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2. Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded

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   Coordinates: 37°24′57″N 79°7′11″W. The Virginia State Colony for the Epileptics and Feeble Minded was a state run institution for those considered to be “ Feeble minded ” or those with severe mental impairment. The colony opened in 1910 near Lynchburg, Virginia, in Madison Heights with the goal of isolating those with mental ...

3. Amherst County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Amherst County was created in 1761 out of Albemarle County, and it was named in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, the so-called "Conqueror of Canada". In 1807 as population increased, the county was reduced in size in order to form Nelson County. Tobacco was the major cash crop of the county during its early years.

4. Buck v. Bell - Wikipedia

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   Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., in which the Court ruled that a state statute permitting compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the intellectually disabled, "for the protection and health of the state" did not violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the ...

5. Amherst, Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Amherst was founded in 1807. Originally known as "The Oaks" and "Seven Oaks", it began as a stagecoach station on the Charlottesville - Lynchburg road. Once Nelson County was separated from Amherst County in 1807, the community became the seat of Amherst County. It was at this time that the village decided to rename itself in honor of French ...

6. Edgewood, 1818 (Amherst, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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   Edgewood, 1818 (Amherst, Virginia) /  37.58361°N 79.05556°W  / 37.58361; -79.05556. Edgewood, also known as Higginbotham House, is a historic home located at 138 Garland Avenue in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. It was built in 1818, by Arthur B. Davies a local attorney and Amherst County Court Clerk. It is a two-story, seven-bay, T ...

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