Doña Dolores "Lola" Chávez de Armijo

(1858-1929)

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In 1912, State Librarian Lola Chávez de Armijo filed a gender discrimination law suit after the governor sought to replace her by court order, claiming that as a woman, she was unqualified to hold office under the constitution and laws ...

The Honorable Mary Coon Walters / Chief Justice Pamela B. Minzne

Women of the Judiciary

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The Honorable Mary Coons Walters

(1922 - 2001)

Ms. Walters, who was a transport pilot during World War II, was the only woman in her UNM law school class when she graduated at age ...

Boyhood Home of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

Born in Prince Edward Co. on 3 Feb. 1807, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, the son of Judge Peter Johnston, moved a mile north of here with his family in 1811. He attended Abingdon Male Academy and graduated from the U.S. Military ...

Harvey Girls / Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, 1869 - 1958

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Harvey Girls

In 1883, the Fred Harvey Company hired women to serve in its diners and hotels along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Thousands of respectable, intelligent women were recruited from the Midwest and East ...

John Litton

A soldier of the San Jacinto

Army. Born in South Carolina

1812. Died July 4, 1856.

Marker can be reached from Navasota Street near East 10th Street.

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1911 Wilkes County Jail

On December 5, 1911, the first person was hanged on the third floor gallows. The hanging occured before the jail was dedicated in January 1912.

Marker is on Jefferson Street 0 miles north of East Court Street, on the left when ...

The Rev. John Springer

The Rev. John Springer, 1744-1798, distinguished minister and educator, is buried in the garden on this plantation, Walnut Hill. A graduate of Princeton, he taught there and at Hampden-Sydney, and was first Rector of Cambridge College in South Carolina. He ...

Last British Thrust into New Jersey

The last and deepest thrust towards Morristown and Washington’s supplies was stopped here by the American militia on June 25, 1780. After a punishing retreat, the British never entered New Jersey again in force.

Marker is on Millburn Avenue (County Route ...

The Law Offices of John C. Calhoun

Near here, from 1807 to 1817, were

situated the law offices of

John C. Calhoun.

Born in the Long Canes District of Abbeville March 18, 1782.

Died, Washington D.C.

March 31, 1850.

Member of Congress

1811-1817

Secretary of War

1817-1825

Vice President of the United States

1825-1832

United States Senator

1832-1842, 1845-1850

Secretary of ...

Johnstown Cemetery Revolutionary War Soldiers

In memory of these

Revolutionary War soldiers

buried in this cemetery

Elijah Adams

Benjamin DeWolf

Caleb Hill

Abel Jewett

John Martin

Thomas Perkins

Moses Scovell

Peter Stevens

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