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Oregon Trail

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near Lingle, Wyoming.
Marked by the State of Wyoming 1914

Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Phillis Wheatley

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Newport News, Virginia.
Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784) was America’s first black published poet. Born in Africa, she was brought to Boston in 1861 and sold to merchant John Wheatley as a servant for his wife. Phillis was tutored by her progressive . . .

(Colonial Era • Arts, Letters, Music • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wurtsboro

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Wurtsboro, New York.
Named for Maurice Wurts, president and one of the founders of Delaware and Hudson Canal. It was built to haul coal to Tidewater.

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

Original Snubbing

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Wurtsboro, New York.
July 13, 1825 Original snubbing post placed at the sight of the ground breaking ceremonies of the D&H Canal July 13, 1975

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

Roscoe Station Site N.Y Ontario & Western Rwy.

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Roscoe, New York.
Site formerly Rockland, originally Westfield Flats. Weehawken to here by "Scoot" Signal and weather vane remain.

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Upper Susquehanna

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Milford, New York.
Rivers and streams flowing southward make this area a part of the great Susquehanna River Valley. Early fur traders from the Mohawk Valley dealt with Indians as far away as Oquaga(Now Windsor). Large colonial land grants . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mormon Pioneer Trail

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Lingle, Wyoming.
1336 miles - Nauvoo, Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley (Second plaque below:) "Whether I live or whether I die all is well, all is well" Elizabeth Rutledge 1806 - 1852

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

The Journey West Continues

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near Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
"We proceeded (westward from Fort Laramie) and encamped outside the boundaries of Uncle Sam." So wrote Dr. J.S. Shepard in 1851 as he began the second leg of his journey west. "To leave Fort Laramie was to cast off all ties . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mary Elizabeth Homsley

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near Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
Mary Elizabeth Homsley was born near Lexington, Kentucky, July 20, 1824. She move with her parents, Jacob and Sarah Oden, to Truxton, Missouri, where she was married to Benjamin Franklin Homsley in 1841. In April 1852, . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General José de San Martín

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, Guatemala.
General Jose de San Martin Guatemala a la Republica Argentina Yo nada temo del poder de este continente siempre que estemos unidos de lo contrario sufriremos males incalculables English translation: General José de San . . .

(Colonial Era • Politics • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Beyond the Basics

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Washington, District of Columbia.
During the Civil War, thousands of once-enslaved people crowded into DC, desperate for shelter, work, and protection. Most vulnerable were orphans and children separated from their families. In 1863 the National Association . . .

(Education • Industry & Commerce • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General Francisco de Paula Santander

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, Guatemala.
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(Colonial Era • Politics • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Fredonia, Wisconsin.
In memory of those who served their country Dedicated May 15, 1994

(War, Cold • War, Vietnam • Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hartville

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Hartville, Wyoming.
The Town of Hartville was named for Col. Verling Hart stationed at old Ft. Laramie in the late 1870's when Wyoming was still a territory. The town site of 200 acres was purchased from the Federal Government for $250.00. . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Firewood & Cool Water

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near Guernsey, Wyoming.
Called Bitter Cottonwood Creek because of the groves of cottonwood trees growing there, this location was a welcome relief for emigrant pioneers as they traveled along the relatively treeless road to the west in the 1840s, . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Roads & Vehicles • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oregon Trail

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near Guernsey, Wyoming.
Marked by the State of Wyoming 1913

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

Oregon Trail

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near Guernsey, Wyoming.
At this point the Oregon Trail crossed.

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

Defending the Chesapeake Bay

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Glen Burnie, Maryland.
The Curtis Creek Iron Furnace (also calle Aetna or Etna Furnace), established c. 1759, stood on the south side of Furnace Branch Creek in Glen Burnie, where Rte. 10 now crosses. The location ensured access to local iron ore . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Congregation B'Nai Israel

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
This site was purchased by the organizers of what is today Congregation B'Nai Israel, one of the oldest Reform Jewish congregations in America. The earliest records of the congregation date to 1858. The original charter . . .

(Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Marksville Site

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Marksville, Louisiana.
One mile east is the Marksville prehistoric Indian ceremonial center. This site, occupied from 1-400 A.D., was related to the Ohio Hopewell Culture, and was noted for its elaborate trade networks and mortuary ceremonialism.

(Native Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Anthropology) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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