Eugenia Dunlap Potts-Local Authoress - Lancaster KY
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N 37° 37.283 W 084° 34.717
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Eugenia Dunlap Potts pursued her literary career in Lancaster. The first of her nine works was "Song of Lancaster," a metrical history in style of Longfellow's "Hiawatha." In 1892, she became editor of "Illustrated Kentuckian."
Waymark Code: WM17PJM
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/20/2023
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Local Authoress- Eugenia Dunlap Potts, daughter of George Dunlap, US Congressman and lawyer, was born in Garrard County in 1840 and pursued her literary career here, where she died, 1912. The first of her nine works was "Song of Lancaster," a metrical history in style of Longfellow's "Hiawatha." In 1892, she became editor of "Illustrated Kentuckian."
Location: Marker is on Lexington Road (U.S. 27) north of Maple Avenue, Lancaster KY 40444.
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