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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TST_lincolns-mentor-historical_Summersville-KY.html
Three miles west, birthplace of Mentor Graham, 1800-86, "The Man Who Taught Lincoln". Sixty years a teacher. Green County 1818-26. After Illinois voted down slavery, moved to New Salem, 1826. There, from 1831-37, as tutor and friend, he …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TSQ_iron-in-green-county-iron-made-in-kentucky-historical_Summersville-KY.html
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Iron in Green County
Three iron furnaces built along Brush Creek after iron ore was found, 1815. Jacob Holderman and Charles Wilkins built furnace and forge, 1816, 10 miles downstream. Joseph Harrison erected furnace, 1819, downstre…