Thomas Hunt Morgan / Genetic Research

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Thomas Hunt Morgan

Winner of 1933 Nobel Prize was born in Hunt-Morgan house, 1866; grew up here. A nephew of John Hunt Morgan, he attended State College of Ky. (Univ. of Ky.). Taught at Columbia Univ. and there, influenced by Mendel's ...

German Evangelical Church, 1860

Under the brick veneer is the

framework of the original

German Evangelical Church, 1860.

Marker is at the intersection of Bridge Street and 11th Street, on the left when traveling east on Bridge Street.

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Colonel Orlin Thurston

Commanded Allen County Troops

Found dying Secrest

Saw Mill Owner. State Senator.

Founded Newspaper.

Abolitionist.

Marker is on 8th Street near Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Abel Secrest

Farmer Abel Secrest

was shot by Confederates

Oct. 14, 1861

after refusing to

give up his mules.

Marker is on 8th Street near Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north.

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J. A. Coffey

Founder of Humboldt 1857

and Coffeyville 1869

Marker is on 8th Street near Bridge Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Confederate Soldier

was shot here Oct. 14, 1861, as he tried to remove Union flag.

Marker is at the intersection of Bridge Street and 9th Street, on the right when traveling east on Bridge Street.

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A Community Attic

Senate House State Historic Site

This Georgian Revival style museum was built in 1927 to house and display Senate House State Historic Site’s expanding collections. Today’s permanent and temporary exhibits showcase Hudson Valey decorative and fine arts, including works by ...

A Radical Idea: Government by the People

Senate House State Historic Site

Consider the sacrifices made by ordinary citizens like Abraham van Gaasbeck, who risked his life, family, and property, when he offered his modest stone house as a meeting place for the first New York State ...

The Lost Speech

"I look upon that enactment not as a 'law,' but as 'violence' from the beginning. It was conceived in violence, passed in violence, is maintained in violence, and is being executed in violence. I say it was 'conceived' in violence, ...

Julius H. Ruhl Residence

A native of Prussia, Julius H. Ruhl came to Galveston in 1872. He served as cashier and clerk for the mercantile firm of Kauffman & Runge until his death in 1882. This home, which Ruhl had constructed in 1874-75, remained ...