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Toledo Museum of Art

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Toledo, Ohio.
Founded in 1901 under the leadership of Edward Drummond Libbey, who established the glass industry in Toledo, the Museum building was designed by the architect Edward Green. It was completed in three stages in 1912, 1926, and 1933. From the outset the Museum has aimed to be a community and educational resource in the visual and performing arts.

(Education • Entertainment • Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War I

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Geneva, Illinois.

Major Campaigns and Deaths

Meuse-Argonne, France (9/18-11/18) 26,277
Aisne-Marne, France (7/18-8/18) 6,992
Somme, France (8/18-11/18) 3,221
Oise-Aisne, France (8/18-11/18) 1,919
St. Mihiel, France (9/18) 1,799
Champagne-Marne, France (7/18) 1,485
Cantigny, France (4/18-7/18) 963
Ypres-Lys, Belgium, France (8/18-11/18) 894
Chateau-Thierry, France (6/18-7/18) 886

Military Service Personnel

Participants 4,734,991
In Theater Deaths 53,402
Deaths in Service 63,114
Wounded in Service 204,002
Missing in Action 4,452
Illinois Deaths 3,016
Kane County Deaths 151

Kane County Facts

The last county World War I veteran, Raymond George Geister, died on 2/6/2000 at age 105.

War Facts

1914 - World War I began in Europe, triggered by the assassination in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
1915 - The British passenger liner Lusitania was sunk by a German U-boat, which caused the death of 128 American civilians.
1917 - The first Selective Service Act passed Congress.
1917 - The United States declared war on Germany.
1918 - By Spring U.S. troops were being shipped into France at a peak rate of 300,000 soldiers per month.
1918 - Germany agreed to an armistice.
1919 - The combatant nations signed the Treaty of Versailles.

Over 65 million served in uniform in all combatant countries (1914-1918).

Over 8 million died on active service, and over 21 million were wounded.

Over 6 million civilians died and the war created 3 million widows and 10 million orphans.

From income tax increases and the sale of bonds, the U.S. raised $23 billion for the war effort from a population with an annual income of less than $70 billion.

Depicted on Relief

An attack is launched from a front line trench, one of a system of trenches that zigzagged along the Western Front.

During World War I the airplane emerged as a new weapon of war, although for most of the war airplanes were used to observe enemy activities.

"The world must be made safe for democracy."
President Woodrow Wilson

(War, World I • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Arizona's First Woolen Mill

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near Tuba City, Arizona.
Near here in 1879
Mormon Colonists Built
Arizona's First Woolen Mill

Hoping to utilize Hopi and Navajo wool and labor, the Mormons intended to build a new industry to supply the early settlers. The 192-spindle mill operated only a short time, its abandonment signaling failure of the missionary movement among the Hopi's.
Text from 'Historical markers within the Arizona Department of Transportation right of way' April 1, 1997. Prepared by: Roadside Development Section

(Native Americans • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Navajo Bridge

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Marble Canyon, Arizona.
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

By the United States
Department of the Interior
August 31, 1981

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

Town of Gerry Veterans Memorial

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Gerry, New York.

Town of Gerry
Veterans Memorial
Honoring our men and women
who served in the armed forces.

(Military) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dedicated to All

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Cassagada, New York.

Dedicated to all
Cassadaga area
servicemen and
women who gave
their lives for
our country.

World War I
Terry S. Tarr.
World War II
Raymond Carr, Vernon Clark, Donald Cobb, Archie Johnson, Arthur Jones, Edward Lehnen, Donald McBride, Gilbert Thies, Glenn Ulrich
Vietnam War
Patrick Bridenbaker

(War, World I • War, World II • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Chartered Girl Scout Council in the United States

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Toledo, Ohio.
Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927) had a dream that young women could be independent, help others in need, and be responsible leaders in their communities. Low founded Girl Scouts of the United States of America with 18 girls on March 12, 1912 in her native Savannah, Georgia. On May 6, 1917, Low signed the charter making the Toledo Council the first official Girl Scout Council in the nation. There were about 550 Girl Scouts in Toledo at that time. Over 50 million girls, women, and men have been members of Girl Scouts of the USA in

