Galusha Grow
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kcepenn
N 41° 45.739 W 075° 45.185
18T E 437399 N 4623661
A second Galusha Grow sign at the interesection of Rte 547 with US Rte 11.
Waymark Code: WMEFC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2006
Views: 38
Father of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to free settlement in 1862, lived at nearby Glenwood. Speaker of the House, 1861-63, and member of Congress, 1893-1903. Died in 1907; buried in Harford Cemetery a few miles from here.
Marker Name: Galusha Grow
County: Susquehanna
Date Dedicated: 05/15/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Intersection U.S. 11 & Pa. 547 N of Kingsley
Category: Government & Politics, Government & Politics 19th Century
Website: [Web Link]
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