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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64L_clemson-university_Clemson-SC.html
[Front]:Clemson University was founded in 1889 as the Clemson Agricultural College of S.C., with its origins in the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 creating public land-grant colleges. It was established by a bequest from Thomas Green Clemson (1807…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64K_death-of-general-walker_Atlanta-GA.html
July 22, 1864. Maj. Gen. W.H.T. Walker, commanding a div. of Hardee's A.C., (CS) while directing his troops toward the battlefield, reached a close proximity to this spot at noon where, pausing to reconnoiter the area, he was shot from horse by a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64J_the-mural-story_Leonardtown-MD.html
The mural scene depicts various time periods in Leonardtown's history.In general, the left side of the painting presents an older time period,around the turn of the century. As you move to the right, the chronologyadvances to a point in the mid 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64I_asbury-f-lever_Clemson-SC.html
Asbury Francis Lever served in Congress, 1901-1919. On May 8, 1914, the Smith-Lever Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Lever, was signed into law, providing for cooperative agricultural extension services to be administered by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64H_first-blendon-presbyterian-church_Westerville-OH.html
On this site in 1829 the Presbyterians of Blendon Township built their first church. The land was donated by Timothy Lee for "church and burial" purposes. The Reverend Ebenezer Washburn, buried here, was the first minister. The church was destroye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64G_fort-hill-plantation-office_Clemson-SC.html
John C. Calhoun's Plantation Office was his private sanctuary and housed both his study and library during his twenty-five year residency at Fort Hill. In this building Calhoun developed and set forth his most historically significant constitution…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64F_the-french-lines_Ticonderoga-NY.html
Built by troops underMontcalm July 6-7, 1758.Repaired byAmerican troops 1776.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64E_site-of-the-first-meeting-of-the-board-of-trustees-of-the-clemson-agricultural-college_Clemson-SC.html
On this spot, under a great oak three which stood here, the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Clemson Agricultural College was held May 2, 1888.
The following is a copy of the record of that meeting.
"Fort Hill, Oconee County, So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64D_george-augustus-viscount-howe_Ticonderoga-NY.html
To commemoratethe heroic gallantry andnoble characterofGeorge AugustusViscount HoweBrigadier-GeneralofHis Majesty's Forcesin America.Killed near Trout Brooktwo days beforethe great battle of CarillonJuly 6, 1758.His death an irreparable lossto the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64C_the-black-watch_Ticonderoga-NY.html
The Saint Andrews Society of Glens Falls, N.Y. erected this tablet to commemorate the heroic gallantry of the 42d Regiment of Foot better known as "The Royal Highlanders" of "The Black Watch" who on July 8, 1758 lost here in killed and wounded ove…