The end or aim of the action, of course, is also important, especially where it is not alone a matter of changing community customs but of the use of deadly economic power to intimidate a person from stepping forward to claim his legal rights, e.g., against Negroes who register to vote in Fayette County, Tennessee, at the present moment.

* 1830 – The Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.

* 1754 – French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Established in 1857, Upper Iowa University ( UIU ) is a private institution of higher education with its residential campus located in northeast Iowa, United States near the Volga River in the rural community of Fayette, where around 900 students are enrolled.

Alexander Dickman Hall, built in 1855, is the oldest building on the Fayette Campus and constructed of native limestone.

In 1854, Elizabeth Alexander, a pioneer living near what is now Fayette, Iowa, proposed the idea of a college to her husband, Robert, who donated $ 10, 000 toward the cause.

Upper Iowa's traditional residential campus is in Fayette, Iowa.

Fayette County is ranked at 26th in the Midwest list of “ Best Places to Live .” Student-faculty ratio is 14: 1 ; teaching is by tenured or full-time faculty of whom nearly 75 percent have doctorate degrees ; advising is done by faculty ; there are free on-campus tutor centers ; and there are more than 40 registered fraternities, sororities, clubs and organizations on campus.

The Fayette campus is primarily for undergraduate students, but a master ’ s degree in education is also offered, along with two-week IXEL classes in the summer.

The city is served by the Fayette County Public Schools.

Another important museum is the Lexington History Center in the old Fayette County Courthouse in the heart of downtown.

Fayette County is a county of the U. S. state of Alabama.

Its name is in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette ( or de la Fayette ), who aided General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

Its county seat is Fayette.

* Glen Allen ( part of Glen Allen is in Fayette County )

* Winfield ( a small part of Winfield is in Fayette County )

Fayette is the name of a number of places in the United States of America.

As a fishing port, Calais has several notable fishing markets including Les Delices de la Mer and Huitriere Calaisenne on the Boulevard La Fayette, the latter of which is noted for its oysters, lobster and crabs from Brittany.

Fayette County is a county located in the U. S. state of West Virginia.

Neither location is still located in Virginia and despite naming a county after him twice, Virginia no longer has a county named for the Marquis de la Fayette.

Fayette County was home to a disastrous mine explosion in March 1900, in which 46 miners were killed.

LaGrange County was named after the home of Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de la Fayette, outside of Paris, France.

* Château de la Grange-Bléneau, home of Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, and Adrienne de La Fayette

The Margaret Mitchell Library, built in 1948, is today the home of the Fayette County Historical Society and houses Civil War and genealogical records.

The Park is home to the Fayette County Free Fair, one of the last free fairs remaining in the state.

Fayette is the home of Upper Iowa University, a small private college.

Fayette is home to Central Methodist University, a private 4-year accredited university, and was also home to the now-defunct Howard-Payne Junior College.

In Fayette on April 6, 1830 Joseph Smith, Jr., who was from nearby Palmyra, New York, organized the Church of Christ, later to be known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in a log home owned by Peter Whitmer, Sr .. Whitmer was one of five others besides Smith who formed the initial six members of what evolved into the LDS church.

Like many towns around it, Fayette City has been home to many coal miners supporting the coal industry in the region.

Round Top is also the home of the oldest building in Fayette County, Moore's Fort, which was moved there from nearby La Grange.

On the night of November 22, 1793, men broke into the home of tax collector Benjamin Wells in Fayette County.

The company's first home was a four story building at the northeast corner of West Fayette and South Geddes streets, leased from the Brown Lipe Gear Company.

The home was built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the Mill Run section of Stewart Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in the Laurel Highlands of the Allegheny Mountains.

In 1781 his home served as a meeting place for George Washington and the French military leaders, the Comte de Rochambeau and the Marquis de la Fayette.

Traditionally, this is said to have occurred at the home of Peter Whitmer, Sr. in Fayette, New York, but early accounts place it in Manchester.

It is uncertain whether this occurred in the home of Peter Whitmer, Sr. in Fayette, New York, or whether it occurred in the log home of Joseph Smith, Sr. near their property in Manchester.

) Beginning in 1834, however, several church publications began to give the location as Fayette, at the home of Peter Whitmer, Sr ..

In 1887, one other eye-witness, David Whitmer, also recollected that the event occurred in his father's home in Fayette.

( In his 1838 history, Joseph Smith said the church was organized at the home of David's father, Peter Whitmer, Sr., in Fayette, New York, but in an 1842 letter, Smith said that the church was organized at Manchester, New York.

Their Fayette home is the traditional site of the church's organization.

The Boy Scouts have moved the National Jamboree to its new permanent home at The Summit: Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve high-adventure camp in Fayette County, West Virginia beginning in 2013.