Site of Old Mills

December 2, 2012, 8:51 am

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New York, Washington County, Hartford
I. Norton built dam 1814
Downs Clothing Works
Woodell Starch Mill 1866
Daicy Cabinet Works 1870
Higby Tannery below 1818

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Roger Q. Mills Home

December 2, 2012, 10:24 pm

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Texas, Navarro County, Corsicana
Outstanding example plantation architecture. Was long the home of U. S. Senator Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911). Born in Kentucky, Mills came to Corsicana in 1852. Was colonel in Civil War; served Texas 27 years as congressman, senator. Married: five children. He built northwest section of house in 1856, used some of logs from cabin built on same site in 1847. House was completed 1875. Broad verandas, carriage lamps are reminders of gracious era. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967 Incise in base: Restored by Mr. and Mrs. Eliot A. Johnston

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Port Jackson

December 3, 2012, 6:39 am

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Tennessee, Madison County, Jackson
Three-quarters of a mile southeast, on the bank of the Forked Deer River was the little river port of Jackson, at first called Alexandria, from which cotton was shipped on flat-boats and small steamboats to Memphis and New Orleans during the early decades of the 19th century.

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Butterfield Overland Mail

December 3, 2012, 6:54 am

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Texas, Culberson County, near Pine Springs

Butterfield Overland Mail
First Overland Mail Route from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California.

As a forerunner of the Pony Express and Transcontinental Railroad, the Butterfield Overland Mail was the first successful attempt to link East and West with a reliable transportation and communication system. Much of the route in this part of the county followed the well-defined path of thousands of emigrants and gold-seekers traveling westward during the previous decade. The arduous 2,700-mile wilderness journey between St. Louis and San Francisco was always completed within 25 days as stipulated in John Butterfield's federal mail contract.

The six-year federal mail contract awarded to John Butterfield, a wealthy and popular businessman, was cut short by the onset of the Civil War in 1861, yet the Butterfield Overland Mail was heralded by some as one of the "greatest events of the age."

"Remember boys, nothing on God's earth must stop the United States mail!"
-John Butterfield's instructions to his drivers

The Pinery Station

Pinery Station, named for the surrounding stands of pine, has the distinction of being the only ruin of an original company-built, Butterfield station standing in close proximity to a national highway. At 5,700 feet in elevation, it was also the highest, and was especially attractive because of its excellent grazing land and dependable water sources.

Butterfield stations were located an average of 20 miles apart. For eleven months from September 1858 to august 1859, coaches regularly stopped here for water, food, rest, fresh mule teams, and protection. Drivers and passengers kept company with the station keeper, cooks, blacksmith, freighters, gold seekers, adventurers, and settlers. Long after the station was abandoned for a more adequately protected route designed to better serve a chain of forts further south, the limestone walls continued to provide refuge for freighters, soldiers, drovers, outlaws, and emigrants.

The Celerity Coach

Speed was imperative; a Celerity coach traveled day and night averaging 120 miles a day carrying up to nine passengers, essential baggage, and 12,000 letters. Six horses or mules pulled each coach. These coaches, similar to what were later known as mud-wagons due to their low center of gravity, were well adapted to the rough mountains and desert country. They were either painted or varnished red or a dark bottle green. Wire pattern candle lamps provided light inside the leather-lined coaches. One hundred of these wagons were built in 1857 at a cost of $1,500 each and placed in the Butterfield Overland Mail service in 1858.

(Communications • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

F-100F Super Sabre

December 3, 2012, 6:55 am

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Kansas, Montgomery County, Independence


Manufacturer: North American Aviation, Inc. from 1956 through 1959
Crew: Pilot and Weapons Officer
Primary Service: Vietnam War

Aircraft Classification: Fighter-Bomber
Length of Fuselage: 47.4 feet
Wingspan : 38.8 feet
Height: 16.2 feet
Weight: 34,832 lbs.

Engine: Pratt & Whitney J57-P-21A Turbojet
Thrust: 17,000 lbs.
Max Speed: 864 mph at 35,000 feet
Ceiling: 45,015 feet
Range: 1500 miles
Armament: Two 20mm Cannons and 7500 lbs External Stores
Air to Air and Air to Ground Missiles or two Atomic Bombs.

