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NAMES OF PIONEERSHeads of 14 Families, who Com' ' posed Mas$anutten Colony, to Be cut' oh Memorial(S|k’«’l;il to Dnllj Xj'ws l{«cr*r«l)l-irny, Y:i., Sept, • 23.—Nioik-’ ol fourteen moti ;is hcmh; of families, who untile the first settlement of I he ^heu-;iulrt*h Valley in 172ft nlonjr tin- hnnks of Hu* Stit*r»H)](lonh river lu till.* coun-1 irJV ‘.vill tie Inscribed on the bronze mnrker rs lie erected to the founder of thi* Mnssjiimtren colony.Thr lnonnniPTit eiiwmltfeo- of thf ManH.)nnttioi Society In clmrgc of tin work rnti yi-srcrtlil.V im the site Ulid eoanpleteil ill! nrrnntfements. The11now tnblet will ln erootoil on » iiiminuiciit of nurive stone. A pftsruigc-way :o tin ohserviitlon tower overlooking He inomiininn nnd the river will he-ei'cctwl. This will be 40 feet high.The colony will Up nemorlnllzccl In n history to emit :t hi i!ul« from the ‘ln.v i.r tlu tlrsl sol i lemptit through I he Indian, I'VOhltlOimry :ind f'Svll war lt;biy U[ to I ho nvosciit. lime. This iIii(:j will he scnW within the mono moot.The MnssTiniilton tfnelefy him mem-1m th ;h ronchout Utc United Slides mul-On in-In.
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Daily News-Record
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Mon, Sep 24, 1928
Page 7
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Handley R.
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