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Cuba's Gold Star Boys aboard the Blue Bonnet Frisco Train

During World War II the Blue Bonnet, a Frisco train named after the Texas state flower, was a familiar sight with its distinctive blue and white cars. The train was a major form of transportation from 1927 to 1967, and ...

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Fulton Harbor

Fulton’s natural shoreline attracted a flourishing beef processing and distribution industry in the 1860s and 1870s. Piers and docks were built by landowners to facilitate the turtle, fishing, oyster, and shrimping industries. A steady growth began and flourished until silting ...

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Future Farmers of America Log Cabin

1935

Over one hundred members of Milton High School's Future Farmers of America built this rustic cabin. Teacher P.L. Elkins provided seed money and oversight for the project. The purpose of the project was to give the young men an opportunity ...

West Coyote Field, The La Habra Research Laboratory

This site is on the northern edge of the West Coyote oil field, one of the largest fields in the Los Angeles Basin. This field produced about 250 million barrels of oil from sandstone at a depth of about 3,000'. ...

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American Beach at the Crossroads

During the period of racial segregation, African Americans were barred from most of the beaches in Florida. American Beach was founded in 1935 to provide African Americans with beach access in a resort atmosphere. Nana, as the sand dune before ...

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Dr. Paul Ambrose

This garden was planted in memory of Dr. Paul Ambrose who died on American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001.

"Paul dedicated his career to changing the health care system with an emphasis on physician leadership and prevention. Paul was ...

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Original Site of Purity Presbyterian Church

Original Site of Purity Presbyterian Church

Organized 1787

Moved to Chesterville 1839

Erected by Old Purity Society 1939

Marker is on Great Falls Road (South Carolina Route 97).

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Peoples Bank

Celebrating 100 years

A.J. Barnett, the first cashier and President of Peoples Bank from 1920-1959, was mayor of Cuba, for ten years. The first city lighting system was installed during his first term in 1922. The mural shows him cranking the ...

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You Stand Free Because They Served

You Stand Free

Because They Served

In everlasting memory and tribute to the men and women of Great Barrington who, in defense of their country and the human rights of mankind, served with honor and distinction in the armed forces of the ...

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Battery Heights

Second Battle of Manassas

As General Rufus King's Union division marched eastward along the Warrenton Turnpike (U.S. Route 29 today), they came under fire from Confederate artillery on the distant ridge. Captain Joseph Campbell's Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery wheeled off ...

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