Ida M. Tarbell
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N 41° 57.846 W 079° 51.099
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This historic marker details the nearby location and birthplace of Ida M. Tarbell - noted Abraham Lincoln biographer and oil historian.
Waymark Code: WM3D3C
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2008
Views: 32
This Pennsylvania historical marker's text reads:
Noted writer; biographer of Lincoln, historian of Standard Oil; born Nov. 5, 1857, in her grandfather's log home at Hatch Hollow, about two miles to east. She died Jan. 6, 1944, at Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Marker Name: Ida M. Tarbell
County: Erie
Date Dedicated: 09/28/1950
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 8, SW of Wattsburg
Category: Abraham Lincoln, Oil, Women, Writers
Website: [Web Link]
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