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Historic Fifield

At this site on the South Fork of the Flambeau River was a sorting pond where logs were separated by logging company brand marks. By unleashing a wall of water 20 miles upstream at the Round Lake Logging Dam, loggers ...

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Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard

Dedicated to

the Men

of the

Boston Naval Shipyard

who made the supreme

sacrifice in defense of

their country in all wars

1800 – 1950

“For what avail the plough or sail

Or land or life, if freedom fail?”

Presented by employees

August 25, 1950

Marker is on 1st Ave, on the ...

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Farmers Hall

Built 1826-1828

Home of

Pendleton Farmers Society.

Organized 1815.

Within this hall

Thomas Green Clemson,

one of the Society's presidents,

first discussed with its members

the plans for the funding of

Clemson College

Marker is on North Mechanic Street (State Highway 28) near West Main Street, on the right when ...

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Randolph Street Church Of Christ

Organized as a Christian Church, this is the original congregation of what is now the Church of Christ in Huntsville. A gospel meeting was held in the Courthouse in 1883, conducted by James A. Harding, evangelist and founder of Harding ...

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Fort Huachuca

(1877)

Situated on the southern route to the Pacific Ocean, it brought law and order to the Arizona Territory, protecting settlers, miners, travelers and immigrants. Its troops won the surrender of Geronimo. Generals Pershing and Wood served here.

As the Army's electronic ...

Carmichael General Store/U.S. Post Office

Bill's Trading Post/G & M Stronghold Steakhouse

335 North Garden Avenue

Built in 1905

This is perhaps the oldest building still standing in Sierra Vista. Mr. John Reilly homesteaded the property and received the patent for the land in March of 1911. ...

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The Battle For Fort Blair

William C. Quantrill, a former Kansas school teacher, headed a guerilla army which had committed many outrages around Lawrence and Kansas City, one being the Lawrence Massacre. Quantrill received a commission of Colonel, supposedly either from General Sterling Price or ...

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Troops of Colonial Wars at Ticonderoga

 

In tribute

to the heroism of the troops under the unfortunate

Maj. Gen’l. James Abercromby

in the attack on the French lines, July 8th, 1758,

to mark the capture of Fort Carillon by

Lieut. Gen’l. Sir Jeffrey Amherst

July ...

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Grave of John T. Scopes / Scopes "Monkey Trial"

(side 1)

Grave of John T. Scopes

Here is buried the man who, at age 24, taught Darwin's theory of evolution to a Dayton, Tennessee, biology class. The Paducah native and University of Kentucky graduated violated a Tennessee law forbidding the teaching ...

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Coffee Siding

Large pioneer ranches were established in this region of Nebraska in the 1870's and early 1880's. Charles F. Coffee was one of these pioneers, with ranch headquarters on Hat Creek in Nebraska and Rawhide Creek in Wyoming. By June, 1886, ...

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