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The Colonial Courthouse/The Stocks and Pillory

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Montevallo, Alabama.
(side 1) The Colonial Courthouse This building is inspired by the Courthouse at Williamsburg, Virginia, built in 1770. The County Court heard petty crimes and civil cases such as debtors’ disputes with creditors from abusive . . .

(Colonial Era • Politics • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Liberty Bell Garden

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Montevallo, Alabama.
American colonists cherished Liberty as their birthright. On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created . . .

(Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lucille Ryals Thompson Colonial Chapel/One Nation Under God

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Montevallo, Alabama.
(side 1) The Lucille Ryals Thompson Colonial Chapel Inspired by Bruton Parish Church of Williamsburg, Virginia, it was named to honor Lucille Ryals Thompson. The Chapel was built in thanksgiving for God’s blessings on . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Politics • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Washington Hall/Birth of A Nation

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Montevallo, Alabama.
(side 1) Washington Hall The exterior of the hall is inspired by George Washington's beloved Mount Vernon. It has beveled-edge block walls. When mixed with paint and sand it gives the appearance of stone masonry, a process . . .

(Colonial Era • Politics • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

“Big Red Cars”

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Garden Grove, California.
For more than half a century, the Pacific Electric Railway served Southern California. The system was established by Henry Huntington in 1895 and linked Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties with over . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War of 1812, Pike County

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McComb, Mississippi.
During the War of 1812, General William Carroll, en route to New Orleans, marched his Tennessee Militia through Pike County, crossed the Bogue Chitto River north of Holmesville and camped along Love's Creek. While returning . . .

(War of 1812 • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Creation of Pike County

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McComb, Mississippi.
On December 9, 1815, the General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory created Pike County from a portion of Marion County and named the new county in honor of Brig. Gen. Zebulon M. Pike, who was killed in action during the . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Texas Tourist Camp Complex

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Decatur, Texas.
Local businessman E.F. Boydston (1888-1945) purchased this site, a former feed lot, in 1927 for $400. Recognizing a potential business opportunity in offering services to the traveling public, he built a wooden shed and gas . . .

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

Farley Building

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Campbell, California.
This Renaissance Revival-style building, built in 1895, is the oldest structure in Campbell. By 1895, Ainsley Cannery and the Fruit Grower's Union employed hundreds of workers. The thriving town needed a local bank. The . . .

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

Bank of Campbell

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Campbell, California.
This Italian Renaissance-style building was constructed in 1911 to house the expanding business of the Bank of Campbell. The Bank of Campbell merged with the American Trust Company and remained here until 1938. This building . . .

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

Courtyard

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Campbell, California.
These Spanish Colonia Revival-style commercial unites were constructed in 1947 and originally called the Friendly Shopping Center. The two-story building as the back was once a farm house, circa 1913-1915, and originally . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Country Woman's Club

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Campbell, California.
The Campbell Country Woman's Club raised the funds to build this Spanish Colonial Revival-style structure in 1923. The town library and public meeting rooms were housed here until the 1960's . The Woman's Club founded the . . .

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Honor Roll Town of Narragansett World War

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Narragansett, Rhode Island.
David Adair • Walter H. B. Allen Jr. • Charles W. Booth • William Boyd • Frank H. Brayman Jr • Joseph A. Bristow • Edwin L. Card • Louis E. Card • Clarence W. Carr • Harry S. Champlin • Leon M. Champlin • H. Stewart Chappell . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

29th Division Association

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Charles Hazeltine Hammann Ens Air Service U.S. Navy March 16, 1892-June 14, 1919 Henry Gilbert Costin Pvt. Co. H, 115TH Inf., 29th Div June 15, 1898-October 8, 1918. Ensign Hammann rescued a fellow pilot by landing his . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Reflections

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Baltimore, Maryland.
“Omaha Beach, however, was a nightmare. Even now it brings pain to recall what happened there on June 6, 1944. I have returned many times to honor the valiant men who died on that beach. They should never be forgotten, nor . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

River Commerce

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Columbus, Georgia.
This wharf marks the head of navigation on the river, before the damming of the river. A series of falls (about six hundred yards north of this point) blocked the passage of riverboats. The Georgia Legislature established . . .

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

Columbus Iron Works

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Columbus, Georgia.
Organized in 1853, this facility produced steam engines for the Confederate Navy before being burned by Federal troops in April of 1865. Functioning again by September of the same year, the firm manufactured cast and wrought . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Chattahoochee River

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Columbus, Georgia.
The longest river in Georgia, the Chattahoochee (Creek Indian for "Painted Rocks") begins in the Georgia mountains, flows 435 miles, and joins the Flint to form the Apalachicola, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Weems-Botts House

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Dumfries, Virginia.
Built in 1747, the Weems-Botts House is one of the oldest surviving structures in Dumfries. The smaller, original section of the house comprised two rooms and served as the Quantico Church vestry until the town confiscated . . .

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

Lapeer County

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Lapeer, Michigan.
Set off by Gov. Cass in 1822, this county took its name from the French La Pierre, a translation of the Indian name for the Flint River. Settlers began to arrive in 1828. The county seat, founded in 1831, was also named . . .

(Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers • Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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