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Breastworks of General Fellows

Facing Burgoyne's camp across the River

Marker is on General Fellows Road 1 mile from County Route 113, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Birthplace of American Forestry

George W. Vanderbilt, following the recommendation of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, was the first American landowner to implement scientific forestry, the management and conservation of forest lands, on a large scale. He hired Gifford Pinchot, founder of The Society ...

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San Francisco Brewing Company

This building is the last of the Barbary Coast saloons. Prior to the great earthquake and fire of 1906, this was the site of the infamous Billy Goat Saloon, operated by Pigeon-Toed Sal.

After reconstruction, the original Andromeda Saloon opened ...

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Erle P. Halliburton

1892-1957

Side 1 - "Erected 1993 in memory of a man who left an indelible impression on Duncan and Stephens County. He touched the lives of many people not only as the county's largest employer but as a perpetually inquisitive person ...

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Commander John B. Montgomery's Landing Site

On July 9, 1846, in the early morning, in “the days when water came up to Montgomery Street,” Commander John B. Montgomery – for whom Montgomery Street was named – landed near this spot from the U.S. Sloop-of-War “Portsmouth,” to ...

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Graceful Brick Building

Constructed in 1858, this graceful brick building played an important role in the financial and entrepreneurial development of frontier San Francisco. From his offices in this building, William M. Lent, President of the Savage Mining Company, organized the financing of ...

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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is situated on granite hills covered with conifer and hardwood forests and streams. The 2,884-acre park is located northwest of downtown Atlanta. The park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, during which ...

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This Tablet Commemorates the First Visit of

Abraham Lincoln

This tablet

commemorates the first visit of

Abraham Lincoln

who arrived at this point

on Feb. 14, 1861 remain-

ing in Pittsburgh a few hours

enroute to Washington for

his inauguration.

Marker is at the intersection of Federal Street and South Commons, on the right when traveling ...

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Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica

With its more than 60,000 titles, the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica is the largest in the Southeast, concentrating on the political, social, economic and intellectual history of Jewish culture in all historical periods. At the time of ...

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Ahavath Chesed and B'nai Israel Cemeteries, Gate 5 Evergreen Cemetery

Because the Jewish section at the Old City Cemetery was running out of space in 1890, the synagogue acquired three acres adjoining Evergreen Cemetery for Jewish burial. A makeshift fence was placed around the cemetery to set it apart from ...

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