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Battle of Franklin, Eastern Flank

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Franklin, Tennessee.
About one mile (1.6 km) directly north of you stands Fort Granger, a large earthen fortification that provided the Union army a commanding view over much of this area. Built in the spring of 1863, Fort Granger sat on top of . . .

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

USS Hawkbill (SSN-666)

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Arco, Idaho.
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) Class: (Sturgeon Variant) Sturgeon Built At: Mare Island Naval Shipyard Keel Laid: 12 September 1966 Launched: 2 April 1969 Christening: Mrs. Bernard F. Roeder Commissioned: 4 February 1971 First . . .

(War, Cold • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Great Salem Fire Alarm

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Salem, Massachusetts.
At 1:37 PM on June 25th, 1914, Box 48 was pulled for a fire in the Korn Leather Factory on this site at number 57 Boston Street in an area known as Blubber Hollow, followed at 1:41 PM by a general alarm. This was the start . . .

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

Railroad Car Barn

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Sylvania, Ohio.
This building is a reproduction of the center bays of the original Sylvania interurban car barn. It was located on South Main Street at Ten Mile Creek (near Sautter's Foodcenter). It houses two important pieces of Sylvania's . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lynching of Ell Persons

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Side One Near this spot on May 22, 1917, a lynching party chained Ell Persons to a log, doused him in gasoline, and burned him alive. An estimated 5,000 spectators witnessed his death or viewed his remains soon afterward. . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Yellowstone

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Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming.
Fort Yellowstone has been designated a National Historic Landmark This Fort Possesses National Significance In Commemorating the History of the United States America 2003 National Park Service United States Department of the . . .

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

Borough of Bradford Woods

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Wexford, Pennsylvania.
Named for landowner Thomas Bradford. Bradford Woods was first settled along the Harmony Trolley Line as a summer retreat in the fresh country air. It was Incorporated so that a school could be established for the children of the community.

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cornwall Canal

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Cornwall, Ontario.
The Cornwall Canal was one of eight canals that connected western Canada with the ocean by way of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. Constructed in 1834–1842 to overcome the rapids of the Long Sault, it was enlarged . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Christ United Methodist Church

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Marietta, Ohio.
Methodism was brought to Marietta by Wesleyan circuit riders Robert Manley (1799) and Peter Cartwright (1806), and by German Methodist Carl Best (1839). Present building was dedicated 1885.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frances Dana Gage / Catherine Fay Ewing

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Marietta, Ohio.
Frances Dana Gage. Frances Dana (Barker) Gage was born on October 12, 1808, in Marietta. She married James L. Gage in 1829 and they raised eight children, including four sons who served with Union forces during the Civil . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • Charity & Public Work • Civil Rights • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Reformed Graveyard

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Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Within these walls lie the following Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots: Henry Cookus • John Hoffman Michael Cookus • Nicholas Schell John Haines • Peter Seever Jacob Haynes • Peter Staley Lawrence Hensel • John Martin . . .

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

Lutheran Graveyard

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Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Within these walls lie the following Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Michael Entler • John Adam Link, Jr. Philip Entler, Sr. • Andrew Ronemous Philip Entler, Jr. • Lewis Ronemous Daniel Foulks • Philip Sheetz . . .

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

Entler Hotel

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Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
has been entered in the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

1858 Railroad Depot

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Sylvania, Ohio.
The showpiece of the Historical Village is the original railroad depot building that served Sylvania residents for 98 years, from 1858 to 1956. It is the oldest train depot in existance in the State of Ohio. Built in 1858 . . .

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

Union Depot

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Lansing, Michigan.
The Union Depot began passenger service for the Michigan Central and Pere Marquette Railroads in 1902. The Detroit architectural firm of Spier and Rohns, which planned many Michigan Central stations, designed the building . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Advancing With Scott's Brigade

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Franklin, Tennessee.
(preface) This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas M. Scott’s brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps Distance to Union . . .

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

Susan McSween Barber “Cattle Queen of New Mexico” 1845-1931

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White Oaks, New Mexico.
Her second husband was George Barber. Under the Desert Land Act, they patented 400 acres in 1883. The act required irrigating the land and in 1881 Susan built a dam across Three Rivers stream and a half-mile ditch to convey . . .

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

Battle of Franklin, Eastern Flank

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Franklin, Tennessee.
Road construction boomed in Tennessee during the mid-1800s, and the Nashville area was the state’s primary highway hub. Private companies built most of the roads, and they placed tollhouses along the routes to collect fees . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Advancing With Scott's Brigade

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Franklin, Tennessee.
(preface) This walkway traces the route that the men of Confederate Gen. Thomas M. Scott’s brigade took in the Battle of Franklin. Read below to see what it was like then and to follow in their footsteps Distance to Union . . .

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

Sullivan Bridge

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near Pocono Lake, Pennsylvania.
General John Sullivan’s 1779 Revolutionary War expedition built a road through this area. Only one bridge was required from Easton to Wilkes-Barre, and it crossed Tobyhanna Creek here. Camped nearby, over 500 troops . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Roads & Vehicles • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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