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The Creek Town of Eufaula

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Eufaula, Alabama.
The area surrounding Eufaula was once part of a regional Creek population center. Towns of note in the region included Sawokli (also known as Sabacola) and the town of Eufaula for which the modern city is named. Trails . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Town of Irwinton

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Eufaula, Alabama.
A small group of American settlers from Georgia formed a community called Eufaula in this vicinity as early as 1823. The settlement began to grow in importance later in the decade through the influence of prominent local . . .

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

The Second Creek War in the Eufaula Area

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Eufaula, Alabama.
In 1836 long-simmering tensions between Creeks and American settlers erupted into warfare. The Creeks, crowded onto the last portion of their ancestral homeland and witnessing the rampant theft of their lands, had also . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The City of Eufaula

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Eufaula, Alabama.
The Second Creek war resulted in the final expulsion of the Creeks from eastern Alabama and paved the way for large-scale American settlement. The town of Irwinton gradually expanded westward from the bluff overlooking the . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Thomas Starr King Bell

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Volcano, California.
The Thomas Starr King Bell was donated to the town of Volcano by Unitarian preacher Thomas Starr King in 1862, who was greatful to the town for its support for the Union and the election of Abraham Lincoln. The bell was . . .

(Landmarks) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kennedy Mine Headframe

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Jackson, California.
Gold changed an entire way of life in California during the Gold Rush. In 1860 Andrew Kennedy and three partners filed 4 mining claims of about 600 feet long. Two shafts were started near what is now Highway 49. The shafts . . .

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

Colonel George Ruhlen

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Fort Bliss, Texas.
In honor of George Ruhlen, Constructing Quartermaster In early 1891 Colonel George Ruhlen, QMC, then Captain, was appointed by the Secretary of War to be in charge of constructing the first buildings on Ft. Bliss at its . . .

(Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Falls

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Seymour, Connecticut.
The Naugatuck River abounded with runs of migratory (diadromous) fish prior to the arrival of European colonists. These fish runs had been an important food source for Native Peoples for centuries and this exact spot — at . . .

(Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Frayser Family

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Varina, Virginia.
You are located on a tract of land formerly owned by the Frayser family. This was the home of Jesse Frayser (1764-1827) and his wife Keziah Frayser (1761-1854). Jesse Frayser was a private in the Virginia Militia under the . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Penn and Nellie Wooldridge House

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Austin, Texas.
In 1913, Nellie Wylie Holden (1863-1944) build a home here. Tradition holds that her children helped noted architect Hugo F. Kuehne design the Georgian Revival house. Holden, an Austin philanthropist, worked in many civic . . .

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

Fort Taylor

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Key West, Florida.
Fort Taylor was constructed in 1845 as part of the Third Tier System of Defense which called for the establishment of masonry fortresses constructed along America’s coastline to prevent sea attacks upon the United States. . . .

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

The Georgetown Heights

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Occupying the most prominent site on the Georgetown Heights overlooking Georgetown, the Potomac River and Virginia is the Georgetown Branch Library. The library houses the Peabody Room, an archive devoted to the history of . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dumbarton Oaks

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Washington, District of Columbia.
In 1702 The Rock of Dumbarton was granted by Queen Anne to Colonel Ninian Beall — In 1717 Colonel George Beall - his son - added to his lands - In 1780 Thomas Beall - his son - sold the property to William Dorsey and in 1801 . . .

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

Fallen Military Heroes of Bearden High

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Knoxville, Tennessee.
GM2 (Seal) Carter M. Dean • CPL. James D. Travis • LT Charles H. Pilkington • Sgt. George E. Clark, Jr. • LT Frederick M. Rader III • SP-4 George E. Clark, Jr. • SGT. William B. Bishop II • CWO2 Stephen M. Hiscock • 2ND LT . . .

(War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Paul Bunyan's Boat-Anchor

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Ortonville, Minnesota.
Legend has it that Paul Bunyan was mighty in the sport of fishing as in all else. He picked Minnesota for most of his fishing and is credited with creating more than a few of its ten thousand lakes. Big Stone Lake, visible . . .

(Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Purple Heart Memorial Highway

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Chamberlain, South Dakota.
On May 24, 2012, the South Dakota DOT Transportation Commission officially declared Interstate 90 from the Minnesota border to the Wyoming border as South Dakota's segment of the national Purple Heart Trail. The Purple Heart . . .

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

National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks

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Chamberlain, South Dakota.
Completed 1927 Commemorated 1995

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

Lewis and Clark Bicentennial 1804-2004

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Chamberlain, South Dakota.
This Corps of Discovery II marker commemorates the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The geographic position of this marker has been established using the satellite-based Global Positioning System. This marker . . .

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

American Island

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Oacoma, South Dakota.
On Sept. 17, 1804, Lewis and Clark camped on the west bank below the Island and passing it on the 18th said: "Passed an Island about the middle of the river at 1 mile this island is about a mile long and has a great . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carter-Fuller Mound Complex

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Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Before modern construction a complex of six burial mounds occupied this location. They were built by the ancestors of the prehistoric Ais tribe, a group who occupied the Cape Canaveral area at the time of European contact. . . .

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