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By Brandon D Cross, October 2, 2020
United States Military Academy Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
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| | NY Central Depot
Home of
Senior Citizens of Western
Orleans County
Since Jun 1968
Listed on
The National Register
of Historic Places in 1995
as part of
Medina Main Street Historic District — — Map (db m158006) HM |
| | who gallantly gave his life in the cause of freedom although his only weapon was faith
Lieutenant Capodanno, a Catholic chaplain, was born in Staten Island on February 13, 1929. He was posthumously presented this nations highest award for . . . — — Map (db m158062) WM |
| | To honor the memory of
Cpl. Michael J. Leonard
U.S. Army
Killed in Action
France July 16, 1918
and all deceased members of Grasmere Post No.119
American Legion
May 30, 1968 — — Map (db m158357) WM |
| | Nicholas De Matti Playground is one of nine playgrounds that Parks built through a war memorial fund. They opened simultaneously on July 15, 1934. Nicholas De Matti was a Private, First Class, in Company K, 310th Infantry, 78th Division, and a . . . — — Map (db m158616) HM WM |
| | World Renowned Civil Engineer
Othmar Hermann Ammann
1879-1965
This memorial has been placed by his colleagues at this site
His last and greatest work
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
American Society of Civil Engineers and Metropolitan . . . — — Map (db m158465) HM |
| | Completed 1964 was the final Link on the Metropolitan Arterial System affording Through Highway Travel to the South and West.
Map of the principal Routes of Travel existing previous to and during the American Revolutionary Period — — Map (db m158225) HM |
| | History of the John Brown Hiking Trails and Mohawk River State Park
Named for local preservationist, the John Brown Hiking Trails wind
through 100 acres on Niskayuna Town land and 117 acres on the
Mohawk River State Park, formerly the . . . — — Map (db m158316) HM |
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First Lutheran
Congregation
In Schoharie County
Founded In 1745 by
Rev. Peter N. Sommers
— — Map (db m158249) HM |
| | Listed on the
State & National
Register of
Historic Places.
1816 - 1906 - 2006 — — Map (db m157960) HM |
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Miami Chapel Cemetery. Around 1843, local Methodists organized a new Methodist Episcopal church at Fair Play and later erected a brick chapel. The congregation was short-lived, however, and fell into decline after one of its leading members, . . . — — Map (db m158422) HM |
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John Stewart Black (1891-1936) was a Vaudeville performer and songwriter who penned the classic "Paper Doll." He is also remembered for "Dardanella," which he called his "gift to the musical world." "Dardanella", recorded by the Ben Selvin . . . — — Map (db m158421) HM |
| | In 1884 the Ohio General Assembly authorized “the burial of the body of any honorably discharged ex-union soldier, sailor or marine of this state who shall hereafter die without leaving means sufficient to defray funeral expenses.” . . . — — Map (db m158055) HM |
| | John T. Crawford (1813-1880), was a white Union soldier. In gratitude for the kindnesses he received from African-Americans during the Civil War, Crawford willed his 18 1/2-acre farm to be used as a "home, for aged, indigent worthy colored men, . . . — — Map (db m158446) HM |
| | Population growth in the newly settled communities of Cincinnati (1788) and Hamilton (1791) led to a call to improve the early Native American and military foot trail that connected the two settlements. The Cincinnati and Hamilton Turnpike Company . . . — — Map (db m158442) HM |
| | To the memory
of the
Revolutionary Soldiers
buried in Morrow Co. — — Map (db m158023) HM |
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Dedicated to the
heroic valor and patriotic spirit
of the men and women
who served in the Armed Forces
of the United States of America
[Second Marker]
Dedicated to the
Glory of
Almighty God
in memory of the
veterans who . . . — — Map (db m158025) WM |
| | Dedicated in honor to those of this county who served their country in all wars. — — Map (db m158026) WM |
| | In recognition of
the patriotism of
the people of
Morrow County
who oversubscribed their
War Savings Quota in 1918
this tablet is
gratefully erected by the
