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Edwin Garnet Riley: The Famed Poet of Titusville

On April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 By Jessica HilburnIn History & Obituaries6 Comments

Edwin Garnet Riley was born in Titusville in 1880 and became Titusville's first and only poet laureate. He traveled throughout the United States campaigning on behalf of education for African Americans and remains one of Titusville's most prominent historical figures.

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