The Sloan–Parker House is a late-18th-century stone residence near
Junction, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is
located on the Northwestern Turnpike (US 50 and WV 28) in the rural
Mill Creek valley. The original fieldstone section of the house was
erected around 1790 for Richard Sloan and his wife Charlotte Van Horn
Sloan. The Sloan family operated a successful weaving business from the
house, and their Sloan counterpanes (quilts with block-designs) became
well known in the region. In 1854 the family sold the house and 900
acres (360 ha) to the Parker family, who operated a stagecoach line on
the Moorefield and North Branch Turnpike; the journey included a stop at
the house, where the family served meals to travelers. During the Civil
War, both Union and Confederate forces visited the house, and it was
ransacked by Union troops for goods and supplies. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloan%E2%80%93Parker_House>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1872:
The American brigantine Mary Celeste (painting shown) was found
apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste>
1949:
Duncan Stewart, the British governor of Sarawak, was fatally
stabbed in Sibu during his first visit to the colony.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Stewart_%28British_diplomat%29>
1980:
The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin>
2006:
Six black teenagers assaulted a white student in Jena,
Louisiana; the subsequent court cases became a cause célèbre for
perceived racial injustice in the U.S.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
status symbol:
A visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social
status.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/status_symbol>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from
insufficient premises.
--Samuel Butler
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Butler_%28novelist%29>