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Hoag-Faubion-Fuchs House

William H. Hoag, an electrical engineer from New York City, and his wife Beatrice built this house in 1910. The Hoags sold the house to local farmer and rancher Sam Faubion in 1914. Faubion rented the home to rancher, farmer, ...

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This Old Federal Land Office

[Left Historical Marker]:

This Land Office was established by Congress

on May 10, 1800.

President John Adams appointed David Hoge

as Land and Title Registrar, which position

he held for forty years.

In 1801 Mr. Hoge bought the lot on North Third

Street from Bezaleel Wells, founder ...

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Confederate States Soldiers and Sailors

(Tampa)

In Honor and Memory

Of Confederate States

Soldiers and Sailors

1861 — 1865

Interred Here

Erected 1975 by

The Heights Garden Circle

John T. Lesley S.C.V. Camp

United Daughters of the Confedercy

Marker can be reached from East Harrison ...

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Clark Family Farm

In 1754, John and Ann Rogers Clark, with their sons Jonathan and George Rogers, moved from Albemarle County to a farm four miles west. There were born Ann, John, Richard, Edmund, Lucy, Elizabeth, William and Frances. During the Revolutionary War, ...

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The Village of Kennett

In 1843,

the village

of Kennett

was founded near

the campsite of

Chickasaw Indian

Chief Chilletecaux

Marker is at the intersection of College Street and Cedar Street, on the right when traveling north on College Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Lafayette and Cornwallis

The Marquis de Lafayette and his outnumbered colonial troops abandoned Richmond on 27 May 1781 to avoid Gen. Charles Cornwallis's approaching forces. Lafayette marched north from Richmond through Hanover County and likely crossed the nearby North Anna River by 31 ...

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Home of Samuel Henry Rumph

This house was built in 1904 as the residence of Samuel Henry Rumph (1851-1922), father of Georgia's commercial peach industry. A noted horticulturist, he originated the Elberta peach at his Willow Lake Nursery. three miles east, 1870- 1875. His invention, ...

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Fighting in a Forest Primeval

Kings Mountain...would have enabled us to oppose a superior force with advantage had it not been covered with wood which sheltered the Americans and enabled them to fight in their favorite manner.

Alexander Chesney, South Carolina loyalist

The woods you see around ...

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The Commissariat Office

The office for the Commissariat Department was built in 1831 near the government wharf and storehouse. Commissary officials purchased from local contractors the flour, beef, straw and firewood used by troops. They also managed Fort Malden's finances, including the soldiers' ...

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Medora Field Perkerson

Author - Newspaper Columnist

Medora Field (1892-1960) was born nearby on the site of the present Lindale Baptist Church. In her early twenties she became a member of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine staff, and later was married to Angus Perkerson, its ...

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