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The Morris Canal Inclined Planes

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Stanhope, New Jersey.
The inclined planes of the Morris Canal solved a major engineering problem. The canal route had to overcome 1,674 feet of elevation change across New Jersey. The route was chosen for access to the state’s iron industry and . . .

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

Christmas Night Shootout

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South Pittsburg, Tennessee.
Side A In January 1927, H. Wetter Manufacturing Company, South Pittsburg's largest employer, a unionized company, closed its stove factory. When Wetter tried to reopen with non~union labor, the unions established picket . . .

(Labor Unions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Braddock Carnegie Library

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Braddock, Pennsylvania.
Braddock Carnegie Library has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance In commemorating the history of the United States of America Built in 1888-1889 and dedicated March 30, . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Independence Day - 1863

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Campbellsville, Kentucky.
Morgan's raiders, on way to Ohio, July 4, 1863, approached 200 USA Mich. Inf. under Col. O. H. Moore intrenched here. Morgan demanded surrender. Moore replied Fourth of July no day to entertain such a proposition. Eight CSA . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Michigan at Tebbs Bend

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near Campbellsville, Kentucky.
Side 1 During the first week of July 1863, while the people of the North and the South focused their attention on Gettysburg and Vicksburg, five Michigan companies defended the bridge across the Green River here at Tebbs . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Nobly Did They Die"

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near Campbellsville, Kentucky.
Confederate Casualties, Battle of Tebbs Bend - Green River Bridge Compiled by Betty Gorin-Smith Confederate forces commanded by Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan First Brigade Colonel Basil W. Duke, commanding 5th Kentucky . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Y-Bridge

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Zanesville, Ohio.
On November 16, 1814, the Muskingum Messenger reported, “Muskingum and Licking Bridge, This grand and important work is now possible. Great credit is due to Mr. Rufus Scott, the architect. Now the south and north sides of . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels • Bridges & Viaducts • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Washington

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Old Washington, Ohio.
Old Washington was platted along Zane’s Trace in 1805 by the brothers George and Henry Beymer. Within two years twelve log dwellings had been built, making it the oldest settlement in Guernsey County. Originally known as New . . .

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

Genevieve Gillette

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White Lake Township, Michigan.
Michigan state parks welcomed the newly-mobile drivers of automobiles in the early 1900s. Genevieve Gillette made it her life's work to preserve precious natural settings and make them available to the travelling public. In . . .

(Man-Made Features • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Underground Magazine / Magasin souterrain

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Victoria, British Columbia.
Excavated from solid rock, this underground magazine provided a secure and dry storage area for ammunition. The shells were wheeled to the guns. The cartridges were carried up the passageways and passed through the issue . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, World I • War, World II • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Team Work / Travail d'equipe

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Victoria, British Columbia.
The ten-man gun crew and ammunition detachment worked closely together to ensure safe and precise loading and firing of the 6-inch guns. They followed a sequence when in action: 1) Gun crew and ammunition detachment alerted . . .

(War, World I • War, World II • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Haven Hill Gatehouse

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White Lake Township, Michigan.
The Gatehouse was the formal entryway into the 2,422 acre Haven Hill Estate, Edsel Ford's chosen "weekend getaway." While Edsel gathered property for his country estate in the 1920s, Packard Motor Car Company and General . . .

(Notable Buildings • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hands That Built

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina.
Nature forged the Great Smokies, but the hands of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) helped shape the national park we know today. During the 1930s, enrollment peaked as 4,300 men worked here, building roads, campgrounds, . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Charity & Public Work • Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spared the Saw

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina.
Look out across the forested mountains of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The mountains are ancient, but much of the forest is young. Very little is old-growth, or ancient—never cut. But the time the park was . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Indian Gap Road

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.
Traffic of all sorts once passed through here—Indians, explorers, Confederate soldiers, farmers with livestock herds, merchants, and families traveling for varied reasons. This is Indian Gap. The road trace that descends the . . .

(Native Americans • War, US Civil • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

An Ancient and Settled Landscape

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Qualla, North Carolina.
Today, members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians continue to honor and cultivate the traditions which have guided their culture for thousands of years. The Qualla Boundary, as it has been known for generations, is a . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Northampton County Veteran's Memorial

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Eastville, Virginia.
In Memory Of and Honor To the Brave Brave Men of Northampton County Who Lost Their Lives in Battle for Our Great Republic's Cause World War I Bell, Clarence Benjamin, Simon Cugler, Byron Davis, Alfred W. Edmonds, Thomas S. . . .

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

Assateague Light House

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near Chincoteague Island, Virginia.
Assateague Light House Rebuilt 1866-1867 Light House Board Acts of Congress June 20, 1860 and July 28, 1866

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Keeping the Forest Full of Life

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near Chincoteague Island, Virginia.
Keeping the Forest Full of Life Wildlife have the same basic needs humans do—food, water, shelter, and space. To make sure those needs are met, refuge staff carefully manage forest areas. They remove some trees, plant others . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

10th Indiana Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text from the front side of the monument: 2nd Brigade - Croxton. 3rd Division - Brannan. 14th Corps - Thomas. 10th Regiment Indiana Infantry. Text from the back side of the monument: Indiana's Tribute To Her Tenth . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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