Northeastern Tour
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Stone Road In this area in
the 1800's, travelers entered a section of new "stone" roadway in their journey
to town and they were forced to pay a toll for the luxury. (3.4 miles)
Many brick homes can be seen for the next several miles, unique not only because of the wealth it depicted of the owners, but the brick was actually made on the site of construction. County folklore tells stories of some families having the hand prints of their children embedded in some of the bricks of the house. (4.2 miles) Continue on NE80 to white masonry.
14. Large white masonry home - Two story home at 1216 N. County Road NE80 where it is known that slaves were hidden as part of the underground railroad north. This was known as the home of Marshall Hamilton. (4.6 miles)
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At 1512 NE 80 is
another stop on the railrod. This was known as the Robert Hamilton home. In
later years, this was also the home of Oscar Ewing, a democratic candidate for president
during the Truman era. Mr. Ewing also served as vice chair of the Democractic
National Committee. He was also Assistant to the Attorney General, Special Prosecutor, and Administrator of the Federal Security Agency 1947-1953. Continue on NE 80 to Hamilton Marker. (5.3 miles)
15. Hamilton Marker (on the right, all fenced area) citing the significant homestead of the Hamilton-McCoy pioneer family. The monument was built in 1922 by the Hamilton descendants commemorating the arrival of their pioneer ancestors. It notes "The pioneers were instrumental in a wilderness becoming an enlightened center." (5.7 miles) Lowell Hamilton (6.0 miles)
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