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

El Paso Salt War

December 3, 2012, 7:01 am

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Texas, Hudspeth County, near Salt Flat
Resentment over private control of
the salt lakes in this region,
often called Guadalupe Lakes,
led to the El Paso Salt War
1877
which entailed the loss of many
lives and much property

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Brannan's Division

December 3, 2012, 8:46 am

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Georgia, Walker County, near Fort Oglethorpe
[Text on the First Tablet]:

Brannan's Division - Thomas Corps.
Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan.
Sept. 20, 1863. 1 to 7:30 P.M.
1st Brigade - Col. Morton C. Hunter.
2nd Brigade - Col. William H. Hays.
3rd Brigade - Col. Ferdinand Van Derveer.
When the head of Hood's column pierced the Union line at the Brotherton house, and turned to the right, Brannan's line was taken in flank and rear. Van Derveer's brigade had been dispatched to Baird's assistance at the extreme left. The First and Second brigades, after stout resistance toward their right and rear, were forced back in disorder and parts of them were rallied on this ridge, where were gathered other forces and fragments of regiments numbering in all about 2500. Connell, with the greater part of the First brigade, retreated toward Chattanooga, Col. Morton C. Hunter remaining with less than one-third of the brigade on Snodgrass Hill.

B
[Text on the Second Tablet]:

B
Harker's brigade of Wood's division, which had held back Hood's division while Brannan was arranging his line, took position on the open ridge north and east of the Snodgrass house. Smith's battery I, 4th U.S., was at the house, Stanley's brigade of Negley's division next to the right, then Brannan's troops with many fragments of regiments along the line. The Confederates were turning Brannan's right flank when Steedman's division arrived at 2 P.M., driving them away from Brannan's right and rear and prolonging his line on the ridge. VanDerveer's brigade rejoined from the Kelly field at 2:30 and went immediately into battle on Brannan's line to the left of Steedman. The Confederate assaults were heavy and continuous from 1 o'clock till sunset. Fighting having ceased, Brannan's line was withdrawn without molestation at 7:30 by way of McFarland's gap to Rossville. Total strength of the division in action Sept. 19th, 5,998. Losses of the division for both days: killed 325; wounded 1,652; missing 214; total, 2,191. Percentage of loss 36.5.

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Connell's Brigade

December 3, 2012, 10:05 am

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Georgia, Walker County, near Fort Oglethorpe
Connell's Brigade
Brannan's Division - Thomas' Corps.
Col. Morton's C. Hunter.
Sept. 20, 1863
82nd Indiana - Col. Morton C. Hunter.
17th Ohio - Lieut. Col. Durbin Ward.
31st Ohio - Col. Moses B. Walker.
Upon Longstreet's central column piercing the Union line at Brotherton's, Hood's division inclined to the right, striking Connell's brigade in front and on the right flank and forcing it to the rear in disorder. The greater part of it retreated toward Rossville. Portions of the 82nd Indiana, the 17th and 31st Ohio, in all about 160 men, with fragments of other regiments rallied on this line and fought here until the close of the battle under Col. Morton C. Hunter, Col. Moses B. Walker, 31st Ohio, and Lieut. Col. Durbin Ward, 17th Ohio, the last two being severely wounded.

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Lewis Haines (Lew) Wentz

December 3, 2012, 12:15 pm

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Oklahoma, Kay County, Ponca City
Philanthropist
Oil Man

Donor:
Wentz Camp,
Wentz Pool
Wentz Municipal Golf Course
Ponca City, Oklahoma

Founder:
The Society For Crippled Children
University of Oklahoma Student Loan Fund
Oklahoma State University Student Loan Fund

'He Always Gave'

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E. W. Marland

December 3, 2012, 12:19 pm

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Oklahoma, Kay County, Ponca City
Pioneer Oil Developer
Philanthropist & Humanitarian
Leader in Developing the Economy
Culture and Beauty of Ponca City
Donor of Pioneer Woman Statue
Governor of Oklahoma
United States Congressman

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John W. Thomas

December 3, 2012, 12:23 pm

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Tennessee, Davison County, Nashville
A native of Nashville.
Forty-eight years in the service
of the Nashville, Chattanooga &
St. Louis Railway;
President for twenty-two years.
President of the
Tennessee Centennial Exposition,
which resulted in securing
to Nashville this Park.
A worthy man in all the lines of life.
An efficient man of affairs.
An upright and eminent citizen.
A Christian and a gentleman.
A friend and a brother.
This memorial is erected by the employees of the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway.
- 1907 -

