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Birthplace of Calhoun

On this land settled by his father Patrick Calhoun in the 1750s, defended against the Indians in the Cherokee War and the enemies of liberty in the American Revolution, John Caldwell Calhoun, American statesman and champion of the old South, ...

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John Philip Frederick Craane

a.k.a. Boechi

This building is dedicated to John P.F. Craane, affectionately known as "Boechi." Born November 24,1913. Boechi spent most of his life working on or around boats. His love for boats was greatly influenced by his father, who was a ...

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The Chinn Family

Near this site lived six generations of the Chinn family, one of Prince William County’s early African-American families. The family traces its heritage to Nancy, a slave born in 1794 on the William Roe farm in Fauquier County. William Roe’s ...

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Patrick Calhoun Burial Grounds

5.5 miles southeast is the burial ground of Patrick and Martha Caldwell Calhoun, Parents of John C. Calhoun; Deputy Surveyor 1756; First Representative from Up Country to Commons House of Assembly, 1769-1772; Member of First Provincial Congress, 1775; Second, 1775-1776; ...

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Site of the First Church

in Scituate

Rev. John Lothrop

Rev. Charles Chauncey

Rev. Henry Dunster

Rev. Nicholas Baker

Pastors

1635–1679

Marker is on Meetinghouse Lane, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Minerva Hamilton Hoyt

Her tireless efforts to establish Joshua Tree National Monument contributed to a heightened appreciation, not only of the Joshua Tree, but of the total desert environment.

Marker is at the intersection of Utah Trail and National Park Drive, on the right ...

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Rockville Station

In Search of the Pony Express - Station Marker

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Dedicated April 23, 1998

Rockville House

Added Station

Apr. 3, 1860 - Sep. 8, 1861

By

Rockville Inn

Floyd & Lillian Hembree

Joseph C. Wolfskill Family

Ramirez Towing - Rudy's Auto Body

Solano #39 (NGSW) Native Sons

Pony Express Trail Association

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The "Rockville ...

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Shaker Church Family Barn

Built in 1916 on the site of the original barn which had been destroyed by fire

Marker is at the intersection of Heritage Lane (County Route 151) and Meeting House Road, on the right when traveling north on Heritage Lane.

Courtesy ...

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Giant

This monitor was used at the now closed La Grange Mine near Weaverville in Trinity County and is similar in size to those used at the Malakoff to wash down the gravel hillsides.

It was obtained through a joint effort of ...

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Old Rutherford Road

This old roadbed is the last extant portion of the Rutherford Road, which appears in Robert Mills's 1825 Atlas of the State of S.C. and was one of at least three historic roads in northern Spartanburg Co. named for Rutherfordton, ...

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