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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «grant county» AND «washington»

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By Shirley A Stirling, May 21, 2026
Early Days in Ephrata Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Washington, Grant County, Ephrata — Early Days in Ephrata —
Ephrata was a summer Indian camp. Hundreds of Indians spent weeks gathering roots at the springs west of here. Ephrata was the gateway between Walla Walla & Okanogan. Indians, military expeditions, and wagons traveled here in 1880. The first . . . — — Map (db m129093) HM

2 ► Washington, Grant County, Ephrata — Gladys Fuller Washington — (From Nat Jr. Interview) — Champion of Literacy —
Gladys Fuller was born in 1890 in Sydney (now known as Port Orchard) and attended Bremerton High School. In 1910, she received a teaching certificate from Bellingham Normal and got her first job that year, teaching 5th and 6th grades in Almira. She . . . — — Map (db m315876) HM
3 ► Washington, Grant County, Ephrata — Nat Washington House —
Governor's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation & Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Recognizes that the Washington House in Ephrata, Washington has been listed on the Washington Heritage Register of . . . — — Map (db m308813) HM

4 ► West Virginia, Mineral County, Elk Garden — Mineral County / Grant County —
Mineral County. Formed from Hampshire in 1866. Named for its great mineral deposits. In Mineral County is Fort Ashby, the only standing unit in the chain of frontier forts which were built in 1755 under Washington's orders. Grant . . . — — Map (db m34570) HM
5 ► Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Westown — Lisle "Liz" Blackbourn —
Idolized coach of several generations of high school, university and professional football stars while at Washington High 1925-47, Wisconsin U. 1948, Marquette U. 1950-53 and 1959-60. Head coach of the Green Bay Packers, 1954-57. Born at Beetown, . . . — — Map (db m96237) HM

6 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion, Center Township — Willis VanDevanter — Reported permanently removed
AEP-Indiana Michigan Power knows all about power and they have graciously helped CSA sponsor this electric personality from Marion who went on to become one of the most powerful people in America. Willis Van Devanter, the first Hoosier to serve . . . — — Map (db m265675) HM

7 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion — WW II Grant County (Indiana) Veterans Memorial —
(center panel) World War II 1941 - 1945 All Gave Some Some Gave All (left panel) ** The Supreme Sacrifice ** (left column) Edward Leroy Addison • Bruce Adkins • Donald Perry Adkins • George Corwin . . . — — Map (db m44410) WM
8 ► Indiana, Grant County, Marion, Center Township — Kenesaw Mountain Landis — Reported permanently removed
Moorehead Communications, whose stores do business as TCC, has graciously helped CSA by sponsoring Kenesow Mountain Landis, a brilliant communicator in his own right. This former Marion resident helped clean up America's past time and became the . . . — — Map (db m265678) HM
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9 ► West Virginia, Grant County, Petersburg — The Irish Brigade & the McNeill Rangers / The Civil War Comes to Hardy County — Military Events near Petersburg, WV —
The Irish Brigade & the McNeill Rangers General James A. Mulligan, USA Born June 25, 1830 in Utica, NY, James Adelbert Mulligan was a spirited Irish-American who wore a green scarf in combat. At the outbreak of the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m253588) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 12, 2026