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Asa Clark

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Asa Clark Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2013
1. Asa Clark Marker
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Born: February 15, 1873
Died: Janaury 9, 1934

Asa gave his life and service to the City of Corning while fulfilling his duties as night marshall
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Law Enforcement. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1872.
 
Location. 39° 39.342′ N, 96° 1.541′ W. Marker is in Corning, Kansas, in Nemaha County. It is on Atlantic south of 6th Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in the town park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Corning KS 66417, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Former Location of Corning Rural High School (within shouting distance of this marker); Goff Elementary & Goff Rural High School
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(approx. 5 miles away); Veteran's Memorial (approx. 8½ miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 8½ miles away); Original Town Well (approx. 8.9 miles away); Pony Express Home Station (approx. 12½ miles away); The Smith Hotel (approx. 12½ miles away); The Railroads (approx. 12½ miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Asa N. Clark at Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial. (Submitted on March 18, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
 
Asa Clark Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 11, 2013
2. Asa Clark Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 9, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 18, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 592 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 18, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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