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Plymouth Consolidated Mines

Founded in 1852 from several claims and consolidated in 1883. Sold to the Argonaut company in 1925 and closed in 1943. Empire workings reopened 1946-47. Pacific shaft 4450’ deep. Total production $13,500,000. Mines north to Cosumnes River: Aden, Alpine, Green, ...

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1932 Plymouth 0-6-0 Switch Engine

This engine is one of the first internal combustion engines used by the Missouri Pacific Rail Road. It ushered in a new form of motive power that eventually replaced the steam engine.

This engine was last used at the Mackie-Clemens Mine ...

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Site of North Star Public School and Plymouth Township High Scho

Site of

North Star

Public School

1840-1915

and

Plymouth Township

High School

1890-1915

Marker is at the intersection of Germantown Pike and Walton Road, on the left when traveling west on Germantown Pike.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims

Underground Railroad Heritage Trail

The congregation of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims hired Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) as their first minister, approving of his abolitionist sentiments. Beecher protested the Fugitive Slave Laws of 1850, exhorting his congregation to place the requirements ...

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Plymouth

The village of Plymouth was settled in 1825, incorporated in 1867, and became a city in 1932. The Lord Mayor of Plymouth, England, came here in 1967 to celebrate the centennial of Plymouth, Michigan's incorporation as a village. He and ...

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Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse

In continuous use as a house of worship since about 1708, it served as a hospital and campsite for Washington's forces on way to Valley Forge. Eastern wing, added in 1780, replaced original log school. Site was a center of ...

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Plymouth Rock

Plymouth Rock. Landing place of the Pilgrims. 1620.

Marker is at the intersection of Water Street and North Street, on the left when traveling south on Water Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Plymouth Wisconsin

1877 — 1977

Plymouth has been the hub of Wisconsin's dairy and cheese industry since the city was founded. The premiere dairy cow, the Holstein, represented here, was imported from Holland in 1870. In 1882, the National Cheese Exchange was established ...

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City of Plymouth

Was a mining camp about 1852. Plymouth proper began with quartz mining when settled early by Green Aden & other hard rock miners. Town was named Plymouth, probably after nearby Plymouth Mine. Post Office established 1871. Many town fires, most ...

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