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The Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site is located at 609 S. Lamar Avenue in Denison, Grayson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in the house on October 14, 1890, making him the first president of the United States to be born in Texas.
Denison House was established in 1892, donated by Cornelia Warren, [1] as one of the earliest branches of the College Settlements Association. [note 1] The CSA had been founded in 1887 by a small group of Wellesley College faculty and alumnae including noted pacifist Emily Greene Balch, labor organizer Vida Scudder, and the writer and college professor Katharine Lee Bates. [2]
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fannin County, Texas. There are one National Historic Landmark , one district, six individual properties, and one former property listed on the National Register in the county.
The William A. McHenry House, Denison, Iowa, is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is maintained as a museum by the Crawford County Historical Society and is open for tours. The Oscar of Donna Reed who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1953 is on display at William A. McHenry House. [2]
The Denison, Bonham and New Orleans Railroad was a railroad company based in Denison, Texas, U.S.A. which was chartered in 1887.It was nicknamed "Nellie". The DB&NO operated on track between Bonham Junction on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad east of Denison and its southeastern terminus with the Texas and Pacific Railway in Bonham, Texas. in 1901 it was building between Bonham and Wolfe ...
The Park Motel is a historic building located in Denison, Iowa, United States.It is an example of a well-preserved highway motel during the early age of motoring. It appears this is also an early example of a motel in Iowa and may be one of the earliest in the Midwest.
Allies is a historical fiction novel by Alan Gratz, based on D-Day. It was published by Scholastic Inc. on October 15, 2019. [ 1 ] Although Gratz has written several other historical fiction novels set in World War II , including Prisoner B-3087 , Projekt 1065 , Grenade , and Heroes , each stands alone.
Fannin, Texas – Col. James Fannin (Texian patriot) [196] Fannett, Texas – B. J. Fannett (local landowner who opened a general store there in the 1890s) Fargo, North Dakota – William Fargo [196] Faribault, Minnesota – Jean-Baptiste Faribault (settler) [196] Farley, Mendocino County, California – Jackson Farley (early settler)