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73 Church Street

Brewton-Dale-Pinckney House

Colonel Miles Brewton I, (1675-1745),

was one of the original founding members of Charles Towne. A wealthy Charleston "goldsmith" (banker), provincial powder receiver, built this stucco-over brick house circa 1716-33 (near the center of the old walled city.) ...

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George Shannon

1787-1836

This marker commemorates George Shannon, the youngest member of the Corps of Discovery, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

He died in Palmyra, Missouri while on legal business, August 30, 1836, and is buried one ...

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Tomáš G. Masaryk Memorial

Tomáš G. Masaryk

“He had the mind of a scholar, the figure of a sportsman, the bearing of an aristocrat, the position of a king. But he had the heart of a democrat. ...”

Dorothy Thompson, NBC broadcast, September 24, 1957.

This memorial ...

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St. Bartholomew's Church

Oldest church in Pinellas County, it was organized April 20, 1887. It was constructed in the summer of 1887 by a handful of pioneers equipped with crude tools. Built of unturpentined pine, the church records indicate first building cost $673. ...

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Meadowcroft Rockshelter

A deeply stratified archaeological site, its deposits span nearly 16,000 years. Discovered in 1973 by Albert Miller and excavated by University of Pittsburgh archaeologists. Meadowcroft revealed North America's earliest known evidence of human presence and the the New World's longest ...

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India Street Terminal

In recognition of

Portland's role in Canada's history

India Street Terminal

at Milepost 0.0.

on the

Atlantic & St. Lawrence /

St. Lawrence & Atlantic RRs.

Grand Trunk Railway of Canada

Canadian National Railways

July 1853 to 19 May 1989

Marker is at the intersection of Commercial Street / Thames ...

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Corolla Island Bridges

When Edward Collings Knight Jr. and his wife, Marie-Louise leBell, purchased this property in 1922, the Lighthouse Club, a hunting club, already existed on land just to the south. After the Knights completed a new private residence in 1925, they ...

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John Brown's Tannery

On the side road, a short distance south, are the remains of the tannery and home built by the noted abolitionist of Harper's Ferry fame. Here, he lived and worked from 1825 to 1835, employing as many as 15 men ...

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Wabash Township

" Union Mill " -

Scott, Hultz, and Sigler commissioners appointed by State Legislature to form the newly formed Fountain County Seat of Justice, met here at William B. White Home.

He erected the County's first mill here near the covered bridge, ...

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Henry House

These are the grounds of the Henry House, where occurred the main action of the First Battle of Manassas, July 21, 1861, and the closing scene of the Second Battle of Manassas, August 30, 1862.

Marker is on Lee Highway (formerly ...

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