years of professional employment as Vice President of a large local branched bank, where he was responsible for all types of lending activities ranging from Real Estate loans all the way to loans for consumer, credit card and commercial purposes. After retiring from the banking indestry, Ron spent 5 years specializing in construction, project management and financing of manufactured and modular home projects. During this time he also established a mortgage brokering company.
Languages: English
Experience: 10
Ron Gary Jr has been a real estate agent with Robinson Real Estate since 2005. He specializes in the sale of both owner occupied as well as bank owned, single and mulifamily real estate, to both conventional and investment buyers. Ron Gary Jr. attended Seton Catholic school and graduated from Richmond Senior High School in 2004 and has been a real estate agent since graduation.
Languages: English
Experience: 8
Job Titles:
- Referring Broker Associate
Wilbur Wright, co-inventor of the airplane with his brother, Orville, attended school in Richmond, Indiana. His family moved to Dayton, Ohio in June of 1884 just before he would have received his diploma from Richmond High School. The diploma was awarded to him posthumously on April 16, 1994.