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A Seaside Resort at Point Lookout

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Maryland, St. Mary's County, Scotland
The grassy area in front of you was once the site of a major resort. The geared wheels peeking out of the grass are all that remain. They were part of a power plant that provided lighting for the resort’ buildings and power for its water treatment plant.

Even before the Civil War, tourists were making their way to Point Lookout. The first resort here opened in 1860. Imagine the guests on the lawn, the women in long dresses with parasols, watching the steamboats en route to Baltimore and Washington.

The resort burned down in 1877, but in the 1920’s, Point Lookout became a resort community with a new hotel—the one with the power plant---was built. Visitors enjoyed the same features that we enjoy at Point Lookout today---beautiful views and the protected beaches of Chesapeake Bay.

Finally, because of shoreline erosion and the poor condition of the building, the hotel was torn down in 1989.

For nearly 150 years, the beaches of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River have drawn summer visitors.

(Entertainment) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


A Place of History

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Maryland, St. Mary's County, Scotland
Point Lookout is a witness to much of our nation’s history. As you survey the vast expanse of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River, remember those who have come before.

Early Inhabitants
Five thousand years ago, Native Americans first came to this shore, drawn by the natural bounty. The earliest inhabitants were hunters and gatherers; later, the Conoy Piscataway tribe farmed these lands, growing tobacco and corn.

Spanish sailors were the first Europeans to sight the Point in the 1500’s. Then in 1608 Captain John Smith, one of the founders of Jamestown, explored the peninsula.

War and Peace
In times of war, the Point has played a strategic role. In the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, Americans kept a lookout here for British ships. During the Civil War, it was a Union stronghold.

When Europeans arrived, this area was inhabited by people from the Conoy Piscataway tribe. They grew corn and tobacco while harvesting the Bay’s abundance of oysters, clams, crabs, and fish.

Pottery shards found on the beaches are evidence of Native American use of this site, stretching back many thousands of years.

In times of peace, hotels and resorts have drawn steamer boats of pleasure-seekers from Washington and Baltimore.

A State Park
The State of Maryland now protects the prehistoric, historic and natural treasures of Point Lookout.

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Le «pont Neuf»

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France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Albi
Prévu dès le XVIIIe siècle, dans le prolongment des lices, ce pont ne sera réalise qu’un siècle plus tard sous le second Empire pour permettre à la route royale de franchir le Tarn. Achevé en 1866, deux ans après le pont de chemin de fer qui lui fait pendant, it témoigne du développement des moyens de communication à l’époque industrielle. Il porte tour à tour les noms de pont Napoléon, pont de Strasbourg, pont Neuf avant de devenir le pont du 22 août 1944, en souvenir de passage d’une colonne allemande dans la ville en 1944 et des combats qui s’y déroulerent.

[English]
The “New Bridge”, or the Bridge of August 22, 1944
Planned in the 18th Century as an extension to the fortified wall, this bridge was constructed a century later during the second Empire (185201870) to allow the high road to cross the Tarn.

Completed in 1866, two years after a matching railway bridge, it demonstrated how means of communication developed during the industrial age.

It bore the names Napoleon Bridge, Bridge of Strasbourg, and New Bridge (pont Neuf) before finally becoming the Bridge of August 22, 1944, a name chosen to commemorate the passage of a German column through the city in 1944 and the fighting that ensued thereafter. [Spanish translation not transcribed.]

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Les Moulins albigeois

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France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Albi
Une dizaine de moulins s’égrenaient autrefois sur les deux rives du Tarn. Quatre subsistèrant après la Révolution: les moulins de Gardes, de Lamothe, du Chapitre et le Moulin-Neuf, appele par la suite «Moulins de l’Albigeois» . Un moulin existant déjà sur ce site au XIIIe siècle. Transformé aux XVIIIe et XIVe siècles, il devint le siège d’une minoterie après 1828, complétée par une vermicellerie en 1845. Après avoir connu une période florissante, la Société des Moulins des l’Albigeois cessa toute activité dans les années 1970. Avant bénéficié d’une réhabilitation en 1986, ces bâtiments abritent aujourd’hui le musée Lapérouse, un hôtel, de logements, des services de conseil général du Tarn et un centre d’art contemporain, le L.A.I.T.

