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Lebanon Reformed Church

Congregation formed in 1747. This building erected in 1854, preceded by a log structure, a frame building,

and a brick church.

Marker is on Brunswick Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Wm. G. McAdoo's Birthplace

The house atop hill was one of the few battle-field houses surviving military operations of the Kennesaw Campaign.

McAdoo ownership was Jan. 6, 1863-Feb. 3, 1864. Here, Oct. 31, 1863 was born the Hon. Wm. G. McAdoo. Secy. of the Treasury, ...

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Cortina Battle

[seal of:] Texas State Historical Survey Committee]

Site of

Cortina Battle

Dec 27, 1859

Crushing defeat for partisan leader Juan Cortina who in late 1859 laid waste the lower Rio Grande Valley. Cortina's band of 450 were surprised here at daybreak by Maj. S. ...

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USS Gambier Bay CVE 73 and Composite Squadron VC-10

United States Navy

[Panel 1]:

Eternal God who alone spreads out the heavens and rules the raging seas, may this memorial bring continued remembrance to the one hundred and thirty seven men who died defending their country in time of danger, and ...

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Dyersburg Army Airfield

Halls, Tennessee

The airfield located one half mile east of here was in operation from 1942 to 1945. Thousands of airmen took their last statewide training here before going into combat overseas. Training received here in flying B-17 Flying Fortresses played ...

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Rib Mountain State Park

The summit of this rock is the

highest known point in the state

–1940 feet above sea level–

This land, forty acres in area,

was presented to the commonwealth

on January 26, 1923, by the estate of

Jacob Gensman

The park was enlarged to 160 ...

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Carnegie Library

Erected 1906

Colusa Heritage Marker 9

Dedicated October 6, 1981

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street and Jay Street, on the right when traveling south on 6th Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Kimbro

Named for pioneer landowner Lemuel Kimbro, this community was settled in the late 1870s by Swedish, Danish, and German immigrants. Most of the residents were cotton farmers, and at its height the community boasted homes, farms, the Swedish Evangelical Free ...

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Masonic Temple of Benevolent Lodge No 3, F. & A. M.

This is the oldest Masonic building in Georgia with continuous usage since its dedication on June 24, 1834. Funded through a state authorized lottery and constructed by John Marlor (also one of its architects with Samuel Tucker and James Doyle), ...

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Euharlee Creek Covered Bridge

In 1886 the county contracted with Washington W. King, son of freed slave and noted bridge builder Horace King, and Jonathan H. Burke for the construction of this 138-foot bridge. It was adjacent to a mill owned by Daniel Lowry, ...

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