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Sunnyside High School

December 3, 2012, 12:33 pm

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Oklahoma, Jefferson County, near Ryan
Closed
1929
Commissioner
Bill Griffin
1990

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Memorial Park

December 3, 2012, 12:39 pm

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Oklahoma, Stephens County, Duncan
Sponsored by American War Dads
Duncan Chapter No. 7
1946

Dedicated to the memory of those who served

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Clean Drinking Manor

December 3, 2012, 12:44 pm

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Maryland, Montgomery County, Chevy Chase
This Spring is on the site of Clean Drinking, a land grant surveyed for Col. John Courts in 1699. Descendants of Courts, the Jones family, lived at nearby Clean Drinking Manor for many years.

Placed by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Maryland, Washington Committee, and The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. September, 1978

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The Wilson House

December 3, 2012, 12:46 pm

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Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Port Washington
Erected 1891
Restoration 1983-1989

Owners
R.J. Schowalter
Frank M. Metz

Architect
Ehrlich, Genson and Assoc., Inc.
Port Washington, Wisconsin

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Indiana's Northern Boundary Line

December 3, 2012, 12:54 pm

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Indiana, Steuben County, near Fremont
Indiana admitted by the U.S. Congress as nineteenth state 1816. Enabling Act moved northern boundary ten miles north of southernmost tip of Lake Michigan providing direct access to the lake. Boundary first surveyed 1817 by William Harris. Boundary disputes with Michigan and Ohio continued until Michigan statehood 1837.

(Map of Indiana State Boundary Line and Indiana Territory Boundary Line)

Enabling Act of 1816 established Indiana's northern boundary (3 miles north of here) as a line "drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan."

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Rebuilding Rosie Parks

December 3, 2012, 1:02 pm

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Maryland, Talbot County, St Michaels
Museum craftsmen are restoring this historic skipjack, which was built in 1955 to dredge oysters from the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay.

Why is this skipjack important? The celebrated Dorchester County boatbuilder Bronza Parks built Rosie Parks in Wingate, Maryland, side-by-side with two other skipjack, Martha Lewis and Lady Katie, part of the last wave of skipjack construction in the decade after World War II. Bronza’s brother, Orville Parks owned Rosie and named her for their mother. Orville Parks took immense pride in his boat and raced here in the annual skipjack races at Deal Island and Sandy Point, winning more often than any of his rivals. He worked Rosie every year until his health forced him to sell the boat in 1975, and he died less than a year later. Since then, Rosie has been in the collection of the museum and today is perhaps the skipjack least altered from her original construction.

“I know I can’t quit. I couldn’t lay home with these boats out in the river. When I quit, I’m going to move away from Cambridge so I can’t see the dredge boats”.
—Capt. Orville Parks, 1967,

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The Miles River

December 3, 2012, 1:10 pm

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Maryland, Talbot County, St Michaels
In front of you, the Miles River is carrying freshwater down to the Chesapeake Bay. Twice a day, saltwater tides from the Atlantic Ocean push back the fresh water flow of the Miles River and some 150 other rivers, creeks, and streams. This mixing of waters creates an estuary---one of the most productive environments on earth.

The Chesapeake Bay is the nation’s largest and historically most productive estuary. The Bay’s nutrient-rich waters provide many different types of habitat that support diverse communities of plants and animals.

But with an average depth of only 21 feet spread over its 200 mile length, the Bay is especially vulnerable to pollution. With 11,000 miles of shoreline, the Bay is the gathering place for millions of tons of dirt and pollutants running off the land each year.

Why is the water brown? Every rainstorm brings more sediment washing into the river. Blooms of algae are caused by the over-rich nutrient load carried by the runoff.

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20-Minute Cliff

December 3, 2012, 1:11 pm

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Virginia, Nelson County, Montebello
In June and July during corn-choppin time, this cliff serves the folks in White Rock community as a time piece. Twenty minutes after sunlight strikes the rock face, dusk falls on the valley below

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Lynch and Walker Flouring Mill

December 3, 2012, 1:27 pm

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Wisconsin, Dane County, Mazomanie
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

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