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The Famous Hotel El Paso de Robles 1891 - 1940
Historic Site
On May 11, 1889, with one million bric...
Living Off the Land
The Lincolns moved to Knob Creek after a title dispute for...
Korczak Ziolkowski
1908-1982
Born in Boston, Korczak Ziolkowski was a c...
Abbott Schools
The public school system in Abbott began in 1885 when a on...
Algonquin Provincial Park
Le Parc Provincial Algonquin
Established in 1893, Al...
Richard J. Arnold
Richard James Arnold (1796-1873) acquired nearby White Hal...
Two Miles South of this town Abraham Lincoln was born ...
Two miles south of this town Abraham Lincoln was bo...
Rice Cultivation on the Ogeechee
The production of rice on Bryan Neck utilized upstream fre...
The Clay Family of Bryan Neck
In this cemetery are interred members of the Clay family, ...
George W. McAllister
Buried here is George Washington McAllister (1781-1850), a...
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The Famous Hotel El Paso de Robles 1891 - 1940
Historic Site
On May 11, 1889, with one million bricks piled at this site, the laying of the foundation of this famous hotel was begun.
In November of 1889, the El Paso de Robles Hotel Company was incorporated with five stockholders: Drury ...
Living Off the Land
The Lincolns moved to Knob Creek after a title dispute forced them to leave Sinking Spring Farm. Here Thomas Lincoln rented 30 acres of fertile fields, hardly enough land to sustain a family in those times. Thomas and Nancy Lincoln ...
Korczak Ziolkowski
1908-1982
Born in Boston, Korczak Ziolkowski was a completely self taught American original of Polish descent. Early in his career, he moved to West Hartford, to establish his studio and begin life as a professional artist. He began to sell commissioned ...
Abbott Schools
The public school system in Abbott began in 1885 when a one-story frame schoolhouse was constructed on the east side of town. It housed 140 pupils and three teachers. A two-story brick structure, built at this site in 1911, served ...
Algonquin Provincial Park
Le Parc Provincial Algonquin
Established in 1893, Algonquin was the first provincial park in Canada and the forerunner of Ontario’s extensive park system. Many methods now used across Canada to administer multi-purpose parks and explain nature to the public were developed ...
Richard J. Arnold
Richard James Arnold (1796-1873) acquired nearby White Hall Plantation through his marriage in 1823 to Louisa Gindrat. A Rhode Island native, Arnold invested heavily in White Hall for the cultivation of cotton and in his Cherry Hill and Mulberry tracts ...
Two Miles South of this town Abraham Lincoln was born ...
Two miles south of this town Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809.
Erected with appropriations made by the Legislature of Kentucky and the Congress of the United States of America
Anno Domini MCMIX (1909)
Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln ...
Rice Cultivation on the Ogeechee
The production of rice on Bryan Neck utilized upstream fresh water and the tidal influences of the Ogeechee River. Heavy wooden trunks, or tidegates, along the levees and embankments in the rice fields allowed the inflow and outflow of fresh ...
The Clay Family of Bryan Neck
In this cemetery are interred members of the Clay family, among the most prominent of Bryan Neck and coastal Georgia from the colonial era of Georgia through the 19th century. Prominent among these are Thomas Savage Clay (1801-1849) and his ...
George W. McAllister
Buried here is George Washington McAllister (1781-1850), a prominent planter of Bryan County. In 1817, McAllister acquired Strathy Hall Plantation on the Ogeechee River where he cultivated rice and was one of the largest slave owners on Bryan Neck. McAllister ...