Ruth Mc Ginnis (1911-1974)
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Women's Pocket Billiard Champion of the World (1932-40), the best US woman player for over 30 years, and inductee in Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. Defeated Babe Didrikson Zaharias and toured with Willie Mosconi. She got her start at her father's pool hall near here.
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Lincoln Nomination
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In May, 1859, Horace Greeley met with notable political leaders to create a boom to nominate Abraham Lincoln for President.
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Terminus of the waterway uniting the Hudson and Delaware rivers.
General Lyman Louis Lemnitzer
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A skilled military negotiator and strategist, he served as a general in WWII and a decorated commander in Korea.
Samuel Meredith
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Sarah Mary Benjamin
Revolutionary War heroine.