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John Moyer Patchett

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California, Napa County, Napa
Near this site in 1856, John M. Patchett, native of England, opened the first commercial winery in the Napa Valley. Patchett's Grove Winery produced over 6,000 gallons of wine shipped to fine restaurants in San Francisco. The vineyard extended from Jefferson St. to Laurel St., Napa Creek and beyond. The original stone cellar, thought to be on the banks of the Napa Creek east of California Blvd was struck by lightning and destroyed.

John M. Patchett travelled from Iowa to Napa via the gold fields of Placerville at the age of 53, with some of his 8 children and his first wife, Esther. The family lived in a home on Patchett St. and Third St. until it was moved to allow street expansion. John M. Patchett died in 1876 at the age of 79 and is buried near other family members at Tulocay Cemetery.

The building at this site, now known as The York House, was built in 1892, designed by Luther Turton in the "modern" Queen Anne style. It was owned first by banker Joseph Noyes, then purchased in the early 1920's by noted attorney and later Napa County judge John P. York. The building is now used commerically and houses both winemakers and attorneys.

(Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World's First Reaping Machine

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Maryland, Carroll County, Union Bridge

On this location in the Year of 1811,
Jacob R. Thomas
designed and assembled the first
reaping machine in the world. The
machine was given a trial operation
in a field of wheat
owned by Sarah Clemson
at the north end of Union Bridge.

(Agriculture • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Social Security Angel

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico

El Ángel de la Seguridad Social conmemora
el 70 Aniversario de la creación del
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Dr. José Antonio González Anaya
Director General

English translation:
The Social Security Angel commemorates the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Mexican Social Security Institute
Dr. José Antonio González Anaya
General Director

(Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Obelisk of the Children Heroes

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico

Es el primer monumento erigido en honor a los Niños Héroes en 1884, creado a instancias de Don Porfirio Díaz siendo presidente Manuel González. Fue diseñado por el Arq. Ramón Rodríguez Arangoity. El obelisco está ornamentado en la parte superior con una paloma y una estrella dorada y protegido por una cerca de hierro adornada con las haces de lanzas envueltos en crespones. Ahí figuran los nombres de los alumnos de Colegio Militar que fueron muertos o heridos el 13 de septiembre de 1847.

English translation:
In 1884 this was the first monument erected in honor of the Children Heroes, created under the direction of Porfirio Díaz under Presidente Manuel González. It was designed by the architect Ramón Rodríguez Arangoity. The obelisk is adorned on its top by a dove and a golden star and protected by an iron fence made of poleaxes wrapped in ribbons. Engraved on the monument are the names of the students of the Military College that died or were injured in the Battle for Chapultepec on September 13, 1847.

(War, Mexican-American) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dalt Hotel c. 1910

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
The tenants' mobilization and resistance to the planned conversion of the hotel in 1979 to a tourist hotel provided the catalyst for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors enactment of the SRO (Single Room Occupancy) Hotel Anti-Conversion Ordinance. Acquired and renovated by Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation in 1998.

This Building is Listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
Uptown Tenderloin Historic District

(Civil Rights) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Warfield Hotel

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco

Formerly St. Ann Hotel,
Hotel Lennox, Bard Hotel
This Building is listed in the
National Register of
Historic Places
Uptown Tenderloin Historic District

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Yarbrough Building

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Texas, Smith County, Tyler
George H. Yarbrough (1826-99) came to Tyler from Alabama in 1854, and entered into partnership with Col. Alfred Ferguson in a general mercantile enterprise. About 1859, Yarbrough built this hand-made brick structure, the first 3-story edifice in Tyler.

In 1862, Yarbrough, W.S.N. Biscoe, and J.C. Short started the Tyler Ordnance Works, which was sold the next year to the Confederate States of America. This building was leased by the Confederacy for use as a cartridge factory.

In the early 1950s, the upper story was removed, and in 1965, the present facade added.

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The Yarbrough Building, which once stood at this location, was razed in 1978.

