Briceville, Tennessee.
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The Cross Mountain Mine opened in 1888 approximately one mile up Slatestone Road to the west. By 1911, it had two power plants to generate electricity, providing incandescent light for the main entries. Coal was cut by . . .
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The Cross Mountain Mine opened in 1888 approximately one mile up Slatestone Road to the west. By 1911, it had two power plants to generate electricity, providing incandescent light for the main entries. Coal was cut by . . . (Industry & Commerce • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Built in 1888 by Welsh coal miners, the church and its cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Miners who fought the Tennessee National Guard over the use of convict labor during the Coal Creek War . . . 
In the last half of the 1800s, the Welsh in America published books in their native language at a time when it was illegal to do so in Great Britain. Coal Creek miners Rees R. Thomas and his son David R. Thomas donated a . . . 
The circular stone church is one of the most unusual buildings in Baltimore. Designed by Charles E. Cassell in Romanesque style with Byzantine touches, it was built for the Associate Reformed Church in 1889. Eighteen . . . 
Since the establishment in 1930, American Legion Federal Post No. 19 has served as a faithful steward to Baltimore’s African American veterans and the larger community. Members from this post worked within the larger . . . 
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
Site of the Stearns Estate A waystation on the Underground Railroad, a haven for slaves seeking freedom 1850-1860 Placed here by members of the Tufts community, who continue to honor the tradition of sanctuary Dedicated . . . 
For many years, the water trough was located behind the County Courthouse. The following are to be commended for their efforts in restoring and re-establishing the trough as its new location on South Boundary. Aiken County . . . 
Dedicated To The Memory of Southwestern Alumni Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice In World War II James S. Allman '42 Logan W. Hughs '36 Carl A. Arnout '42 William I. Hunt '34 Roy D Bachman '10 Curtis B. Hurley, Jr. '42 . . . 
This plaque is dedicated to bring awareness to the surge and high water levels from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Camille. Both storms brought about great devastation and loss of life to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. . . . 
The fungus that decimated the potato fields of Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century is well named. Phytopthora infestans, literally "infesting plant destroyer," can, under the right conditions, reduce the foliage of a field . . . 
Juan Miguel Castro Fundador de Progreso y Benemerito del Estado. Julio 1º - 1871. a 1930. Restuarado y devuelto a su aspecto orginal por el H. Ayuntamiento 1995-1998 El 25 de febrero de 1856 surgio a la vida, donde antes . . . 
During World War II the home front played an important role of support for the fighting men and women in addition to protecting themselves and making sacrifices of the things that were taken for granted. Rosie the Riveter . . . 
In the 1840s and 1850s, the community that grew up around the depot was known by the old-timers as the "East Side." A rivalry over business development in Ypsilanti between East side and the West side, the dividing line . . . 
Dangerous missions World War II approximately 8,700 mariners were killed at sea, approximately 11,000 wounded 604 prisoners 60 died in prison camps The Merchant Maines have delivered the goods when and where needed in . . . 
World War Two Nathan Allen, Albert Broussard, Frank Dethloff, James D. Gautier, Harold Goff, James Caire, William Johnson, James Kelly, Guy Krebs, Claude Martin, Bob Sieznger, Maurice Tanner, Mitch Varcereaux, Erwin Wells, . . . 
Army Nurse Corps, Est. Jan. 2, 1901 Navy Nurse Corps, Est. May 13, 1908 WAAC/WAC, (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) Army, Est. May 15, 1942. July 1, 1943 The word auxiliary was dropped and merged into the WAC (Woman's Army . . . 
The Round Island Lighthouse was built on the barrier island of the same name located off the mouth of the Pascagoula River. Replacing an earlier structure built in the 1830's, the lighthouse was completed in 1859 for a cost . . . 
To this day, all over Ireland the landscape bears mute testimony to the events that occurred in the horrific period from 1845-1850. Starvation graveyards offer silent tribute to the millions of Irish men, women, and children . . . 
The Great Hunger in Ireland led to the greatest loss of life in western Europe in the 100 years between the Napoleonic Wars and World War I. Whole families and villages fell to starvation and accompanying diseases. Cholera, . . . 
