Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill (HM1PHS)

Location: Wise, VA 24293 Wise County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 58.514', W 82° 35.639'

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Napoleon Hill was born nearby on 26 Oct. 1883.
At age 13, he became a "mountain reporter" for small
town newspapers. He left Southwest Virginia in 1908
to write magazine profiles of such business leaders as
Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison.
Hill virtually invented the gospel of personal achievement by distilling their principles of financial success into several motivational books. He published
Think and Grow Rich, the century's most popular such
book, in 1937. Hill lectured widely and served as
an advisor to presidents Woodrow Wilson and
Franklin D. Roosevelt, He died in Greenville, SC,
on 7 Nov. 1870.
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HM NumberHM1PHS
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Marker NumberKA-17
Year Placed1995
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, November 22nd, 2015 at 5:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 358122 N 4093312
Decimal Degrees36.97523333, -82.59398333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 58.514', W 82° 35.639'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 58' 30.84" N, 82° 35' 38.34" W
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Area Code(s)276
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near US-23, Wise VA 24293, US
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