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James Whitcomb Riley (Poet)
James Whitcomb Riley (Poet)
Emma Lazarus (Poet and socialist who authored inscription on Statue of Liberty)
Myra Belle Shirley (a.k.a. Belle Starr, Female outlaw in the wild west)
Author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore at age 40.
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in Maryland.
Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva College medical school near Syracuse, New York. She was the first woman medical school graduate in the United States.