Landon Rose Cabell of Campbell County, Virginia had vision.

The shrewd land company agent bought over 2,600 acres in Liberty Township after lands purchased from the Indians by treaties were advertised for sale at the LaPorte federal land office in 1836. Cabell’s holdings were all sold to other settlers in a matter of weeks, or even days.

Source: Chesterton Tribune.com, article by Pauline Poparad, Liberty Township History