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Every tribute page on MyHistoryStone, whether it remembers a person, a place, or a thing. 106 in all, and growing.
People & Pets
Lives remembered, and the companions who shared them.
In Memory of
Figure, called Justin Morgan
1789 - 1821 - Randolph, Vermont, United States
Every Morgan horse alive descends from one stallion, and nobody can prove who his father was. He was foaled in West Springfield, Massachuse...
In Memory of
Sequoyah
1770 - 1843 - Sallisaw, Oklahoma, United States
He could not read. Not English, not anything. There was nothing to read in his own language, because his own language had never been written...
Places
Homes, buildings and ground that holds a story.
The Story of
Cahokia
1050 - 1350 - Collinsville, Illinois, United States
We do not know what the people who built this city called it. That is the first thing to say about the largest pre-Columbian settlement nor...
The Story of
The Lovering Farmhouse
c. 1755 - Kensington, New Hampshire, United States
A house built around 1755 in Kensington, New Hampshire, and measured two centuries later by draftsmen who came with rulers instead of camera...
Things & Shared History
Businesses, teams, working lives, and everything else worth keeping.
A Tribute to
The Deaf Community of Martha's Vineyard
1694 - 1952 - Chilmark, Massachusetts, United States
On this island, for something like two hundred and fifty years, deaf people were not a category. Hearing people signed too, including when t...
A Tribute to
The Whiskey Rebellion
1791 - 1794 - Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States
The first tax the United States ever laid on a domestic product was a tax on whiskey, and within three years it had seven thousand armed men...
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