John B. Anderson Memorial Library

The

John B. Anderson

Memorial Library

Erected A.D. 1901

by

Andrew Carnegie

in grateful remembrance

of Mr. Anderson

who opened his own

private library

for the working boys

of

Allegheny City,

of whom

Mr. Carnegie was one.

Marker is on College of Emporia Drive, on the right when traveling west.

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J. Marion Sims

J. Marion Sims 1813 1883 Where the love of man is there also is love of the art. Hippocrates

(Lower Left):

The first surgeon of the ages in ministry to women treating alike empress and slave

(Lower Right):

He founded the science of gynecology ...

Hammond Junior College

Original site of Hammond Junior College, predecessor of Southeastern La. Univ. Funded by S. Tangipahoa tax. Opened Sept. 14, 1925 w/40 students and a facilty of 5. Linus A. Sims was the first president.

Marker is at the intersection of West ...

Josiah Flagg

1763~1816

In this Churchyard is Buried Josiah Flagg

1763~1816

First native born American to make dentistry his life work and the first to carry to any foreign land evidence of American Dental Progress.

Soldier in the American Revolution, sailor in ...

Gedney Main Howe, Jr

1914 - 1981

(Front)

The man we honor and

here remembered served his

country in the time of war,

his state in time of peace.

In his beloved Charleston,

he was the preeminent Trial

Lawyer of the 20th Century, yet his

reach was broader than the law.

With ...

Juan de Padilla Memorial

Quivira

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Juan de Padilla

Martyr for the Faith

Yielded his life here

in 1542

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Coronado 1541

J.V. Brower 1896

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John Todd Stuart, 1807-1885

Abraham Lincoln’s friend and 1st law partner was born on Nov. 10, 1807, in Fayette Co. The son of a Presbyterian minister & Mary Todd Lincoln’s aunt, Stuart graduated from Centre College in 1826. Two years later he became a ...

Jackson City Hall

Built 1846-47 by slave labor, of handmade brick. Original cost $7505.58. John Oldham, Mayor, Will Gibbon Arch. Used as hospital for both Union and Confederate soldiers during war between the states. This building was spared when the town, having been ...

Father Juan de Padilla & Quivira

In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado marched north from Mexico with 300 Spaniards in search of the "Seven Golden Cities of Cibola." With them were several priests, including Juan de Padilla, a Franciscan friar. When the golden cities proved ...

Jacob B. Ehrsam

March 25, 1841 - March 8, 1924

Pioneer & Founder of

The J. B. Ehrsam and Sons

Manufacturing Company

Marker is at the intersection of Factory Street (Kansas Route 43) and 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on Factory Street.

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