[English]
Albi Mills
Once, ten mills dotted the two banks of the Tarn. After the French Revolution, only four remained: the Gardès, Lamothe, and Chapitre mills and the Moulin-Neuf (New Mill). Afterwards called the “Moulin de l’Algigeois”. A mill existed on this site as early as the 13th century. Overhauled, it became the headquarters of the flour mill in 1828, and was later converted into a vermicelli factory in 1845. After flourishing for years, the Moulins de l’Albigeois Company closed its doors in 1970. After a renovation in 1986, these buildings now house the Lapérouse museum, a hotel, residences, the offices of the regional authority and a centre for contemporary art called LAIT. [Spanish translation not transcribed.]

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Le pont Vieux

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France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Albi
Costruit vers 1040, «pour le profit commun de la ville et l’utilitéé de l’Albigerois» , ce pont permit de développer le quartier de la rive droite, appelé faubourg de Bout-du-Pont ou de la Madeleine et de multiplier les échange. Pont à péage, il comportait un tour-porte fortifiée au centre la chapelle, et à l’extrémité droite le pont-levis et le “ravelin”. Du XIVe au XVIIIe siècle, il porta des maisons sur ses piles qui furent démolies après la terrible crui de 1766. En 1820, pour s’adapter aux nouveaux transports de la révolution industrielle, sa chaussée sera redressée et elarge. Classé monunent historique, c’est aujourd’hui l’un des plus anciens ponts de France à être utilisé pour la circulation.

[English]
Pont Vieux
Built around 1040 for the common good of the town and for it usefulness to residents, the Old Bridge enabled the development of the Right Bank and the “du-Bout-du-Pont” suburb (“End of the Bridge”) – now Madeleine and increased commerce.

Formerly a toll bridge, the crossing had a fortified gate tower, a chapel in the centre, and a drawbridge and ravelin at the far end near the Right bank. From the 14th to 18th centuries the bridge contained houses, but these were demolished after the terrible flood of 1766. In 1820, its roadway was removed and expanded to take advantage of new modes of transport made possible by the industrial revolution. Classified a historic monument, it is one of the oldest bridges of France still in use today. [Spanish translation not transcribed.]

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Le palais de la Berbie

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France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Albi
La construction Le nom du palais vient du mot occitan «bisbia» , devenue «verbie» puis «berbie» et qui signiffie évêché. L’édification du palais se déroule en de nombreuses étapes : la construction elle-même s’étale entre 1228 et 1306. Par la suite, et ce jusqu’au début du XXe siècle, le palais subira des aménagements multiple. Durand de Beaucaire (1228-1254) Jusqu’au début de XIIIe siècle, les évêques d’Albi habitent un groupe de maisons proche de la cathédrale romane prété par les chanoines. Les évêques vont profiter de la dééchéance des vicomte d’Albi, les Trencavel, lors de la croisade des Albigeois, pour réeorganiser à leur profit la perception des impôts. Cet enrichissement soudain permet à l’évêque Durand de Beaucaire de marquer sa puissance au travers d’une nouvelle résidence. Elle se compose d’une salle féodale (aula) à laquelle est accolée un tour; à l’ouest est édifiée la tour Saint-Michel (à deux nieveaux) destinée au tribunal et aux prisons ecclésiastiques. Bernard de Combret (1254-1271) Cet évêque va terminer les travaux de son prédécesseur en donnant au palais son aspect de citadelle : il relie entre eux les anciens bâtiments. L’évêque craint pour sa sécurité à cause de pouvoir royal qui soutient les revendications d’Albi et à cause des révoltes populaires, les murailles son donc beaucoup plus sophistiquées de côté de la Ville, principal adversaire de l’évêque, que du cô«té Tarn, «rempart» naturel. Par ailleurs, a fin d’éviter tout risque d’incendie, il réalise le couvrement en voûte d’orgives de toutes les salles de la forteresse. Bernard de Castanet (1277-1306) Ces travaux se font en parallèle avec l’édification de la nouvelle cathédrale Sainte-Cecile. Le caractère ambitieux, autoritaire de l’évêque déchaine contre lui la colère roayale et la haine des Ambigeois. Craigmmant pour sa sécurité , il renforce à nouveau le bâtiment. Il élabore un double-donjon, la tour Mage, qui se compose: de l’ancienne tour Saint-Michel, surélevée d’un étage qui accueille la chapelle privée de l’évêque et la salle officielle. d’une nouvelle tour, la tour Sainte-Catherine, dans laquelle réside désormais l’évêque. L’ anciennne résidence, la Vieille Berbie, devient le tribunal ecclésiastique. La courtine de Bernard de Castanet est renforcée par des contreforts hémisphériques (côté jardins). Enfin,, il lance deux courtines * à l’ouest et a l’est, qui dévalent les escarpements vers le fleuve, créant ainsi de nouveaux éspaces dependants du palais et permettant une fuite éventuelle vers le Tarn. * Coutine: mur joignant les flancs de deux bastions voisins.

