United States Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II

1941 - 1945

Side A

In memory of those who plied the North Atlantic routes, the Murmansk run, the Invasions of N. Africa, Italy, Normandy, Philippines, Okinawa and every other major Invasion around the Globe.

Recruited as an all volunteer group to man ...

Dr. L.B. McBrayer

Leader in fight against

tuberculosis in North

Carolina, Superintendent

of State Sanatorium

in

Hoke County, 1914-24. His

birthplace is 400 ft. W.

Marker is on Brevard Road (North Carolina Route 191) near Bent Creek Ranch Road, on the right when traveling ...

Mount Mitchell Railroad

Opened Black Mountains

to logging and tourism.

Built, 1911-1914. Ran

from point nearby to

Camp Alice, 21 mi. NE.

Marker is at the intersection of Old U.S. 70 and Old Toll Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 70. ...

Stockport-Stuyvesant Line

Stockport formed from parts

of Hudson, Ghent, Stuyvesant,

1833. Stuyvesant formed from

Kinderhook 1823.

Marker is on U.S. 9 south of Keil’s Lane, on the left when traveling south.

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New England Courant

Here in 1719 stood the printing office of James Franklin publisher of the New England Courant. Here served as an apprentice his brother Benjamin Franklin

Here 1769 to 1776 Edes and Gill published the Boston Gazette

Marker is on Court Street, ...

Harbor Mine (Torpedo) Complex

The Harbor Mine or Torpedo Complex was constructed during the period of 1908 to 1911 as part of a comprehensive harbor defense system for Narragansett Bay. The two-story concrete structure served as a Mine Storage Warehouse in which the parts ...

Bransford and McIntyre Store

McIntyre & Co.’s General Store was on this site in the mid 1870’s. The building was burned in 1881 but was immediately replace with the brick building that is standing today. By 1883 the new general store included the telegraph ...

Bransford and McIntyre Warehouse

circa 1877

This frame building was built between 1877 & 1881. Bransford and McIntyre purchased the building in 1881 as a warehouse for their store. Later it served the stores of J.R. Murray & then Frank Miller. This is the ...

Marble Mounting Block

Martin Van Buren enjoyed his life at Lindenwald immensely, especially horseback riding. Located to your right is a replica of the marble mounting block President Van Buren used to get on and off his favorite Thoroughbred, Duroc. Van Buren ...

First Presbyterian Church of Valatie

Congregation formed 1835

This edifice built 1878

Ogden & Wright, achitects

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and High Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.

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