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Dixie Academy

Dixie Academy was constructed to provide advanced courses of study. The St. George Stake Academy officially began in 1888 and moved into this building in 1911. A four year program was recognized as two years of senior high school and ...

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And the Desert Shall Blossom

Water—the lack of it and too much of it—was the greatest challenge to Dixie’s early Mormon settlers. When the original company of families entered the St. George valley late in 1861, they had little more than two small springs to ...

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Guilford County Health Department

Established in 1911, it was the first county health department in N.C. and second in U.S. Now two blocks north.

Marker is at the intersection of Wendover Avenue (U.S. 220) and Cherry Street, on the right when traveling west on Wendover ...

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The Dixie Pioneers

In Memory of the Dixie Pioneers who were sent by President Brigham Young to colonize this section of territory. Fort Harmony was built in 1852. Treaties were made with the Indians and other settlements started where conditions were favorable. When ...

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Charlotte County / Mecklenburg County

(Obverse)

Charlotte County

Area 496 Square Miles

Formed in 1764 from Lunenburg, and named for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III. Patrick Henry and John Randolph of Roanoke lived in this county, and Henry is buried here.

(Reverse)

Mecklenburg County

Area 669 Square Miles

Formed in ...

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Holy Trinity Church

[Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola]

Erected 1792

First place for public

Catholic worship

in what is now the

District of Columbia

Marker is on N Street, NW east of 36th Street, NW, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Chattooga Town

(Front):

Chattooga was one of the Cherokee "Lower Towns" in what is now S.C. during the 17Th and early 18Th centuries and was a short distance north in the Chattooga River bottom. Chattooga Town, in a remote location in the backcountry, ...

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Signal Station

On the hilltop to the south stood an important signal station used by both armies, 1861-1865.

Marker is on John Mosby Highway (U.S. 50).

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Roberts Church

Organized in 1789 and sometimes called Simpson's Meetinghouse, this church is one of Anderson County's oldest Presbyterian churches. The Reverend John Simpson was the first minister, and the Reverend David Humphreys served here for 39 years until his death in ...

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Delta Upsilon Fraternity House

1906-1907

Founded in the spring of 1885, the Wisconsin Chapter of Delta Upsilon Fraternity has occupied this stately structure since 1907. Delta Upsilon Fraternity is unique among local fraternities as a non-secret Greek letter society since it has no secret meetings, ...

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