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Galusha Grow

Galusha Grow is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Susquehanna County, dedicated 1947.

US 11 & PA 547

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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.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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County map of the State of Pennsylvania, 1865, covering the location of Galusha Grow, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
County map of the State of Pennsylvania, 1865, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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