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Born July 2, 1864, Boonville, MissouriDied July 29, 1935, Columbia, Missouri
Editor - The Advertiser - Boonville, Missouri - 1884-1889Editor - The Herald - Columbia Missouri - 1889-1908Founder and Dean of First School of Journalism in the Worldat the Uni…
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Born in slavery in St. Louis County, Mo.Freed 1843Founder, Elias Buckner African-American School in Boonville 1869Established 32 Missouri schools for African-Americans in 1870Secured state funding for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University)Secretary, M…
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David Barton was born December 14, 1783, near Greeneville, North Carolina (now Tennessee). He came to the then-Louisiana Territory in 1809. Though Barton had some legal training, his first job was teaching in St. Charles. When the Missouri Territory was for…
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Dedicated to honor Private Joe P. Martinez, Colorado's first Congressional Medal of Honor recipient of World War II.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMV29_waiting-for-the-train_Morgan-Hill-CA.html
This bronze sculpture depicts one of Morgan Hill's early founding families, Hiram Morgan Hiss, his wife Diana and their daughter Diane. In 1898, when the first Southern Pacific station was built, many visitors would request the train stop at "Morgan Hill's …
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Second Secretary of the Smithsonian InstitutionPioneer in American Natural History
[on reverse of statue:] ("Opus, Baskin, 1976")
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InCommemoration of The Pony ExpressA fleeting but exciting epoch in theWinning of the West——————Erected April 4, 1963by Harrah'sWilliam F. Harrah, President ——————The first Pony Express…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMVBH_samuel-champlain_Plattsburgh-NY.html
This monument was dedicated on July 6, 1912to the memory ofSamuel Champlainfirst European to behold our great forests andlofty mountains, and first to traverse this inlandwaterway, which later became so rich in fame.Champlain was born in Brouage, France (15…
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[East Inscription]:A Century of ServiceBorn December 5, 1902 in Edgefield, South Carolina, Strom Thurmond provided nearly a century of service to the Palmetto State and to this nation. Highlights of his extraordinary life include:Participation in the D-Day …
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In Grateful Memory of OurVeterans ofAll American Wars