Ohio War Savings Committee — — Map (db m158027) WM |
| | “The Torch of Liberty”
This shaft was donated by the Ohio War Savings Committee to the County of Morrow as an award to her citizens who, in aid of the government, purchased more War Savings Stamps per capita than any other county in the . . . — — Map (db m158028) WM |
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Presbyterian minister Hugh Stewart Fullerton
asked his congregation in 1841: “Shall we
endeavor to form an academy to provide better
educational advantages to the young citizens
of this remote community?” Predating the founding of . . . — — Map (db m158174) HM |
| | Built in 1925 by the Leithausers, an early Sisters family. The structure served as a general store until 1950, when a new store was built two lots to the West. Over the years, the building has been used as a barber shop, variety store, yarn mill and . . . — — Map (db m158083) HM |
| | The original structure on this site was owned by the Aitken family and called the Sisters Drug Store. It also housed the town post office. The upstairs was used by the Forest Service to store records. It was destroyed by the fire of 1923. Shortly . . . — — Map (db m158082) HM |
| | For most of the year, this platform sat empty and quiet. For two or three weeks in the spring, however, this small space bustled with bawling sheep, sweaty workmen, and grinding machinery.
Each of the ten workstations was supplied with sheep from . . . — — Map (db m158070) HM |
| | After the sheep were sheared, they went to pasture for the summer, typically a grazing allotment on one of the national forests. Herders trailed the sheep to and from the allotment on foot with the help of skilled dogs, a trip that could take as . . . — — Map (db m158067) HM |
| | You are standing in the middle of a lively watershed. Supporting a diverse community of aquatic and terrestrial life, the John Day River is the longest free-flowing river west of the Rocky Mountains, flowing over 280 miles to its mouth at the . . . — — Map (db m158071) HM |
| | Wool bag stand and bag from the Trosper Ranch near Antone, OR, about 1900.
At shearing time each spring, wool freshly sheared was packed in burlap bags for shipment. The cut wool was tossed into the bag. A person, usually a youth, was inside the . . . — — Map (db m158068) HM |
| | Thousands of Oregon Trail emigrant passed this way toward new lives in a place Abigail Scot, emigrant of 1852, called the "Garden of the World" The Willamette Valley was nearly 2,000 miles from Missouri, and by the time emigrants reached this . . . — — Map (db m158539) HM |
| | "The first locomotive ever run over the first railroad ever built in the state of Oregon"
Early travel on the Oregon Trail was extremely dangerous. The last 100 miles of the journey westward from The Dalles to the Willamette . . . — — Map (db m158538) HM |
| | Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the two great American explores who made secure claim of the United States for the Oregon Country, passed along this stretch of the Columbia River with their Corp of Discovery on their way to the Pacific Ocean on . . . — — Map (db m158543) HM |
| | The glistening tide of salmon returning annually to spawn in the Columbia River and its tributaries was of legendary proportions. For thousands of years, American Indians used spears and dip nets to harvest this seasonal bounty. But fishwheels . . . — — Map (db m158545) HM |
| | Determining the exact location of the campsite used by the Lewis and Clark expedition is not as easy as it may seem. Archaeological evidence of the Lower Portage Camp below the Great Falls of the Missouri was announced by Ken Karsmirki in 1994. In . . . — — Map (db m158412) HM |
| | Although the Lewis and Clark expedition established Rock Fort under ominous conditions, their experience was not as threatening as they had been warned. It is possible that the perceived hostility had more to do with the tensions between the . . . — — Map (db m158411) HM |
| | Assets of the Columbia River, from the Dalles east at the Long Narrows and Cielo Falls was the most productive fishing area in North America. The power of salmon in the lives of American Indians living along the Columbia River can not be . . . — — Map (db m158361) HM |
| | On the journey down the Columbia, the expedition relied upon the Nez Perce chief Twisted Hair (Walamo> ńus'ynia) for his knowledge of the river rapids and interpretive skills with the downstream people.
