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Camp Stillwater

The army of

Major General Anthony Wayne

camped on the rising ground immediately

eastward on the night of July 28th, 1794 A.D.

After advancing twelve miles from headquarters

at Fort Greene Ville on the expedition against

the Indian tribes of the Maumee Valley.

The encampment was about ...

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The Original Water Filter

A watershed is the land that drains into a body of water. The land in front of you is a forested watershed. That's important because rain falling on a dirt road will end up as a mud puddle, but rain ...

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Waterbury Vietnam War Memorial

Thirty sons of Waterbury died

while serving in the Vietnam War.

They are listed by their date of death,

their location on the

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and the area where they died.

PFC Willian Joseph Oakley, 28-May-65, Panel 1E, Row 126, Bien Hoa • ...

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Come On In, the Water's Fine!

"All summer, everyone came up here and lay in the sun and carried on," recalls Mary Ann Epps McCullough, who, along with other lifeguards in the 1940s, "would swim to the dam and back every day."

July 4 brought Aquatic Day ...

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Water Cure Sanitorium

Founded 1848 by Dr. Edward Acker. Used hydrotherapy or water to heal. First hospital in Beaver County. Town's first Post Office, 1856.

Phillipsburg soldiers orphans school founded 1866 by Rev. William Taylor. Destroyed by fire 1876.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

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POW / MIA Soldiers from Waterbury

(Center):In memory of the

POW / MIA

Soldiers from Waterbury

who bravely served our nation

in all conflicts.

You Are Not Forgotten!

(Left):Sgt. Victor J. Choinere U.S. Army

DoB Nov. 1931 – Date MIA Nov. 1950

Cpl. Dennis Rush U.S. ...

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Pomona Water Power Plant

The first hydroelectric installation in California for long-distance transmission of alternating current at high voltage was built in 1892 on San Antonio Creek below this spot by the San Antonio Light and Power Company organized by Dr. Cyrus Grandison Baldwin, ...

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Big Water / Stairway of Water

Big Water

The Mississippi River, paramount among North American rivers, along with its tributaries, forms the world's fifth largest drainage system in area – 1,244,000 square miles. The Indians called this river "Father of Waters", literally Misi 'big' and Sipi ...

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