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Belleville Copper Rolling Mill

1813-1938

Owned by 5 generations of Hendricks

Supplied copper sheeting for

“The Demologus” - First U. S. steam war vessel in 1814

“The Savannah” - First steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic in 1818

“Old Ironsides” - Famous early locomotive

built by Matthias W. Baldwin, 1832.

Harmon ...

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The Gatekeeper’s Cabin and Museum

[First Marker – Located on the left:]

The North Lake Tahoe Historical Society (NLTHS) operates and maintains the Gatekeeper’s Museum, The Marion Steinback Indian Basket Museum, the Watson Cabin Living Museum (located above Commons Beach) and William B. Layton Park. The ...

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The Washington Artillery Park

[Panel 1]:

On and near this site since 1718 has centered the military activities of both regular and citizen soldiers of France, Spain, the Confederacy and the United States. On either side were the redoubts forming the “Great Battery” which ...

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Old House Plantation

Settled ca. 1740 by Daniel Heyward

who built Tidal Mill, Textile Factory

and export-import business on these

grounds before his death in 1777.

Original 500 acres King's Grant

grew to 16,000 acres, all destroyed

by fire ca. 1865

Marker is on T. Heyward ...

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The Skyline Parkway

As you face Lake Superior, you will find that the eastern access to the Skyline Parkway, a 30-mile drive along the rim of the hills overlooking Duluth and Lake Superior, begins here to your right on the left bank of ...

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Ferguson Point

This area was the site of a coast defence fort manned during WW II

1939-1945

by The Royal Canadian Artillery

Batteries

31st Heavy

58th Heavy

85th Heavy

Marker is on Stanley Park Drive, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Five Points Historic District

Established October 28, 1999

Part of the 1892 East Huntsville Addition created by local businessmen to revitalize Huntsville and attract industry in the post-Reconstruction period. Many streets recall those individuals - Pratt, Wellman, Ward, and Wells. Huntsville's first subdivision, made feasible ...

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Stamp Act

Resisted by armed band, Feb., 1766, at Brunswick, where royal governor Tryon lived. Site 18¾ mi. south.

Marker is on River Road SE (North Carolina Route 133) south of U.S. 17, on the right.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Sonoma Brewing Company

The Sonoma Brewing Co., established under the leadership of John Steiner was promoted in the pages of the Sonoma Index-Tribune by its publisher Harry N. Granice, a major stock holder in the brewery. The brewery, which had one of the ...

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99th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

2nd Brigade

(Front):99th Regt. Pa. Vols.

Army of the Potomac

From Sept. 1861.

to July 1865.

2nd Brigade.

1st Division 3rd Corps

(Left):July 2,

Present for duty

21 officers & 318 men

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Killed

1 officer & 17 men

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Wounded

4 officers & 77 men

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Missing 11 men

(Back):Organized

at Phila. Pa.

July 26, 1861.

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Re-enlisted

Feby. 1864.

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Mustered out

July 2, ...

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