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Reagan Way

Hennepin Avenue was often walked by a young Ronald Reagan from home to downtown and back. The street has four landmark institutions that played a vital role in the development of his character. They include the boyhood home, the grade ...

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Clanton's Alabama Cavalry

(Unattached)

C. S.

Clanton's (1st) Alabama Cavalry,

(Unattached.)

Army of the Mississippi.

This regiment occupied the right of the Confederate

line of battle April 6, 1862, and was engaged along the

Tennessee River until 4 p.m. when it came upon the high

ground, and was in position here ...

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Oak Grove Stage Station

Occupied in 1858 by Warren Hall, Divison Superintendent, Butterfield Overland Mail which operated between San Francisco and the eastern termini, St. Louis and Memphis, from September 15, 1858 to March 2, 1861. The first mail stage from the east driven ...

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Alfred E. Smith House

Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States.

Marker is on 25 Oliver St..

Courtesy hmdb.org

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San Diego Presidio Site

Soldiers, sailors, Indians, and Franciscan missionaries from New Spain occupied the land at Presidio Hill on May 17, 1769 as a military outpost. Two months later, Fr. Junípero Serra established the first San Diego Mission on Presidio Hill. Officially proclaimed ...

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Boon's Mill

Here on July 28, 1863, a Confederate force repulsed a Union march on the vital Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. Breastworks 50 yds. S.W.

Marker can be reached from Boone's Mill Road near U.S. 158.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 1

Between September 4th and 7th, 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, commanding, crossed the Potomac near Leesburg and occupied Frederick, Maryland. On the 10th a movement was made to surround and capture the Union forces at ...

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Confederate Soldiers of Buckingham County

To commemorate the

devotion and heroism

of the

Confederate Soldiers

of

Buckingham County,

who valued principle

more than life,

and fought for a cause

they knew to be just.

1861 1865

Marker is at the intersection of Anderson Highway (U.S. 60) and Oak Hill Road, on the left when traveling west ...

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Settlement of the Upper Cape Fear

[Thistle symbol]

Commemorating the settlement

of the Upper Cape Fear by the

Highland Scotch

Two Hundredth Anniversary

Marker is on Hay Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Turner's Pass Tablet T. P. 3

Hill's five brigades were encamped at and around Boonsboro to prevent the escape of the Union forces at Harper's Ferry, through Pleasant Valley. Informed that two Union brigades were approaching Turner's Pass, Hill, on the evening of September 13, ordered ...

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