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Streetscape

In the early 1920s, the Union Pacific Railroad, the National Park Service and the National Forest Service worked together to develop Bryce Canyon as a national park. This collection of cabins and the Bryce Canyon Lodge are a product of ...

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Mendocino Presbyterian Church

This is one of the oldest Protestant churches in continuous use in California. Organized as the Presbyterian Church on November 6, 1859, the building, constructed of redwood, was dedicated on July 5, 1868.

Marker is on Ukiah Street, on the right ...

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Ninety Six National Historic Site

A Revolutionary War Landmark

Ninety Six National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service, which preserves lands of national significance. This park features the site of the old town of Ninety Six, an important seat of power in ...

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Hawk’s Nest

Once called Marshall’s Pillar for Chief Justice John Marshall, who came here, 1812. U.S. engineers declare the New River Canyon, 585 feet deep, surpasses the famed Royal Gorge. Tunnel for river makes vast water power here.

Marker is on U.S. 60 ...

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The Rescue of Anthony Hollingsworth

On June 26, 1845, this 12 year-old fugitive slave was captured by slave hunters. Armed residents surrounded the hotel where he was held & demanded his release, defying federal law. Judge Thomas White freed him in the old courthouse on ...

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White House Bridge

Critical Crossing

On May 21, 1862. Confederate Gen. Thomas J.

“Stonewall” Jackson’s Valley Army plodded north

along this road to threaten Front Royal and out

flank Union Gen. Nathaniel Bank’s position at Strasburg. With the addition of Gen. Richard S.

Ewell’s division, Jackson’s command numbered

nearly ...

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Roosevelt Arch

Historic Gateway - Symbol of an Idea

When Yellowstone was established in 1872 as the world's first national park, it was remote and nearly inaccessible. Few "tourists" had the time or the means to travel here from the major cities of ...

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700 Tenth Street

Golden High School

City of Golden

Downtown Landmark

The Golden High School was dedicated in March 1924. Built on the site of the Eagle Corral and Stables, the school was hailed as the ultimate in high school construction. Designed by renowned Denver architect ...

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Due West

As early as 1765 the site 6 miles NW known to the Indians as Yellow Water, where the Keowee Path crossed the Cherokee line, was called DeWitt's Corner. In 1777 a treaty between S.C. and the Cherokee Indians was signed ...

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Grave of Gen. William Tatum Wofford

Gen. William Tatum Wofford (June 28, 1824 - May 22, 1884), Cav. Capt. in the Mexican War, Col. and Brig. Gen. in the Confederate Army, is buried here. After Fredericksburg he succeeded to the command of Gen. Thomas R. R. ...

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