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Birthplace of White House Aide Mary Elizabeth Carpenter

Great-granddaughter of builders. Daughter of Thomas S. and Mary Elizabeth (Robertson) Sutherland.

First woman vice president of student body, University of Texas. Married Leslie Carpenter; has 2 children. In 1954 was president Women's National Press Club.

First woman ever to serve as ...

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Robertson Home

Built by Col. E.S.C. Robertson and wife, Mary Elizabeth (Dickey).

Rare ante-bellum plantation complex, comprising home, servant quarters, land, family cemetery, stables. Still a working ranch.

The house, occupied by fifth generation of Robertsons, is an example of Classical Revival style. Shows ...

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Booe - Inlow - d'Arlier Cultural Center

Prairie / Craftman House

HISTORIC LANDMARKS

OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY, INC.

Award

Presented to

BOOE - INLOW - D'ARLIER

CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

for the restoration

and preservation of the

Prairie / Craftman House

D'Arlier Cultural Center

Built in 1908-9

April 18, 2009

Marker is on North Mill Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

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Stede Bonnet / Richard Worley

Near this spot in the autumn of 1718, Stede Bonnet, Notorious "Gentleman Pirate", and twenty nine of his men, captured by Colonel William Rhett, met their just deserts after a trial and charge, famous in American history, by Chief Justice ...

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The Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company/Rebirth of the Elgin & Be

 

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The Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company

The Elgin & Belvidere interurban line carried passengers and freight between its named endpoints for more than two decades, until growth in private auto ownership, better roads, and the Depression drove the ...

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All about nets

Nets were the heroes of rough-fish removal. Seine nets made high-volume carp fishing possible. They were used under harsh conditions and needed constant care. To extend net lifespans, Fish Camp crews tried to avoid dragging the heavy seines over rough ...

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Bingham School

Founded as Mt. Repose by William Bingham ca. 1815; closed in 1827. Stood 1½ mi. N. Later operated in Orange Co.

Marker is at the intersection of Lynch Store Road and North Carolina Highway 119N, on the right on Lynch Store ...

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Jacob Albright

The son of German immigrants, Jacob Albright (1759 - 1808) founded the Evangelical Association, preached to poor farmers, and rose to become Bishop in the Methodist Church. His grave is nearby at Albright Memorial Church.

Marker is on Pennsylvania Route 897 ...

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Archibald Rutledge Birthplace

 

Side A

Archibald Hamilton Rutledge (1883-1973), educator, man of letters, and the first poet laureate of S.C., was born at this site, in a house known to the Rutledge family as "Summer Place." Rutledge, who grew up here and ...

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Birthplace of Swine Improvement in America

First Ohio Testing Station 1946

Marker can be reached from South Franklin St..

Courtesy hmdb.org

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