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By Brian Scott, August 19, 2015
Home of Thomas E. Watson Marker
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1 Georgia, McDuffie County, Thomson — 94-1 — Home of Thomas E. Watson(1856–1922)
On Tom Watson Way, on the right when traveling west.
After passing the state Bar in 1876, native Thomas E. Watson returned to Thomson and lived in this house with his family from 1881 to 1900. In his first floor office Watson began his law and writing career and entered politics. He served in the . . . Map (db m9475) HM
2 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — Charles Town Post OfficeJefferson County Jail
On South George Street (West Virginia Route 115) at Washington Street (West Virginia Route 51), on the right when traveling south on South George Street.
On the site of this Post Office stood the Jefferson County Jail where John Brown and his fellow prisoners were confined after their raid on Harpers Ferry in October 1859. After court trial John Brown was taken from the Jail here to his death on . . . Map (db m2027) HM
3 Maryland, Carroll County, Westminster — The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service
On Main Street (Maryland Route 32) at Longwell Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
In the United States was inaugurated by the post office department on December 20, 1899 covering the whole of Carroll County and small parts of adjacent counties with Westminster as the central distributing point.Map (db m3023) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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