George Lightfoot
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George Washington Lightfoot (born 1874 in Denver, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 - 1942 in Mercer Island, Washington) was most commonly known as the "father" of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge
Lake Washington Floating Bridge
The Lake Washington Floating Bridge could refer to one of three floating bridges on Lake Washington:* Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, opened in 1940 to carry U.S. Route 10 and now carries Interstate 90....

. Lightfoot was a very important citizen of early Mercer Island. He also was a vaudeville musician who performed under the stage name, "The Jolly Hobo Globetrotter".
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