As the expedition passed village . . . — — Map (db m158410) HM |
| | Tucked along the bluffs above the Columbia River lies a hidden treasure: the Historic Columbia River Highway. This grand road - the first scenic highway in the United States - was built in the early 1900s by engineers and architects eager to create . . . — — Map (db m158537) HM |
| | In 1804-1806, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the Corps of Discovery on an epic journey. Charged by President Thomas Jefferson to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisiana territory, they mapped the . . . — — Map (db m158417) HM |
| | "...at three in the evening we arrived at the entrance to Quinnette creek (known today as Mill Creek) which we ascended a short distance and encamped at the place we have called rock fort camp." - Meriwether Lewis, April 13, 1806 . . . — — Map (db m158415) HM |
| | (The left side of this marker is badly damaged. This is the best interpretation the contributor could make out.)
Along time ago my people in the Cascades learned that white men would come. One old man, I believe, learned of it at night. He . . . — — Map (db m158362) HM |
| | The Dalles has long been a center of commerce between the Pacific Coast and inland Plateau. Chinook Indian traders, negotiated trade using "Chinookk jargon,' a mixture of Salish, Nootka, Chinook, and eventually English. Here could be found trade . . . — — Map (db m158363) HM |
| | For Whom Wheeler County Was Named
First President of East Oregon Pioneer Assn. Also U.S. Mail carrier form the Dalles to Canyon City. Was attacked near this spot by Indians, was wounded, mail looted and coach destroyed. Sept. 7th, 1866 . . . — — Map (db m158075) HM |
| | (Three panel make up this marker.)
Climate changed doesn't happen overnight, nor is it a smooth process. The Painted Hills contain a record of both long term climate change as well as the fluctuations that occurred along the way. As . . . — — Map (db m158073) HM |
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1742
Pilger Ruh (Pilgram's Rest)
Named by Count
Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf
who with Conrad Weiser and
Moravian Missionaries rested here
besides this spring (Ludwig's Brunne)
on their way to visit Shawnee Indians
in Wyoming . . . — — Map (db m158052) HM |
| | The 1855
Alleghany Mennonite
Meetinghouse
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m158339) HM |
| | In honor of the men
from Caenarvon Township
who served in war to
establish this nation
and preserve its honor
Erected by the citizens
of Caenarvon Township
Dedicated May 30, 1924
[back side]
"Lest We Forget" . . . — — Map (db m158141) WM |
| | Blowing Engine House & Hot Blast Area
The mid-19th century style building with its Gothic windows housed a Weimer model 1889 steam engine to help power the Furnace.
This new hot blast method of producing super heated air replaced the giant . . . — — Map (db m158051) HM |
| | The Ironmaster's House
Constructed around 1792 [,] the Joanna Furnace Mansion was the home to the ironmaster and his family. Originally, a federal style home, the house was Victorianized in 1877 by the last ironmaster and his wife -- L. Heber . . . — — Map (db m158257) HM |
| | The Ore Roaster was added in the Fall of 1888 to help reduce the sulfur content of lower grade ore. This processed ore greatly reduced the smelting time when placed in the Furnace. The end result was a better quality iron.