[English]
Le palais de la Berbie
The construction
The French name for the Bishop’s Palace originates fro the old Provencal word «bisbia» , meaning bishop , and was thereafter transformed into «verbie» and finally «berbie» .

The construction of the Palace took place in several steps: construction propre began in 1228 and finished in 1306. From then on, right up to the start of the 20th century, the Palace underwent a number of substantial changes.

The three most important periods of construction of the Palace were dominated by three of its bishops: Durand de Beaucaire (1228-1254) Until the beginning of the 13th century, the bishops of Albi lived in a group of houses near the Romanesque Cathedral, lent to them by the cannons. The treasure recovered by the Church after the Crusade against the Albigeois (1209-1229) enabled the bishop, Durand de Beaucaire, to symbolize his power over the Trencavel family, viscounts of Albi, with the construction of his new residence. It comprised a feudal hall (aula) with an adjoining tower to the west. This was St- Michael’s Tower (Tour St. Michel) built on two levels, to house the church tribunal and prison cells.

Bernard de Combret (1254-1271)
Bishop de Combert completed the works begun by his predecessor, giving the Palace its citadel appearance by joining the old buildings together. The bishop feared for his safety, for the Crown upheld the claims against him by the Commoners of Albi, and he dreaded the idea of a people’s revolt. The fortified walls are therefore much more sophisticated on the town side, where the bishop’s main adversaries lay, rather than on the side of the Tarn river which forms a natural fortication.

To prevent any threat of fire, he also had every hall of the fortress covered with ribbed vaults.

Bernard de Castanet (1277-1306)
The work undertaken by Bishop de Castanet was carried out at the same time as the construction of the new Saint Cecilia Catherdral. The bishop’s ambitious, authoritarian character incurred the wrath of the Crown and the hatred of the people of Albi. Fearing for his safety, the bishop further reinforced the fortifications.

The bishop built a twin keep, the Tour Mage (Seer’s Tower), combining the old Saint Michael’s tower, with one floor added for the bishop’s private chapel and his official hall, and a new tower, Saint Catherine’s tower, as the bishop’s residence.

His old residence, the «Vielle Berbie» (old Bishop’s Palace) became the seat for the church tribunal. The curtain built by Bernard de Castanet was reinforced by two rounded buttresses (on the garden side). Finally, two curtains were built to the east and the west, running down the escarpment to the river, thereby creating new areas directly linked to the Palace, and assuring safe passage if need be towards the river Tarn.

Glossary curtain: the section of a castle wall between two neighboring towers. [Spanish translation not transcribed.]

