While studying Philanthropic Studies at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI, she focused much of her research on her small community and its Trustee’s Office specifically. The representative for Jackson Township is Nicole Duncan.ĭuncan’s family has called Jackson Township home for many generations. The Bicentennial Commission has members from each of the nine townships to help celebrate and commemorate the history of the county. Nicole Duncan, Jackson Township Bicentennial Commission ( See more here.) It is still home to a flowing well. Its biggest crowd gathered on Independence Day in 1912, but the keynote speaker didn’t show. Arcadia’s Bishop’s Park once had a 250-foot “roller coaster” and watering hole to entertain visitors.Roberts Chapel at Roberts Settlement was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.(If you want to sound like a true Hot Shots fan, sneak their signature line into your next conversation: “Are you ready, Hezzie?”) The entertainers were nationally known from the 1920s through the mid-1940s and ended up in Hollywood performing in Westerns. The nationally known Hoosier Hot Shots included star Paul “Hezzie” Trietsch of Arcadia.It provides fire and EMS service for the unincorporated areas of Jackson Township and contractually to the towns of Arcadia and Atlanta. The Jackson Township Fire Department was established in 1955 in Arcadia.Seeking a more normal life for their son, his family moved to Cicero, where Ryan started at Hamilton Heights High School in 1987. After being diagnosed with AIDS in 1984, Ryan White was denied a public school education in Kokomo, sparking national media attention and debate.
Some of the highlights from history for Jackson Township include: (Photo provided Jackson Township Trustee’s Office) Look up and you might spot a plane taking off from Heizman Airport.Ītlanta’s New Earth Festival held annually in late summer always brings tens of thousands of people to town.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP FULL
Submitted by the Hamilton County Bicentennial Commissionĭuring the Hamilton County Bicentennial, each of the county’s nine townships will get special treatment for one full month.