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Mabel Grouitch
Mabel Grouitch (Maiden and married names, ''née'' Dunlop; August 13, 1872 or August 13, 1881 – August 13, 1956) was an American archeologist, philanthropist and voluntary nurse with the Red Cross in Serbia, during the two Balkan wars and World War I. Early years and education Mabel Gordon Dunlop was originally from Clarksburg, West Virginia. Her father was a prominent railroad man of the early days in Virginia and later in Chicago, Illinois. When she was still young, Mabel became interested in the study of archaeology and ethnology, to which her father was greatly devoted. In 1901, after studying at Chicago University for several years, she went to Athens, Greece to study archaeology. While a student in Athens she met her husband, Dr Slavko Grujić, a member of a distinguished family of Serbia, who was at the time Chargé d'affaires of the Serbian Legation in Paris. He would later become Serbian Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of St James's, London, England. Career Grouitch d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. The population of the city was 16,039 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg micropolitan area, which had a population of 90,434 in 2020. Clarksburg was named National Small City of the Year in 2011 by the National League of Cities. History Indigenous peoples have lived in the area for thousands of years. The Oak Mounds outside Clarksburg were created by the Hopewell culture mound builders between 1 and 1000 C.E. The first known non-indigenous visitor to the area that later became Clarksburg was John Simpson, a trapper, who in 1764 located his camp on the West Fork River opposite the mouth of Elk Creek at approximately (39.28128, -80.35145) Settlement and early history As early as 1772, settlers began claiming lands near where Clarksburg now stands, and building cabins. In 1773, Major Daniel Davisson (1748-181 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