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Layton, New Jersey

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New Jersey, Sussex County, Layton
Layton, once known as Laytons, was originally named Centreville. This village was settled by John Layton in the early 1800's. The first business here was owned by blacksmith Simeon Fisher, followed by Abraham Bell who established a carpenter's shop and tavern. "Squire" Layton opened a store here in 1835. The Centreville M.E. Church was incorporated on Feb. 16, 1828. Elizabeth (Shay) Faurot was the first interred in the adjoining churchyard in 1831. John B. Layton petitioned the U.S. Postal Service at Washington, D.C. in 1861 for mail delivery. The U.S. Postal Service named this village Laytons in his honor, and eventually changed the name to Layton. All of the township's one-room schools were closed in 1940 and the Sandyston School opened. In 1950, Sandyston and Walpack districts merged and formed the Sandyston-Walpack School.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chesapeake & Ohio 1308

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West Virginia, Cabell County, Huntington
The 1308,built in 1949, was one of the last working steam locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for a Class 1 railroad in the USA. It primarily hauled coal from Logan Co. Retired from C&O Railway service in 1956. Moved in September 1962 to its present location. The 1308 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 2003.

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old York Road

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New Jersey, Hunterdon County, near Ringoes
Early Lenape Indian trail; became a "Kings Highway" in 1764. Was main stage route between Philadelphia and New York.

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hôtel de Fenasse

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France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Albi
La maison romane ou Hôtel de Fenasse (XIIe siècle) Ce bel hôtel de la seconde moitié du XIIe siècle fait partie des quelques édifices civils romans de la région Midi-Pyrénées. Il appartenait, à l’origine, à une riche famille albigeoise, les Fenasse. Vers 1300, Guillaum Fenasse fut condamnéé pour catharisme et son hôtel confisqué, devint propriété d’un frère de l’évéque, Béraud de Fargues. Il passa ensuite aux mains du sénéchal de Toulouse avant de devenir propriété d’Etienne Lacombe, riche négociant albigeois. Bien que remaniée en briques au cour des siècles, cette demeure témoigne de l’utilisation de la pierre calcaire durant la période romane en Albigeois, pour des édifices de qualité: portail roman en plein cintre, encadrée de colonnes à chapiteaux. Le rez-de-chaussée porte la trace de grandes arcades qui abritaient des boutiques ouvertes sur la rue.

[English]
The Romanesque house or “Hotel de Fenasse” (12th century)
This beautiful private mansion dates back to the 12th century, and is one of several existing Romanesque buildings in the Midi-Pyrenees region that was originally for private use.

The residence initially belonged to the Fenasses, a wealthy Albi family. Around 1300, Guillaumn Fenasse was condemned for Catharism (considered a form of heresy) and his mansion passed into the hands of a brother of bishop Beraud de Farques. It then became the property of the Seneschal of Toulouse, before changing owners yet again, this time passing to Etienne Lacombe, a wealthy Albi businessman. Although it was remodeled in brick over the centuries, the residence is still a good example of the high-quality limestone buildings constructed during the Romanesque period in Albi. There remains a Romanesque gate and an opening with a semi-circular arch surrounded by capital columns. On the ground floor, it is still possible to see traces of the large arcades which sheltered shops looking out onto the street. [Spanish translation not transcribed.]

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Les berges du Tarn

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France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Albi
La rive gauche du Tarn correspond à un quartier peuplé dès le Haut Moyen Âge: le secteur des «Combes» . Ce nom évoque une topographie en forme de gouttière descendant vers le Tarn. Les Combes établissaient un lien véritable avec la rivière marquée alors par une activité commerciale importante. Témoin de l’essor urbain, le pont Vieux, construit au XIe siècle pour répondre à l’accroissement de la circulation et favoriser le commerce, permet le développement du faubourg «du Bout-du-Pont» sur la rive droite, aujourd’hui appelé quartier de la Madeleine. La rue d’Engueysse, qui port le nom de la famille Gueysse, constitua jusquau XVIIIe siècle, une artère vitale pour la circulation des marchandises prouvenant du Port Vielh et du pont Vieux vers la ville et la place de la Pile.

[English]
The Tarn Riverbanks
The Left Bank of the Tarn has been densely inhabited since the High Middle Ages. It is called the “Combe” (valleys) district.

Topographically speaking, the name invokes the “gutter” shape that tapers down to the Tarn. Life in the Combes area was defined by inhabitants’ relationship with the river, which supplied much of their livelihood.

