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Big Rock

Natural features have often played a role in the naming of communities. One such settlement was Big Rock. Named after a massive boulder, this hamlet was located at the crossroads of present-day M-32 and Thornton Road. Seth Gillet became the ...

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Minisink Battle July 22d 1779

Dedicated to the memory of the Patriots of the Minisink region who died here July 22, 1779 in the defence of American Liberty.

Marker can be reached from Dry Brook Road ¼ mile north of New York Route 97.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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McCampbell House

Mary Alice Ward McCampbell, widow of William Berry McCampbell, purchased land at 1421 Water Street in the old Irishtown section of Corpus Christi in 1908. Soon thereafter she hired local architect and builder William F. Bowles to design and build ...

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Red Bank Church

Red Bank Baptist Church antedates the Town of Saluda by about a century. The congregation, which is said to have been founded in 1784, was incorporated by the state on December 18, 1802. According to tradition, the first church building ...

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London Bridge

Opened By

The Right Honorable The Lord Mayor Of London

Alderman Sir Peter Studd G.B.E.M.A.D.Sc.

In The Presence Of

The Honorable Jack Williams

Governor Of Arizona

October 10, 1971

Robert P. McCulloch Sr C.V. Wood Jr.

Founder Master Planner

Lake Havasu City Lake Havasu City

Marker is on ...

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Line of Rude Breastworks

Line of Rude

Breastworks

where British and Indians

disputed advance of

Sullivan's Army

August 29, 1779

Marker is at the intersection of Oneida Road (County Road 60) and Lowman Crossover, on the right when traveling east on Oneida Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Bozeman Trail

The Bozeman Trail was located ten miles south of here. John Bozeman pioneered the trail in this area in July 1864. After crossing the Bighorn River eight miles below the opening of the Bighorn Canyon, he led his wagon train ...

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“Cowboy Jim” Donovan

Born in San Francisco, James Donovan came to Santa Clara following the 1906 earthquake at the age of nine and resided in this house the rest of his life. Orphaned young, he started hauling baggage from the railroad depot using ...

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McMillan Building

1887

Thomas F. McMillan (also spelled McMillon) was the father of Flagstaff. Born in Tennessee, he sought gold in California and raised sheep in Australia before moving to northern Arizona in 1876. Here he established a sheep ranch and farm just ...

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Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser

For conspicuous gallantry as a leader of a First Marine Division Rifle Platoon on Okinawa Shima on May 4, 1945, this Greene County native was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously by President Harry S. Truman. Attacked by Japanese forces, ...

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