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Krebs Cotton Gin

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Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Invented and operated by members of pioneer Krebs family at least two decades before the Whitney gin. Family burial ground is on site of Old Spanish Fort.

(Notable Buildings • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mississippi

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Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Explored, 1540-1, by De Soto. Colonized first by French, 1699. Became a colony of British, 1763; Spanish, 1779. Territory organized by U.S., 1798. Became 20th. state, 1817.

(Political Subdivisions • Exploration) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Benning's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Bennings's Brigade Hood's Division. - Longstreet's Corps. Brigadier General Henry L. Benning. September 19, 1863, 4 P.M., 2nd Position 2nd Georgia, - Lieutenant Colonel William S. Shepherd. 2nd Georgia, - Major W.W. . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Bartram Trail

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near Grand Bay, Alabama.
In 1775, William Bartram, Colonial naturalist, visited Mobile and environs recording flora, fauna, land areas, and rivers.

(Natural Features • Horticulture & Forestry • Waterways & Vessels • Exploration) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

2nd Minnesota Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument (On base side towards Lafayette road): Erected By the State of Minnesota ———————— In commemoration of the galant and patriotic services of her citizen soldiers On the Battle Field of . . .

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

Grand Strand Chapter and Unit 354

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
On August 7, 1782, the Badge of Military Merit was first announced to the Continental Army at the Headquarters in Newburgh, NY. Designed by Washington in the form of a purple heart, it was intended as a military order for . . .

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

Combat Wounded Veterans

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General Bruce Carlson

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
General Bruce Carlson is a native of Hibbing, Minnesota, and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. While at the University, he completed the Air Force ROTC (Reserve Officer's Training Corps) program as a . . .

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

Major General Ervin C. Sharpe, Jr.

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Major General Sharpe was vice commander, then commander, of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base during the period of January 1988 to June 1991. During a portion of this time, he deployed with the . . .

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

Lieutenant General John W. Rosa, Jr.

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
General Rosa served at the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as an A-7 and A-10 pilot in the 353rd Tactical Fighter squadron during the period of July 1975 to August 1980. He holds an undergraduate degree from The Citadel, . . .

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

Lieutenant Colonel Anthony "Tony" Shine

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Lieutenant Colonel (then Captain) Anthony "Tony" Shine, a native of Pleasantville, NY, was a member of the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron when the A-7D he was piloting disappeared beneath a cloud covering over the border of . . .

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

Captain Paul Johnson

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Captain Paul Johnson of Dresden, Tennessee, was a pilot with the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, during the Desert Storm Combat Operations over Iraq. On January 21, 1991, Captain Johnson flying an . . .

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

2nd Minnesota Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
2d Battery Minnesota Light Artillery. 2 10 Pounder Parrotts, 4 Napoleons. Carlin's Brigade, Davis' Division, McCook's Corps. September 19, 1863. 1st Lieutenant Albert Woodbury, Commanding (wounded). 1st Lieutenant Richard L. . . .

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

Capt. John Grant

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Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Tomb ½ block W. Built first RR in old S. W., 1831. Invented passing track & raised platform. Dredged "Grant's Pass" & E. branch Pascagoula R. Legislator in Miss., Ala., & La., voting for Ala. charter to N.O. & M. (L & N), 1866.

(War, US Civil • Railroads & Streetcars • Man-Made Features • Politics) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Camp Jefferson Davis

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Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Authorized on February 22, 1848, by President James K. Polk, this camp was situated on a peninsula just south of Pascagoula called Greenwood Island. The camp grounds consisted of several buildings, including a hospital, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Military • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marble Springs

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Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
Site probably used by Indians. Was most popular for medicinal properties from 1850s until 1920. Also known as 'Mineral Springs' and the best known nationally of Mississippi's many mineral spring resorts.

(Native Americans • Science & Medicine • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"We shall come to a civil war"

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abigail wrote to her sister in May of 1798 expressing her fears as the political debate heated up over President Adams' policies towards France. Over one thousand men marched in support of Adams on the street outside her . . .

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

The Evolution of Biloxi Tourism

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Biloxi, Mississippi.
During the early 19th Century, the Biloxi peninsula was sparsely populated with a few French speaking families. The 1827 establishment of steamboat service between New Orleans and Mobile, via Lake Pontchartrain, served as a . . .

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

Lieutenant Colonel William H. Rutherford

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Lieutenant Colonel Rutherford, a native of Montgomery, Alabama, was a Command fighter pilot in the United States Air Force and the District of Columbia National Guard for more than 30 years. He was stationed at Myrtle Beach . . .

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

Brigadier General Joel T. Hall

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
General Hall served at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base as Commander of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing during the period April 1984 to January 1986. He is a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and earned a bachelor's degree from . . .

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