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By Cosmos Mariner, September 21, 2017
John Paul Riddle Marker (side 2)
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1 Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville — 2251 — John Paul Riddle — 1901-1989
(side 1) Aviation pioneer graduated from Pikeville College Academy in 1920. Flew plane under Pikesville’s Middle Bridge on July 4, 1923. Trained as a pilot in US Army, he & T. Higbee Embry founded the Embry-Riddle Flying School . . . Map (db m110100) HM
2 Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville — 1959 — Effie Waller Smith — 1879–1960
Side A Born in Pike County, this poet was a daughter of former slaves, Frank and Sibbie Waller. All of their children attained a greater degree of education than usual at that time. They earned teaching certificates at Ky. State Normal . . . Map (db m146166) HM
3 Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville — 52 — James A. Garfield
Here Col. Garfield was commissioned Brigadier General in the Union army. The man who later became president was sworn in as general by Squire Charles of Pike County January 1862.Map (db m146169) HM
4 Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville — 1728 — Hatfield-McCoy Feud / McCoy Graves Here
The feud resulted, in part, from Civil War conflicts, romantic entanglements, family-oriented discord, property and election disputes, mixed with mountain pride. Violence surrounding clan leaders Anderson Hatfield and Randolph McCoy . . . Map (db m146181) HM
5 Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville — Mayor Hambley: Cut-Thru was ‘an act of God’
In a coma for 11 days due to typhoid fever, young Billy Hambley saw an “enormous sphere of brilliant white light, a crystal-clear ball,” that hovered over him for some time. As he matured, he wondered what the sphere meant as he pondered his . . . Map (db m273100) HM
6 Kentucky, Pike County, Pikeville — Pauley Bridge
Designer: O.S. Batten Contractor: Local WPA Crews Year Built: 1936 The Pauley Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 Renovation was completed in 2006 and re-opened as a pedestrian and bicycle . . . Map (db m198614) HM
 
 
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