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Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone

Born October 11, 1872, in a modest cottage

1.7 miles southeast of here on Horseshoe Road,

Stone graduated from Amherst College and

Columbia Law School, returning to the latter

as Dean, 1910-1924. Attorney General in President Coolidge’s Cabinet,

he was appointed a Justice of the ...

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Howard's Lick/Jackson Home

Howard's Lick

Howard's Lick, or Lee White Sulphur Springs, was once owned by Gen. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee of Revolutionary War fame. It was owned later by Charles Carter Lee, brother of the beloved Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Jackson ...

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Captain Jack’s Stronghold

* <— 11 Miles *

From this fortress Captain Jack and his Indian forces successfully resisted capture by U.S. Army troops from December 1, 1872 to April 18, 1873. Other nearby landmarks of the Modoc Indian War are Canby's Cross, No.110 ...

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William J. Murphy

Founder of Glendale

Born August 23, 1839 – New Harford, New York

Died April 17, 1923 – Phoenix, Arizona

Buried Greenwood Cemetery

W. J. Murphy

Murphy came to Arizona from Illinois in 1880, to build a section of the Atlantic and Pacific (Santa Fe) Railroad. ...

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Monument to John Q. Marr

This stone marks the scene of the opening conflict of the war of 1861–1865, when John Q. Marr, Captain of the Warrenton Rifles, who was the first soldier killed in action, fell 800 ft. S. 46 W. Mag. of this ...

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Mrs. Eliza M. Jones

Sacred

to the memory of

Mrs. Eliza M.

The wife of

Lieut. W. E. Jones,

U.S. Mounted Rifles.

She was born on the 3rd of May 1884 in Washington County, Virginia, was married on the 15th of January 1852, and was drowned on the 26th of ...

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The Grave of Our Dear Mother, Judith Henry

Killed near this spot by the explosion of shells in her dwelling during the Battle of the 21st of July, 1861. When killed she was in her 85th year and confined to her bed by the infirmities of age.

Her husband ...

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St. John The Baptist Catholic Church

Erected 1845, tower and bell added 1888-1900

The first meeting of Catholics in Tuscaloosa was held in 1819. The first parochial school was opened in 1863. St. Paul’s Church, Birmingham, dedicated 1872, and churches in Selma, Blocton and Reform began as ...

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John A. Wilson

Born July 25, 1832, near Worthington, Ohio, John Alf Wilson lived at this site. At the age of 29, he enlisted in C. Company, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry under General O.M. Mitchell. General Mitchell consented to a dangerous mission led ...

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John Brown Tannery

John Brown of Ossawatomie and Harper's Ferry worked here as a tanner, 1825-35. The nearby house was then his home. His first wife and son are buried near.

Marker is on John Brown Road 0.2 miles south of Pennsylvania Route 77, ...

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