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

United Methodist Church of Kress

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Texas, Swisher County, Kress
Organized 1906 at Wright (4 miles NE), this church was relocated in 1907 when the Santa Fe Railway bypassed Wright, founding Kress. With their own hands, members built the first section of this sanctuary (1908), sharing its use with other faiths. The bell on the lawn originally hung in a steeple, and rang for special events as well as worship. The church structure -- remodeled, greatly enlarged, and enhanced by memorial windows -- now forms a local landmark. Lay leaders and four ministers have come from this congregation.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Old Happy

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Texas, Swisher County, Happy
The Hugh Currie family home, "Happy Hollow" (built 1891, near this site), was for many years only house on Amarillo-Tulia freight and stage lines. Settlers got mail and freight here. The U.S. Postal Department cut name to "Happy" for the post office. The town moved (2 miles west) to Santa Fe Line, 1906.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Harmon-Toles Elevator

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Texas, Swisher County, Happy
Holland E. Toles (1894-1941) opened a grain elevator in this area in 1926, and was joined by Vernon Harman in 1938. After Toles' death, Harman formed a new partnership with John F. and Holl Ed Toles. World War II, increased irrigation, and a federal grain program created a need for larger storage facilities. On March 1, 1945, construction was begun on this six-unit concrete elevator. Labor was provided by the U.S. government, utilizing 50 Italian prisoners of war from a camp near Hereford, under Geneva Convention provisions. The project was completed on July 10, 1945.

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

The Detroit Free Press

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Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit
Older than the state of Michigan, the Detroit Free Press began publishing as the Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer May 5, 1831. The Free Press supported the drive for statehood, helped establish the Associated Press and sent reporters to Civil War battlefields. By the time the paper moved in July 1998 to this Albert Kahn-designed building, the Free Press staff had earned eight Pulitzer Prizes.

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

First United Methodist Church

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Texas, Swisher County, Happy
Meetings held in early settlers' homes led to the formation of a Methodist fellowship in Happy in 1905. Services were first held in a schoolhouse and then in a small, frame church constructed by carpenter J. F. White. The structure stood on land donated by Tom Gilliland about 4 miles northeast of the present site of Happy. The Methodists shared their building with other congregations, including the Baptists, Christians, and Presbyterians. A Union Sunday School was organized with P. J. Neff as the first superintendent.

In 1906, Happy moved to its present location along the Santa Fe Rail Line. The Methodist church building was hauled to the new townsite by wagon in 1909. The Rev. B. F. Sharp, a circuit rider, reorganized the 15-member church at its new location. Happy remained on a circuit with 4 other congregations until 1919.

The original church building was remodeled in 1920, during the pastorate of the Rev. C. W. McNeely. The present sanctuary was constructed in 1930-31, under the direction of the Rev. H. C. Smith. Two years later, a fire gutted the interior, forcing services to be held in the basement. After repairs, the structure was dedicated on October 18, 1942. Recent renovation occurred in 1974, when the Rev. Carl Oglesby was pastor.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Happy Public Schools

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Texas, Swisher County, Happy
Formal education began for students of Happy, Texas when the original settlement, two miles east, moved to this townsite in 1906 in response to the newly laid Santa Fe Rail Line. Sarah Ann Rose taught local students in a one-room frame schoolhouse during the 1906-07 school year, and early school trustees were J.F. White, W.H. Foster and S.T. Whitman. Continuing to grow, the school district built new schoolhouses, including a two-story brick building constructed in 1916-17. When a second one was built in 1928-29, the earlier structure became the campus for younger students, and grades eight through eleven occupied the new school. The expanded campus benefited the district when the rural schools of Salem, Union Hill, Sunnyhill, Childress, Sunnyslope, Arney, Garrison and Wayside consolidated into the Happy district in the mid-1930s. A fire destroyed the 1928 building in 1986. One year later, the community constructed a single-story building on the same site.