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Moses Fleetwood Walker

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Toledo, Ohio.
Moses Fleetwood Walker was born on October 7, 1856 in Ohio to Moses M. Walker, a physician, and Caroline, a midwife. He attended and played baseball at Oberlin College and the University of Michigan. In 1883, Walker joined the newly formed Toledo Blue Stockings and became the first African American major league ballplayer when Toledo joined the Major League-sanctioned American Association the following year. As a barehanded catcher, his biggest assets were his catching ability, powerful throwing arm, and aggressive base running. He endured racial prejudice from teammates, opponents, and baseball fans, and eventually left to become a writer, inventor, civil rights advocate, and entrepreneur. Walker was elected to the Ohio Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. He died in 1924 and is buried in Stuebenville, Ohio in the family plot at Union Cemetery.

(Entertainment • Sports • African Americans) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Art Tatum

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Toledo, Ohio.
Art Tatum was born in Toledo on October 13, 1909, the son of Arthur Tatum, Sr. and Mildred Hoskins Tatum. Despite being blind in one eye and only partially sighted in the other, he became one of the greatest jazz pianists of his era. To deal with his sight disability, he attended the Ohio State School for the Blind in Columbus from 1918-1920. He came from a musical family and had some formal training at the Toledo School of Music, but was largely self-taught. Influenced by famed Fats Waller, Tatum began playing his music on a local radio station at age 18 and then lived in Chicago, New York City, Cleveland, and Los Angeles, playing and recording extensively both as a soloist and in small groups. His ability to improvise set him apart as a musical genius. Tatum died in November 1956 and was named to the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1983.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • African Americans) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Congregational Church

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Toledo, Ohio.

Text on the A Side of the Marker:
First Congregational Church
Founded in 1833, this is the oldest congregation organized within Toledo's original boundaries. From 1844 to 1913 the church occupied a succession of three meeting houses on St. Clair Street. In 1913 First Church merged with Central Congregational Church. The pews and eight stained glass windows from the 1878 church were incorporated into this meeting house which was dedicated in 1916.

Text on the B Side of the Marker:
First Congregational Church
The adjoining Central Church served as the parish house until its destruction by gas explosion in 1927. The present parish house, dedicated in 1931, has a cornerstone from Scrooby, England, one of the Pilgrims' hometowns. The windows of this church offer outstanding examples of stained glass from the studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Louis Lederle, and Payne-Speers.

(Churches, Etc. • Architecture) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Toledo's First High School / Toledo-Lucas County Public Library

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Toledo, Ohio.

Text on the A Side of the Marker:
Toledo's First High School
Toledo High School opened in 1854 on the site of the city's first log schoolhouse. After an 1895 fire, it was rebuilt and named Central High School. The facility closed in 1914 with the opening of Scott and Waite high schools. It reopened as Woodward Technical School and later became Vocational High. The building was razed in 1938 for construction of the Toledo Public Library.

Text on the B Side of the Marker:
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Although Toledo had a subscription library as early as 1838, the city's first free public library opened in 1873 at Madison and Summit streets. The library constructed a building at Madison and Ontario streets in 1890. The Public Works Administration helped finance the present building which was dedicated on September 4, 1940. The county's three library systems merged in 1970.

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lee's Ferry

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Marble Canyon, Arizona.
Northern gateway to Arizona for 54 years - from 1873 to 1927 - is located six miles upstream from this bridge.

This monument erected to the founder John Doyle Lee who, with superhuman effort and in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles, maintained this ferry which made possible the colonization of Arizona.

Frontiersman, trail blazer, builder, a man of great faith, sound judgment, and indomitable courage.

Authority for erection of this monument granted by the State of Arizona.

