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The Marlborough Street Chapel

Built in 1872 by William Northup on the former site of Scalloptown. This chapel was the first fully integrated congregation in East Greenwich.

Marker is at the intersection of Marlborough Street and Long Street, on the left when traveling south on ...

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All Veterans in War and Peace

This monument is erected in appreciation

and dedicated to the memory of

All Veterans who served

our country in War and Peace

Marker can be reached from Indiana Route 32 west of Indiana Route 47, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy ...

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St. Francis of Assisi Church

Founded June 17, 1849

Pro-cathedral 1852-54

Present church dedicated March 17, 1860

First parish church in San Francisco. In 1850 the first parochial school in California was established here, and the first ordination to the priesthood was held here in ...

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Little Chile

The area bounded by Montgomery, Pacific, Jackson and Kearny streets was known as “Chilecito” or “Little Chile” & was established during the gold rush period by Chilean settlers.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Kerney ...

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Abraham Lincoln Lewis Mausoleum

Pioneer Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865-1947) and others founded Florida’s oldest African-American insurance company, Afro-American Life in 1901, which spread throughout the South as far as Texas. In 1926, A.L. Lewis opened Lincoln Golf and Country Club where the famous visited, ...

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Roanoke County / Franklin County

Roanoke County

Area 305 Square Miles

Formed in 1838 from Botetourt and Montgomery, and probably named for Roanoke River. General Andrew Lewis lived here. The city of Roanoke is known as the Gate City of the South.

Franklin County

Area 697 Square Miles

Formed in ...

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Chauncey Rose - - 1794 - 1877

Home of early business and civic leader who built his fortune on honesty, frugality and hard work. He used his wealth generously for the care of orphans, medicine for the sick and the education of youth.

Marker is at the intersection ...

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Henry County / North Carolina

Henry CountyLocated in the foothills of southern Virginia, Henry County is named for Patrick Henry (1736-1799), Revolutionary leader and governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Henry lived in the county from 1779 to 1784. The General Assembly formed the county ...

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William Bryd’s Camp

Near here, on Matrimony Creek, William Bryd pitched his camp, November, 1728, while determining the Virginia-North Carolina boundary line.

Marker is on US 220, in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Rocky Ridge Farm

Home of Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Laura Ingalls Wilder, one of America's best known authors, was born in 1867 near Pepin, Wisconsin. Her "Little House" books were written here on Rocky Ridge Farm, her home for over sixty years.

On July 17, 1894, ...

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