Charged with . . . — — Map (db m158253) HM |
| | Widow of the revolutionary soldiers John Parker and later Daniel Ackley
In 1818 she made the long journey with her family of several children and her household goods from Wilkesbarre to this site, crossing mountains and fording rivers over . . . — — Map (db m158126) HM |
| | John Carter
- 1781
Chairman of Watauga Association and of the five commissioners who established that first written compact for civil government by American-born freemen. Chairman of Committee of Safety. In Revolution, colonel of militia . . . — — Map (db m157908) HM |
| | In 1772 the first court west of the Alleghanies was held under this tree
Additional marker:
In 1772, four years before the Declaration of Independence, settlers in the Watauga Valley adopted the “Articles of the Watauga . . . — — Map (db m157905) HM |
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The Belle Meade Distillery once stood 3 miles east of Belle Meade Farm on the Harding Pike (where St. Thomas Hospital stands today). The location was known as Bosley Springs, the waters from which feed the Richland Creek that runs in front of . . . — — Map (db m158321) HM |
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In 1884 the dairy house was completed with walls measuring two feet thick made of ashlar limestone, perfect for the cool keeping of dairy products. Nashville stonemason, Con
Callaghan, constructed the building in the Romanesque Revival style and . . . — — Map (db m158285) HM |
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In 1820 John Harding immensely improved his quality of life by constructing a six-room, brick federal style house on his property. Not long after finishing his new home he set to work on another improvement, building an ice house. An ice . . . — — Map (db m158324) HM |
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In 1807John Harding purchased 250 acres of land on the “east side of the Richland Creek including Dunham's Old Station”, and added a second room to the cabin for his growing family. The farm was strategically located on the . . . — — Map (db m158279) HM |
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In 1839 William Giles Harding commissioned the construction of a limestone burial vault for his recently deceased wife, Mary Selena McNairy Harding. This vault eventually became the final resting place for five generations of Harding-Jackson . . . — — Map (db m158319) HM |
| | Redoubt No. 4 lies before you, one of the last surviving features of the Battle of Nashville.
In early December 1864, C.S.A. General John Bell Hood brought the 25,000-man Army ofTennessee to Nashville, hoping to liberate the city and move into . . . — — Map (db m158271) HM |
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Due to the lack of records kept by slave owners, including those at Belle Meade, it is often difficult to piece together the full story of the daily lives and experiences of enslaved individuals. In particular, and particularly disheartening, is . . . — — Map (db m158289) HM |
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In 1865 one hundred thirty six (136) enslaved men, women, and children at Belle Meade Farm gained their freedom. With this freedom they gained the right to choose where they would live and work. Seventy-two (72) farm workers continued under . . . — — Map (db m158315) HM |
| | One of Nashville's oldest streets, Elliston Place was a popular commercial corridor by 1930. Elliston Place Soda Shop opened in 1939. In 1971 Owsley Manier and Brugh Reynolds
opened the listening-room style music venue Exit/In, named for its main . . . — — Map (db m158328) HM |
| | Baileyton
Originally settled around 1780 and known as Laurel Gap, this small community was renamed
Baileyton in 1892 and incorporated in 1915. This busy crossroads village had many general stores, smith shops, drug stands, saw and planing . . . — — Map (db m158132) HM |
| | One-half mile south of here, John Carter found an Indian fortified village, made peace with the Indians and established a camp for settlers, shortly after coming here from Surry Co., North Carolina, in 1783. Many settlers and their descendants are . . . — — Map (db m158136) HM |
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Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry are siblings living in Greeneville, Tennessee, who have made records as The Band Perry since 2005. They began their recording career in country music, switching to pop and country-influenced rock in 2016.
Kimberly . . . — — Map (db m158149) HM |
| | On August 12, 1797, in Greene County, Tennessee, land for a house of worship was deeded to trustees Seth Babb, John Carter, John Weems, Claudius Bailey, Thomas Babb, William Crumley, Stephen Babb, Thomas Bailey, and Thomas Doan of the Wesley's . . . — — Map (db m158134) HM |
| | On February 28, 1864, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet established his headquarters here in the house of Judge Samuel Milligan, a Unionist. The Greeneville Town Hall now occupies the site.
