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I visited the noted locality of fluor spar in Pope County, Illinois, and crossing the mountainous tract called the Knobs, rejoined the party at the Saline.
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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I visited the noted locality of fluor spar in Pope County, Illinois, and crossing the mountainous tract called the Knobs, rejoined the party at the Saline.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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Readers of the "Gilded Age" will remember the journey of the Hawkins family from the "Knobs" of Tennessee to Missouri and the important part in that story played by the Tennessee land.
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 1916
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Readers of the "Gilded Age" will remember the journey of the Hawkins family from the "Knobs" of Tennessee to Missouri and the important part in that story played by the Tennessee land.
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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His headless body was discovered not long afterwards in a shop called Knobs and Knockers on Regent’s Park Road.
Hare Krishna Sam Jordison 2006
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His headless body was discovered not long afterwards in a shop called Knobs and Knockers on Regent’s Park Road.
Archive 2006-05-01 Sam Jordison 2006
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Alamo "had many hunts in Fentress county, upon the" Knobs "and along the upper waters of the Cumberland.
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In the Summer of 2009, Jacob Titus, a four-year-old boy from the small rural community of Floyds Knobs, Indiana -- just outside of Louisville -- was playing T-ball in a place where, as his mother Patricia says, "life lessons are learned at church, home and on the baseball field."
Jonathan Widran: Short Film Documentary Jacob's Turn Shines a Field of Dreams Spotlight on Down Syndrome Jonathan Widran 2010
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At its heart, however, Jacob's Turn is designed to inspire -- to let special needs children and their parents know that the unique challenges they face need not limit the potential to achieve dreams, even small ones that start out on a baseball field in a place like Floyds Knobs.
Jonathan Widran: Short Film Documentary Jacob's Turn Shines a Field of Dreams Spotlight on Down Syndrome Jonathan Widran 2010
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Even the Big Knobs are into the “cash-4-fa” on February 18, 2009 at 12: 23 pm | Reply dmc
The Revolving Door System. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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