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Old City Hall Bell

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Suffolk, Virginia.
This bell was part of the old City Hall constructed in 1891 on Main Street near this site. The City Hall Building had two spires. The southern spire had a four faced clock that was operated by a system of counter weights. . . .

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

The Pines

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Annandale, Virginia.
At the turn of the 20th century, a close-knit African American community was established here. The Johnson, Robinson, Sprigg and Collins families were the first to purchase lots. They cleared pine trees to enable truck . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Council Oak / Col. D.W.H. Howard

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Winameg, Ohio.
Council Oak Of the three things for which the site is historically important, only one survives - the famous Council Oak. Given the power of speech, the great tree could tell a stirring story of council meetings, torture of . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Stage Station Ruin

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near Bowie, Arizona.
The Apache Pass Stage Station was built of stone in July 1858. Within its 6-8 foot-high walls were a kitchen-dining room, sleeping rooms, a storage room for feed and weapons, and a mule corral with portholes in every stall. . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bascom-Cochise Meeting Site

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near Bowie, Arizona.
After the events on the afternoon of February 4th, Bascom ordered the command to move toward, and fortify, the stage station. According to Sergeant Daniel Robinson: “Our wagons were placed end to end, forming a semicircle, . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Butterfield Overland Mail

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near Bowie, Arizona.
In 1857, the government awarded John Butterfield a contract to carry mail by stagecoach between St. Louis and San Francisco. The 2,800-mile route was to be traversed within 25 days. A year later, as the stagecoaches prepared . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Chiricahua Apache Indian Agency

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near Bowie, Arizona.
The Story: U.S. Indian Agent Thomas Jeffords governed some 900 Chiricahua Apaches here in 1875-76, under the vigilance of the U.S. Army at Fort Bowie. Cochise, Chiricahua chieftain and friend of Jeffords, died in 1874, . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Battle of Apache Pass; July 15-16, 1862

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near Bowie, Arizona.
An advance guard of 96 California Volunteers, marching toward the San Simon River to establish a supplu depot for the California Column, followed the Butterfield Road through Apache Pass. As they approached the abandoned . . .

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

Apache Spring

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near Bowie, Arizona.
Pottery fragments found around Apache Spring suggest it was used by prehistoric Mogollon Indians before the Apache arrived. Journals of early Spanish explorers described Apache trails radiating from the spring. The . . .

(Native Americans • Forts, Castles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dyess Elementary School

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Abilene, Texas.
On January 21, 1963, Dyess Elementary was the first school in the Abilene Independent School District to integrate all students. African American military families living on Dyess Air Force Base were previously forced to . . .

(Education • Civil Rights • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Escambia County Training School

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Atmore, Alabama.
In 1920, a wooden building was constructed as the Atmore Colored School and operated until 1925. In 1926, a new wood and a brick building was erected with assistance from Rosenwald School fund and it was renamed the Escambia . . .

(Education • Landmarks • Sports • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A County Older Than the State, Baldwin County

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Bay Minette, Alabama.
Side 1 Third oldest county in Alabama. Created in 1809 while still part of Mississippi Territory. Named for Abraham Baldwin (1754-1807) founder of University of Georgia, delegate to Constitutional Convention, member of . . .

(Colonial Era • Political Subdivisions • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic and Beautiful Repton

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Repton, Alabama.
Side 1 In the early 1900s, Repton was a bustling railroad town along the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Among other businesses, it boasted several hotels, banks, stores, a livery stable, cotton gin and the only hospital . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bay of the Holy Spirit

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
The earliest outline of a recognizable bay on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico was shown on a 1507 map by German cartographer Martin Waldeseemuller–the same map to first apply the name "America" to the New World. . . .

(Waterways & Vessels • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mobile's First Mardi Gras Parade

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Mobile, Alabama.
On Shrove Tuesday, February 25, 1868, the Order of Myths gathered at this intersection shortly after 8 p.m. and began its first parade. The procession traveled west on Government, north on Warren east on Dauphin, north on . . .

(Entertainment • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

City of Daphne

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Daphne, Alabama.
The City of Daphne was incorporated July 8, 1927 with a population of 500. its history, however, dates to a much earlier period. Research and artifacts show that Tensaw, Alabama, Choctaw, Creeks, and Seminole Indians all . . .

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

Spanish Fort

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Rendezvous for Indians, Spanish, French and English Explorers. In 1865, Three Confederate Brigades, outnumbered 10 to 1, engaged the Army of West Mississippi (Union Forces) in the last battle of the War Between the States. March 26~April 9, 1865.

(Native Americans • War, US Civil • Exploration) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bay Minette, Alabama

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Bay Minette, Alabama.
Side 1 In 1860, the center of commerce in Baldwin County ran along the rivers with the remainder of the county mostly wilderness. In 1861, with secession declared, the Alabama Legislature allocated funds to finish the . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Political Subdivisions • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spanish Fort

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Spanish Fort, Alabama.
Historic Spot of the Deep South

(Forts, Castles • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bottle Creek Site

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Bay Minette, Alabama.
Bottle Creek Site has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses National Significance in Commemorating the History of the United States of America 1994 National Park Service United States Department of . . .

(Native Americans • Landmarks • Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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