Gen. Robert E. Lee had detached Longstreet's First . . . — — Map (db m158138) HM |
| | Settled in 1746 by Mathias Wagner, the farm has remained in his family. It is one of the largest operating farms in the state. The first incorporated farm in the state, Maymead Stock Farm is both a National Bicentennial Farm and a Tennessee . . . — — Map (db m157917) HM |
| | Three principal Indian and pioneer trails
cut across Rutherford County connecting
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and
the Atlantic Coast substantially following
animal trails to salt and water. Great South
Trail continued to Alabama and . . . — — Map (db m158268) HM |
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Honoring the men and women of Rutherford County who served our country in World Wars One and Two and dedicated to the everlasting memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in those great conflicts for the freedom of all men thruout the . . . — — Map (db m158332) WM |
| | Judge and Mrs. Joseph A. Caldwell
relocated the 1840 Sullivan County
smokehouse to this site shortly after
1940 when they bought and restored
the Deery Inn for their residence. — — Map (db m158060) HM |
| | Dedicated to
the memory of the
Confederate soldiers
of
Sullivan County
Tennessee
War of 1861-65
Battle of Blountville
Sunday September 22,
1863 — — Map (db m158034) WM |
| | William Deery built this kitchen about
1810 to serve his inn. Virginia Caldwell
described it as "tumble-down” in 1940
before the west and north walls were
reconstructed. It served as her weave
house. It is now furnished as an early
1800s . . . — — Map (db m158064) HM |
| | Forged in Maryland by J. Regester & Sons, this bell was placed in a cupola atop the old section of the Sullivan County courthouse circa 1870, and hung there nigh 100 years.
This historic bell was mounted here on the courthouse lawn by the . . . — — Map (db m158019) HM |
| | James Brigham, a pioneer and Revolutionary War
soldier, purchased 1,070 acres along Muddy Creek
in modern-day Sullivan County between 1782 and
1787. On December 11, 1792, he deeded 30 acres
to John Anderson, George Maxwell, and . . . — — Map (db m158022) HM |
| | This 1790 log cabin was the office of the
James King Ironworks, which was located
at the junction of Beaver and Steele
Creeks near Bristol, TN. When the city
announced plans to construct its waste-
water treatment plant on the site in . . . — — Map (db m158063) HM |
| | Dedicated to all veterans
of Sullivan County
to the honor and glory
of those who proudly served
to keep our country a land of freedom
— — Map (db m158036) WM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m158017) HM |
| | On this site was formerly located the Bristol general Confederate Hospital. It was housed in the former Exchange Hotel erected in 1858 (later known as the Nickels House). The building was demolished in about 1898. Sick and wounded soldiers were . . . — — Map (db m157955) HM |
| | Under the massive oak 0.3 mi. SW, Col. John Pemberton assembled his command in late September, 1780 for service against the British. Joined by units from Virginia, they marched to Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga; thence the whole force, under Col. . . . — — Map (db m157949) HM |
| | The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA and . . . — — Map (db m158112) HM |
| | The large spring to the northwest
was a landmark to early settlers. In
his campaign against the Cherokees,
Col. William Christian established
his first camp here on October l-4,
1776. The Double Springs Church, to
the South, was founded by . . . — — Map (db m158131) HM |
| | After hiding by day with his groups of recruits for the Union Army from Confederate-held Tennessee in the dense undergrowth of White Oak Flats, Captain Dan Ellis passed them into Virginia near here, then crossed North Holston River before ascending . . . — — Map (db m158069) HM |
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In 1802 William King of Saltville, Virginia purchased two lots in Christianville where he built a dwelling, wharfs, warehouses and a store.