A product of urban growth, the Old Bridge (pont-Vieux), built in the 11th century to ease the flow of traffic and facilitate trade, led to the development of the “du-Bout-du-Pont” suburb (“End-of-Bridge”) on the Right Bank, today the Madeleine neighborhood. The street Engueysse, which bears the surname of the Engueysse family, was until the end of the 18th century a vital thoroughfare for goods moving from Vielh Port and the Old Bridge towards the city and Place de la Pile. [Spanish translation not transcribed.]

(Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Les jardins de la Berbie

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France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Albi
Entre 1687 et 1703, Hyacinthe Serrori, premier archévêque d’Albi, aménage un lieu d’a rement dans l’ancienne basse cour de Berbie et transforme la muraille en promenoir. La Berbie perd ainsi son côté défensif et la vie du palais s’oriente vers les rive du Tarn, en accord avec le qoût pour la nature et le pittoresque qui se répardait à celle époque. Les buis finement taillés qui composent le jardin classique dessinent des broderies vegétales qui sont agreméntées de plantations colorées.

[Translation by Google Translate (with modifications):
Gardens Berbie
Between 1687 and 1703, Hyacinthe Serrori first archbishop of Albi, has landscaped a place in the old low court of the Berbie and transforms the wall into a promenade. Berbie thus loses its defensive side and palace life moved towards the bank of the Tarn, in accordance with the taste for nature and the picturesque which developed at that time. The finely carved boxwood that make up the classical garden draw embroidery plant which are decorated colorful plants.]

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rogers Works

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New Jersey, Passaic County, Paterson
Thomas Rogers, one of the most celebrated builders of railroad locomotives, built a plant on this site in 1832

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Le palais de la Berbie

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France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Albi
Le nom du palais vient de l’occitan bisbia signifiant “évêche”, référence à sa fonction de résidence episcopale. Le bâtiment fut engé entre le XIIIe et le XIVe siècle et connut quelque modifications jusqu’au XVIIe siècle. Il forme avec la cathédrale un ensemble monumental de briques exceptionnal. Cette architecture militaire témoigne de la volonte de l’évêque d’affirmer sa puissance et son autorité en réponse à la dissidence cathare. Les nombreux contreforts hémicylindrique, les énormes tours et l’épaisseur des murs manifestent un type de défense passive, fondée sur la hauteur et sur la masse.

[Translated by Google Translate (with modifications):
Palace Berbie
The name of the palace comes from the Occitan bisbia meaning "bishopric", a reference to its function as Episcopal residence. The building was built between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and underwent some modifications until the seventeenth century. It forms, with the cathedral, a monumental assemble of exceptional brick. This military architecture reflects the will of the bishop to assert its power and authority in response to the Cathar dissent. Its many hemi-cylindrical buttresses, the enormous towers and thick walls show a kind of passive defense, based on the height and mass.]

(Churches, Etc. • Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Derrick Van Veghten House

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New Jersey, Somerset County, Bridgewater
The house stands on its original site over looking the Raritan River. The land was once part of an 834 acre plantation that Derrick’s father, Michael, purchased in 1697. Derrick, who was born here in 1699, was a prosperous farmer, respected member of the community, and staunch patriot.

Derrick’s house served as headquarters for Quartermaster Nathanael Greene during the 1778 -1779 Middlebrook Encampment, and units of the Continental Army were encamped on his land. While in residence, General Greene wrote a letter to a friend describing "a pretty little frisk" held in the house, and during the course of the evening, General Washington danced with Mrs. Greene for "upwards of three hours without seting [sic] down".

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


Washington Rock

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New Jersey, Somerset County, Green Brook
In May, 1777, General George Washington moved his army from Morristown to the Watchung Mountains above Bound Brook. The British Army, under the command of Sir William Howe, were reinforcing their base at New Brunswick and hoping to draw the American army into a decisive battle that would end the war.

The rock offered Washington an unobstructed view of British bases in Perth Amboy and New Brunswick, as well as fleet movements in the lower New York Harbor. Washington’s objective was to prevent Howe from moving south through New Jersey to attack Philadelphia, while being in position to flank the British if they moved into the Hudson. Control of the mountains, which served as a natural fort, gave Washington’s army the advantage of setting the terms of potential engagements.

