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The Steamer Sultana

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
On April 24, 1865, the Sultana left Vicksburg with over 2,300 Union soldiers aboard, many of whom were former prisoners of war. Some 200 civilians were also on board, despite a legal limit of 376 people. Due to a faulty . . .

(Disasters • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

C.S.S. Arkansas

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The C.S.S. Arkansas, an ironclad built in Yazoo City, met the Union vessels Queen of the West, Tyler and Carondelet on July 15, 1862, on the Yazoo River. Moving into the Mississippi, the Arkansas ran past thirty-nine Union . . .

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

Fort Beauregard

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Harrisonburg, Louisiana.
One-half mile west was one of four forts built by Confederates in May, 1863 to prevent the ascent of Federal gunboats on the Ouachita River. It was abandoned 1863, but was reoccupied in 1864.

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

DePrato Mounds

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Ferriday, Louisiana.
DePrato has 5 dome-shaped mounds, 3 of which are clearly seen from the road. Flooding has covered the ground and lower portions of the mounds with 2½ feet of sediment. Thus, the mounds appear smaller than their true height . . .

(Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grand Village of the Natchez Indians

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Of the six mounds identified on the early 18th-century maps of the Grand Village, three remain. Mound A is now eroding into St. Catherine Creek. Mound B is a pyramidal platform mound, roughly seven feet tall, built in four . . .

(Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anchuca

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Built in three stages from ca. 1830 to 1855, this Greek Revival–style mansion was originally built by J.W. Mauldin and sold to Victor Wilson in 1840. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, Anchuca was . . .

(Architecture • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bethel A.M.E. Church

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Site of first African Methodist Episcopal Church (1864), and first Negro Masonic Lodge in Mississippi organized here (1875). Campbell College was organized here in 1890. Present church was built in 1912.

(African Americans • Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Nogales

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
On bluffs above. Built by Spain in 1790's on land granted by Choctaws. At evacuation in March 1798, name became Ft. McHenry, honoring U.S. Sec. of War. Abandoned about 1800.

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Nogales 1791

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Fort Nogales, which was the first settlement at Vicksburg, was established by the Spaniards on this spot in 1791. In 1798, it passed from the possession of Spain to the United States and was re-named Fort McHenry. It was . . .

(Forts, Castles • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Don José Vidal

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Vidalia, Louisiana.
Spanish Commandant Post of Concordia, 1798-1803. Served in Spanish Navy in the American Revolution. Spanish Consul in Natchez. Louisiana Legislature named Vidalia in his honor in 1811.

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

Elkhorn Plantation Mound

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Ferriday, Louisiana.
Elkhorn is a 10-foot-tall platform mound that is 150 by 100 feet at the base. Construction of the mound began around AD 450. Soil studies indicated that the dirt was added during a second state of construction. Pottery found . . .

(Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Harrisonburg Mounds

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Harrisonburg, Louisiana.
Two Indian mounds make up the Harrisonburg Mounds site. The well-preserved conical mound that can be seen from here was built around AD 200. It is 10 feet high and 115 feet in diameter. The other mound is about 200 feet to . . .

(Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Frederick

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Big Pool, Maryland.
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(Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frank Crump, Jr.

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Navy veteran and Alcorn College graduate Frank Crump, Jr. taught at Rosa A. Temple High School (1960-1970) and was Vo-Tech Dean at Utica Junior College. During Freedom Summer in 1964, he registered African American voters . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. 1st Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery;

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
U.S. 1st Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery; 9th Div.; 13th Corps; Army of the Tennessee. Lieut. Charles B. Kimball; Lieut. Oscar F. Nutting. The right section of the battery served two 20-pounder Parrott Rifles in this . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Galusha Grow

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Harford, Pennsylvania.
Father of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to free settlement in 1862. Speaker of the House 1861-63. Returned to Congress 1893-1903. Educated at Franklin Academy, Harford, and buried in this cemetery.

(Politics • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Troyville Earthworks

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Jonesville, Louisiana.
The 82-foot-tall "Great Mound" of Troyville once stood here. In 1936, Archaeologist Winslow Walker made this diagram, depicting the size and shape of the mound. Today, only 3 feet of mound fill remains.

(Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Harry E. Brown

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Fairfield, Pennsylvania.
This "fire gong" came from the Fairfield farm of Harry E. Brown 1874-1951 Volunteer Fireman Church leader Civic elder School Board president First "Pennsylvania Master Farmer" of Adams County (1935) Given in memory by his . . .

(Agriculture • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walter Reuther 1907-1970

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Lansing, Michigan.
Walter Reuther was a skilled die maker in Ford auto plants. Following a family heritage of labor and political activism, he joined the young United Auto Workers (UAW) in 1936 and quickly emerged as a leader. He gained . . .

(Labor Unions • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Jonas Salk 1914-1995

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Lansing, Michigan.
Jonas Salk developed the first successful polio vaccine. Poliomyelitis, also known as infantile paralysis, was a feared disease that could cause paralysis or death. Salk began his career at the University of Michigan’s . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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