Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...
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ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd...
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ROGERS RANGERS The rivers' junction two miles north was rendezvous for Rogers Rangers after their destruction of St. Francis, Que., Oct. 4, 1759. Pursuing Indians and starvation had plagued their...
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NEW YORK RIDE OF SYMON SCHERMERHOORN ON NIGHT OF FEB. 8, 1690. ALTHOUGH WOUNDED HE RODE 20 MILES TO ALBANY WARNING SETTLERS STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1932
BROAD STREET SITE OF DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE During the first half of the nineteenth century, many buildings on Broad Street between Church and East Bay Streets served as auction houses and...
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BEAVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ISLAND The Assassination of King Strang In 1856, growing friction within Beaver Island's Mormon community finally erupted. Two of James Jesse Strang's disgruntled...
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