In 1818 Richard Netherland, Esquire, purchased the property and established a tavern on the Great Stage . . . — — Map (db m158080) HM |
| | Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church was organized 1820 as the Boat Yard Congregation. It predated the incorporation of Kingsport by two years. In 1846, Dr. Frederick A. Ross built the church on his property at his expense, utilizing the labor of his . . . — — Map (db m158078) HM |
| | Moses Cavett built the ironworks located here before 1795. Shortly after that year, John Sevier, his son and son-in-law acquired it. It was owned later by E. & E. Embree, east Tennessee ironmasters, whose Pactolus Nail Factory, located Ό mile . . . — — Map (db m158110) HM |
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By 1790 David Ross' ordinary at junction of Great Stage Road (Bloomingdale Pk.) & Reedy Creek Rd. (W. Sullivan St.); 1795 leased home/inn of Sheriff Wm. & Nancy McCormick; 1817 owned by Jacob & Amanda (Rose) Myers; 1854 owners, Draper then . . . — — Map (db m158106) HM |
| | In 1779, James Hollis, Sr. erected this house on Island Road, Tennessee's first wagon road, built in 1761. The Sullivan County Court met here from 1780 to 1792. John Yancey purchased the home in 1782, using it for Yancey's Tavern. By the 1840s, it . . . — — Map (db m158066) HM |
| | This stone manor and mill were built in 1778 by Jeremiah Dungan on property purchased
from the Watauga Association. It was taxed in 1779 by North Carolina in the first year
the state levied a property tax. Dungan's family ground grain until 1866, . . . — — Map (db m158267) HM |
| | This pioneer settler from Pennsylvania, a minister of the Church of the Brethren, built a two-story log house in 1793, which stands .2 mile northwest on the Old Stage Road. While not actually an inn, the house was often a stopping place for . . . — — Map (db m158255) HM |
| | Built between 1858 and 1859 for Joseph Keebler by various artisans, the original home consisted of two large rooms on each floor with a hallway and staircase. The walls were four bricks thick with windows of hand-blown glass. The kitchen, a separate . . . — — Map (db m158254) HM |
| | This 1778 landmark was the home of
Captain Christopher Taylor
Revolutionary War officer and a State of Franklin leader
Andrew Jackson
Seventh President of the United States
Boarded here in 1788 while practicing law in Jonesborough . . . — — Map (db m158251) HM |
| | 1Ό Mi. is the site of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and cemetery. Organized about 1807; reported in 1811 to the North Carolina Synod, and became charter member of Tennessee Synod in 1820. In its early years, services were held in both German and . . . — — Map (db m158201) HM |
| | Home of
Gov. John Sevier
Stood on hill 125 yds. N.W.
Limestone from original chimney — — Map (db m158200) HM |
| | This was built 1792 for George Gillespie by Seth Smith a Quaker stone mason from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. An early fort originally stood on the site, and was the dividing line between Washington and Greene Counties in 1783. This house was . . . — — Map (db m158190) HM |
| | First institution of learning
west of the Alleghanies
Founded in 1780
by
Rev. Samuel Doak
“Apostle of learning
and religion in the West”
whose body rests in the cemetery
adjoining the campus
has done service on this . . . — — Map (db m158193) HM |
| | Washington County
Established in 1777: named in honor of
George Washington
Colonel in the Colonial Army; Commander-in Chief of the Revolutionary Army and first resident of the United States of America.
Greene County
Established . . . — — Map (db m158191) HM |
| | The Volunteer State of Tennessee and this
small community of New Victory proudly
recognize brothers Robert D., Glenn W. and
James E. Tester who bravely served their
country during World War II. Growing up a
mile north of here, the sons of . . . — — Map (db m158242) HM WM |
| | In 1791, Seth Smith, a Pennsylvania
stonemason, built the house 0.6 mi.
W. of Telford and 300 yds. N. of
the road for the Quaker father of
Elihu, an early abolitionist, and
his brother, Elijah, an early iron-
master. The family came from . . . — — Map (db m158250) HM |
| | A member of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, George Washington Gentry came to Texas in 1835 with his father and brother. Settling what is now Washington County, he worked as a farmer and surveyor. He participated in the Texas Revolution, several Indian . . . — — Map (db m158029) HM |
| | Jo G Hardin (1850-1884) came to Comanche in 1872 about the same time as he and John Wesley's father, preacher Hardin moved to Comanche. He married Belle Adams and bought block 8 of original town survey which was the SE corner of the square. They . . . — — Map (db m158047) HM |
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