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Flags Flown Over Oklahoma

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Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City


First Flag
Royal Standard of Spain
Coronado's Expedition
1541

Second Flag
Great Union of Great Britain
Carolina Land Grant
Included Oklahoma
1663

Third Flag
Royal Standard of France
LaSalle Claimed the Territory
Drained by the Mississippi
1682

Fourth Flag
Bourbon Standard
of the Spanish Empire
Ceded by France to Spain,
Treaty of Paris
1763

Fifth Flag
Standard of the
French Republic

Province of Louisiana
Re-ceded by Spain to France
1800

Sixth Flag
Star Spangled Banner
of United States

15 Stripes
Louisiana Purchase
1803

Seventh Flag
Old Glory of United States
13 Stripes
Star For Each State
Changed by Law
1818

Eighth Flag
Flag of Republic of Mexico
Oklahoma Panhandle
Claimed by Mexico
1821

Ninth Flag
Flag of Republic of Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle and Greer Counties
Claimed by Texas
1836

Tenth Flag
Lone Star Flag of
State of Texas

Designed by Law
Texas Claim on
Oklahoma Panhandle and
Greer Counties
1839

Eleventh Flag
Flag of Choctaw Nation
Choctaw Indian Troops
First Carried Flag
During Civil War
1861

[Twelth Flag]
[Marker Missing]

Thirteenth Flag
First Oklahoma State Flag
Adopted by State Legislature
1911

Fourteenth Flag
Present Oklahoma State Flag
Adopted by State Legislature
1925

(Exploration • Native Americans • Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 15 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Southwest Boulevard Fire

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Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City



Firefighter Virgil Sams
Captain George Bartels
Firefighter Delbert Stone
Firefighter Neal Owen
Captain Peter Sirna
Civilian Francis J. Toomes


To each who come before this
memorial in remembrance of the final
fire for these six, we pray you
remember them not for what they lost,
but rather what they gave. They have
been and will forever be,
greatly missed.

(Charity & Public Work • Disasters) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of German Prisoner of War Camp Known as Camp Tonkawa

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Oklahoma, Kay County, Tonkawa


Front
Legend [and POW Camp diagram]
See other side for story

Back
Between October and December 1942 more than 900 construction workers labored 24 hours a day to build Camp Tonkawa on the quarter section immediately north of this marker SE¼ Sec 28-26N-1W. The 160 acre site contained more than 180 wooden structures for 3,000 German P.O.W.s as well as 500 U.S. Army guard troops, service personnel, and civilian employees. Activated in January 1943 the post received its first prisoners in August, German troops of Afrika Corps captured in North Africa.

The facility operated at or near capacity throughout its existence. Prisoners worked on area farms and ranches as well as at an alfalfa dryer plant in Tonkawa. In November 1943, a disturbance among the prisoners resulted in the death of one German soldier. Eight P.O.W.s escaped from the camp but all were re-captured. Camp Tonkawa closed in September 1945 and the P.O.W.s were returned to Europe.

[Dedicated] July 4, 2002

POW Marker Committee
[Members not transcribed]
Related artifacts displayed at McCarter Museum of Tonkawa History
Original base for the
Entrance Gate Post

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Martha's Hideaway

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Florida, American Beach
American Beach, founded in 1935, was a renowned beach for Blacks during the segregation era when African Americans could not go to public beaches. In the early development of American Beach, a few private homes were built, including one hidden deep in the woods at the end of Ervin Street. The Colonial Revival house, built for local African-American business owner and community activist Martha Hippard, is an unusual example of high style architecture in the beach resort community. Detached from the main house is a separate party house that some say was a gambling house. Others say it was used to host dances, club parties, and other civic and social activities. Both houses are constructed of hand-made concrete blocks from truckloads of crushed coquina shells hauled from American Beach and hand-molded bricks manufactured on the premises. The 1938 structures were built on nearly an acre of land, larger than any other parcel in the area. In January 1961, Elmo and Annette Myers of Fernandina purchased the house from its second owner, educator Lottie O. Harris of St. Marys, Georgia. Martha’s Hideaway, also called Hippard’s Hideaway, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 12, 2001.

A Florida Heritage Site

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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