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1. Mary Draper Ingles, Pioneer Heroine - c. 1909

   Photocopy of a newspaper clipping on Mary Draper Ingles. The original location of the newspaper clipping is unknown. Published in The Times-Dispatch, of Richmond, Virginia, this article is an in depth history on the pioneer woman, Mary Draper Ingles, as well as the unveiling of a monument in her honor in Radford. Miss Mary Draper Ingles, daughter of Capt. Andrew Ingles, and great-great-grandaughter to the original Mary Draper Ingles, unveiled ...

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2. My Recollections - circa 1875

   Typescript titled "My Recollections", by Mrs. Jane C. Boyd, of her memories of the Civil War from her home, "Oak Hill", near the town of Buchanan. Her husband was William W. Boyd, who was a member of the convention which decided the question of Virginia's secession from the Union. This was reprinted in the Roanoke Historical Society Journal, Winter 1964-65.

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3. Radford Dorm Will Bear Name of Pioneer Woman - May 6 1949

   Ingles Hall, a dormitory named in honor of Mary Draper Ingles, an early pioneer woman in Southwestern Virginia, will be built on the campus of Radford College Woman's Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The article highlights the capture and subsequent escape of Mary Draper Ingles from the Shawnee Indians.

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4. Where Cliffs Rise High on New River - September 27 1940

   Newspaper clipping with image of rocky cliffs above a winding railroad in foreground. A small blurb about the Eggleston spring area and Draper's Meadow, where Mary Draper Ingles was captured and taken hostage by the Shawnee Indians. She made her escape from Ohio, arriving near these cliffs and found by Adam Harman of Giles County.

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