1885 History of Dearborn and
Ohio Counties, Indiana
George W. Cochran died at his home in Covington, Kentucky, in 1884 aged seventy-three years. It may be said that Mr. Cochran was the original builder of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, during the building of which he often made trips in his carriage from Cincinnati to St. Louis. By his energy the road was built after much opposition from business men. He purchased 30,000 acres of land along the line of the road and adjacent to it, and laid out several towns and named them after his friends. The town of Cochran was named after him.
Ohio Counties, Indiana
George W. Cochran died at his home in Covington, Kentucky, in 1884 aged seventy-three years. It may be said that Mr. Cochran was the original builder of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, during the building of which he often made trips in his carriage from Cincinnati to St. Louis. By his energy the road was built after much opposition from business men. He purchased 30,000 acres of land along the line of the road and adjacent to it, and laid out several towns and named them after his friends. The town of Cochran was named after him.
1885 History of Dearborn and
Ohio Counties, Indiana
George W. Cochran died at his home in Covington, Kentucky, in 1884 aged seventy-three years. It may be said that Mr. Cochran was the original builder of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, during the building of which he often made trips in his carriage from Cincinnati to St. Louis. By his energy the road was built after much opposition from business men. He purchased 30,000 acres of land along the line of the road and adjacent to it, and laid out several towns and named them after his friends. The town of Cochran was named after him.
Ohio Counties, Indiana
George W. Cochran died at his home in Covington, Kentucky, in 1884 aged seventy-three years. It may be said that Mr. Cochran was the original builder of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, during the building of which he often made trips in his carriage from Cincinnati to St. Louis. By his energy the road was built after much opposition from business men. He purchased 30,000 acres of land along the line of the road and adjacent to it, and laid out several towns and named them after his friends. The town of Cochran was named after him.
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