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

Estey Hall

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Raleigh, North Carolina.
Estey Hall has ben listed on
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States Department
of the Interior

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Montpelier

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Montpelier, Louisiana.
Parish seat from 1812-1832. Land office - a clearinghouse for public lands between the Mississippi and the Pearl Rivers 1812-1837. Montpelier Academy 1833-1840. Early post office St. Helena 1814-1859. Connected to Natchez Trace.

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

Irvine Park

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Orange, California.
Indians gathered acorns here long before Columbus' time. In 1897, James Irvine, Jr. gave the people their long-time favorite "picnic grounds." The original 160-acre grove was known as Orange County Park until 1928.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ione High School

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Ione, California.
The first high school in Amador County was erected on this spot in 1903 by the Ione Academy, a private corporation. The original two-story frame structure, built at a cost of $2,287, housed the school until 1939. As a result of the steady growth in enrollment a major building program was begun. The original structure was remodeled into a one-story building. Four other buildings - three of brick veneer and one of stucco - were added and the project was completed in 1941 when the wood frame shop building was finished. The current gymnasium was erected in 1953. The last major building program was completed in the spring of 1975 when the new shop and the academic center were finished. The academic center is a replica of the remodeled original building which was destroyed by fire on November 26, 1972.


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

Quincy - Ione's Sister City

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Ione, California.
Quincy, located approximately 1 1/2 miles east of here off Mule Creek, was one of the cities within the boundaries of Rancho Arroyo, or the grant, that suddenly appeared in the early 1850's.

Don Andreas Pico purchased the grant from Teodosio Yorba in 1844 with 500 head of longhorn cattle.

Before its destruction, Quincy was quite large. According to the "Quincy Prospector," it rivaled Sacramento in its best days (copies on file in the state archives).

Quincy was built by the settlers coming to California during and before the "Gold Rush" of 1849. The people of Quincy were shocked and astonished when Pico and his vaqueros rode in from Mission San Jose to inform them to vacate, as they were trespassing. Pico was entirely within his rights.

Years of bloodshed followed. This loosely organized war of murder and ambush diminished with the arrival of a battalion of infantry, a battery of field artillery and a troop of cavalry from the Presidio of San Francisco. They garrisoned the area well after 1865.

This came too late, however, for Pico's wife, murdered during this period. Her grave was located 6 miles south of Quincy, near the Miwok town of Uoo-Poo-Soo-Ne. Finally, the settlers were given the choice of Ione or Quincy. With Ione the winner, Quincy was evacuated, burned and dynamited to the ground in two weeks.

After all this time and destruction, aerial photographs still show the four lane main street with parking, and its many large side streets revealed by the short grass cover of the streets against the longer grasses inside the old foundations.

(Settlements & Settlers • Hispanic Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Heirloom

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Ione, California.
Built circa 1863, this imposing residence with its classical columns, two-storied gallery, French window and fan transom, is an important local representative of the Greek Revival tradition in America. The house, constructed of locally fired brick, served as a private residence for a number of Ione's prominent citizens. In 1980, it was converted to a bed and breakfast inn.

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

William Tucker's Fire Bell

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Sutter Creek, California.
Sutter Creek's first fire bell was ordered by William M. Tucker (1843-1910) for the Sutter Creek Fire Company.

The bell hung in a wooden bell tower in the late 1800s at the fire station near the corner of Spanish St. and Keyes St.

The bell was relocated to a 60' steel tower at the north end of Main Street and Hayden Alley in 1907 after the formation of the fire district in 1905.

An additional fire bell was installed at the south end of Main Street in 1913 where it is located today.

Dedicated September 4th 2010, by the Sutter Creek Volunteer Fire Department and the Sutter Creek Fire District in memory of all those who have served the city of Sutter Creek and Amador County.

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

Miners' Graves

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Jackson, California.
In memory of Elmer Bacheller, James Clayton, Evan Ely, William Fessel, Charles Fitzgerald, Ernest Miller, Arthur and son Charles O'Berg, and Bert Seamans who died August 28, 1922 in the Argonaut Mine Fire


(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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