The Happy school system offers many opportunities for students. Athletic programs began in the 1920s with football and basketball. One Happy alumnus led the U.S. Men's Basketball Team to victory in the 1936 Olympics. The Happy Band, organized in 1933 and later called the Uncle Sam Band, has received many honors and played for dignitaries including President Franklin D. and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. The band also performed at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Students are rewarded for excellence in academics, leadership and participation in events through the schools' achievement award program, initiated in 1956. Once called the Jackrabbits and the Happy Jacks, the Happy Cowboys and Cowgirls benefit from efforts of local educators and families who work to prepare children and youth for their futures.

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

Happy Cemetery

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Texas, Swisher County, Happy
The Happy Cemetery Association, organized on March 18, 1912. Purchased five acres of land for two adjacent cemeteries (one specifically for Catholics) from local businessman James F. White. The oldest recorded grave is that of William T. King (1871-1913). The association built a small frame house which was used as a gathering place for annual decoration day activities from1915 to 1985 when it was razed to make more room for plots. Numerous local pioneers and veterans are buried here, including both Confederate and Union Civil War veterans.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Detroit News

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Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit
On August 23, 1873 James E. Scripps began publishing The Evening News, one of the first popular, low-priced evening newspapers in Michigan. The News specialized in short, local, human interest stories. Resolutely independent, it has continuously championed political and business reform. In 1917 the enterprise moved to this building designed by Albert Kahn. By its centenary, The Detroit News had attained the largest evening circulation in America.

(Communications) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dreamland Cemetery

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Texas, Randall County, Canyon
Originally named Canyon City Cemetery, this burial ground has served the nearby community since early in Canyon's history. In 1891, S.W. Kelley deeded property to Randall County for cemetery use. That same year, the first burials occurred, for William E. McElroy and for Jerry Adams, an African American cowboy who died during a cattle drive. The Civic Improvement League changed the cemetery's name to Dreamland in 1909, and additional acreage was added to the property in 1932 and 1963.

Many early pioneers of Randall County, who were mostly farmers and ranchers, are buried here. A number of noted county figures are also interred, including L.G. Conner, the founder of the Canyon City (now Canyon) and prominent financier L.T. Lester. Other prominent early Randall County residents buried here include Judge Burney Slack, E.D. Harrell, John and Margaret Knight, C.R. Burrow and Clyde Warwick. More recent burials include J.A. Hill and J.P. Cornette, West Texas A&M Presidents; Hattie Anderson, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum founder; Margaret Harper, creator of the Palo Duro Canyon outdoor drama "Texas"; and musician Buddy Knox. Others represented here include veterans of conflicts dating to the Civil War.

Randall County maintained the property until 1957, transferring operations to concerned citizens who formed the Dreamland Cemetery Association. Today, the association continues to care for the historic Dreamland Cemetery, which still serves the residents of Randall County and remains as a testament to the early settlers of Canyon.

Historic Texas Cemetery-2007
Marker is property of the State of Texas


(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Veterans Reunions

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Texas, Randall County, Canyon
Celebrated annually in Canyon 1900-1910, these reunions were a focal point of social life.

Each summer several thousand people arrived by horseback, train, buckboard, and covered wagon. Here they pitched tents and built fires to cook meals.

Members of the "Stonewall Jackson" Confederate Veterans Camp exchanged tales with many other veterans of both North and South. Politicians delivered patriotic speeches; families saw balloon ascensions, attended farm and garden shows and ball games as well as contests in bulldogging and bronco busting.

(War, US Civil • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Detroit Free Press

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Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Detroit Free Press founded in 1831 for more than 150 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for contribution to the economic growth and vitality of our state.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fairmont School

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California, Contra Costa County, El Cerrito
Fairmont School was originally built about 1903 and was El Cerrito's second school. Fires claimed many structures in early El Cerrito, including Fairmont School, which burned down in 1924. A new school was built at the same site on Stockton between Lexington and Kearny.

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

El Cerrito Public Library

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California, Contra Costa County, El Cerrito
With an inventory of fifty books, El Cerrito's first public library was opened in the local post office in 1913. It moved several times before expanding and relocating to Stockton Avenue in 1949, becoming the first postwar library built in the Bay Area.

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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