Myrtle Hill (other)
Myrtle Hill may refer to: In the United Kingdom *Myrtle Hill, a location in Myddfai community, Wales In the United States *Boligee Hill, near Boligee, Alabama, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), now known as ''Myrtle Hill'' *Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia, a site of The 1793 Battle of Hightower, NRHP-listed * Myrtle Hill (Owingsville, Kentucky), NRHP-listed *Myrtle Hill Plantation House The Myrtle Hill Plantation House is a historic plantation house located along Myrtle Hill Road, near Gloster, Louisiana in DeSoto Parish. The original Greek Revival house was built by slave labor between 1835 and 1840. The English Robbins br ...

Boligee Hill
Boligee Hill, now known as Myrtle Hill, is a historic plantation house near Boligee, Alabama. The Boligee Hill plantation was established in 1835 by Dr. John David Means. He had migrated to Alabama from Newberry, South Carolina. Dr. Means had 110 slaves according to the 1850 Greene County census. The house was built in 1840. It was acquired by the Hays family in 1869 and renamed Myrtle Hall for the sweet myrtle growing around it. The property was restored in 2007 by the Beeker family and renamed Myrtle Hill. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... on February 19, 1982, due to its architectural significance. Gallery Image:Boligee Hill 02.jpg, Rear elevation in 1936 Image:Boligee Hill 03.jpg, Detai ...
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Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Myrtle Hill Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in the city of Rome, Georgia. The cemetery is at the confluence of the Etowah River and Oostanaula River and to the south of downtown Rome across the South Broad Street bridge. Geography Three of Rome's seven hills were chosen as burial grounds - Lumpkin Hill, Myrtle Hill, and Mount Aventine because of the flooding of Rome's three rivers - Etowah, Oostanaula and Coosa River, Coosa. Myrtle Hill was named for its ''Vinca minor'' (trailing myrtle) on the hill. The cemetery covers on 6 terraces and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Myrtle Hill cemetery is the final resting place of more than 20,000 people including doctors, politicians, football heroes, soldiers including America's Known Soldier, a First Lady of the United States, and Rome's founders. "Where Romans Rest" is an annual tour of Myrtle Hill Cemetery, given by the Greater Rome Convention & Visitors Bureau. History Battle of Hightower Before beco ...
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The 1793 Battle Of Hightower
The Battle of Hightower (also called Battle of Etowah Cliffs) in 1793 was part of the Cherokee–American wars, in which the Cherokee sought to defend tribal territory from increasing settlement by the citizens of the new United States. This particular battle took place at the Cherokee village of High Town (''Itawayi''), overlooking downtown Rome in present-day Floyd County, Georgia, resulting in the defeat of the Cherokee by a force led by John Sevier, future Governor of Tennessee. Prelude In the 1785 Treaty of Hopewell, the Cherokee agreed to come under the sovereignty of the new United States and the treaty specified boundaries of a huge area of Tennessee, Eastern North Carolina and South Carolina, and Northern Georgia to be reserved as Cherokee hunting grounds. Article 5 stated that any non-Indians settling in this area would lose the protection of the United States and that the Cherokee could punish them any way they pleased. New settlers continued to move into the Cherokee ...
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Myrtle Hill (Owingsville, Kentucky)
Myrtle Hill, located near Owingsville, Kentucky, is a Federal architecture, Federal-style house and outbuildings dating from 1815. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The listing includes four contributing buildings. The main house is a one-and-a-half-story brick residence. With . References

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