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Mountains of Materials and Massive Manpower

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Virginia, Alexandria
The concrete foundations you see here were part of a craneway servicing two shipways and launch sites -- elements of an enormous World War I-era shipyard. To speed delivery of cargo ships needed for the war effort, the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation hired thousands of workers and ordered tens of thousands of tons of steel. The yard's 7,000 workers and support staff used mass production techniques developed by the auto industry to move materials and speed assembly of simple, per-fabricated steel components. The first ship, the SS Gunston Hall, took just over a year to complete.

Calling All Hands

Employees of the shipyard knew they were racing the clock to build the ships needed to win the war. To turn out ships as quickly as possible, the U.S. Emergency Fleet Corporation sought both experienced shipbuilders, and anyone who could use construction tools.

(Industry & Commerce • War, World I • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pomeroy

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New York, Westchester County, Cortlandt Manor

In 1660 Medad Pomeroy accepted an offer of tools, an anvil shaped like this replica and land in exchange for opening a blacksmith shop in Northampton, MA. That anvil was passed through many generations of Pomeroy blacksmiths and gunsmiths, becoming a symbol for the family.

Seth Pomeroy, grandson of Medad, was born May 20, 1706. A skilled blacksmith and gunsmith, he was one of the owners of the original anvil. Well known for his honesty, integrity, strong religious convictions and patriotism, his letters show that he was also a devoted husband and father.

Seth saw public service much of his life, including:
  1745       Capt. at Siege of Louisbourg
  1748       Commander of Fort Massachusetts
  1755       Lt. Col. at Battle of Lake George
  1774       Member of First MA Provincial Congress
  1775       Maj. General in command of MA forces
  1775       Volunteer at Battle of Bunker Hill
  1776       Brig. General of the Continental Army
  1777       Commander of MA forces at Peekskill

Seth died of pleurisy at the home of Miss Johnson in Peekskill, February 19, 1777. He was buried in this cemetery formerly known as the Baptist Church Cemetery. The exact site is unknown.

When the American Revolution ended, the great pioneer migration to the West began.
The Pomeroy Anvil Trail commemorates the westward migration of the American people through the movement of the Pomeroy family.
( Back of Monument : )
Pomeroy

Eltweed             ca 1585-1673
Emigrated from England ca 1630, founded first American branch of Pomeroy family.

Deacon Medad             1638-1716
Third son of Eltweed, original owner of the Pomeroy anvil.

Hon. Maj. Ebenezer             1669-1754
Third son of Medad. King’s attorney and High Sheriff of Hampshire.

Major General Seth             1706-1777
Fifth son of Ebenezer. Gunsmith, blacksmith and patriot.

Lieut. Daniel             1709-1755
Brother of Seth, killed at Battle of Lake George.

Sons of Seth who served in the Revolution:
Quartus             1735-1803
Capt. Lemuel             1738-1819
Lieut. Asahel             1749-1833

Sons of Daniel who served in the Revolution:
Pliny             1734-1804
Maj. Daniel             1737-1808
Timothy             1742-1802
At least 55 Pomeroy sons served in the American Revolution.

In 1898 the Sons of the American Revolution erected a monument to Seth Pomeroy in the adjoining Hillside Cemetery,

“ . . . att King’s Bridge . . .   there was about 300 of ye Enemy yt Came to Drive our forces from ye ground . . .   ye Enemy took that advantage of our men & Drove them at first but it Soon turn’d against them with ye loss of about 40 of their men killed, one killed on our Side 4 or 5 wounded our men Drove them Into ye Forest.”- Seth Pomeroy to son Asahel, January 25, 1777.   Peekskill, NY

Erected in 2007 by William Guilford Pomeroy, Jr.
Great Grandson of Pliny Pomeroy

( Side of Monument : )6th in a series

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Auguste Chouteau

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Missouri, St. Louis


Born September 26, 1740
Died February 24, 1829

Founder of St. Louis

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Exploration • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gettysburg Address

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South Carolina, Beaufort County, Beaufort

Address by President Lincoln
At the Dedication of
The Gettysburg National Cemetery
November 19, 1863.

   Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
   Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
   But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ash Hollow

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Nebraska, Keith County, near Ogallala
Although some wagon trains continued to follow the South Platte, most crossed at one of several fords in this area and took a northwesterly route toward the North Platte River. The trail then followed the North Platte Valley through the remainder of Nebraska. Today’s traveler, by following U.S. Highway 26 northwest of Ogallala, will encounter several noted landmarks along this portion of the Platte River Road. On of these is Ash Hollow, a picturesque canyon, near present-day Lewellen. Because of the steepness of the descent, this part of the trail presented one of the most serious obstacles yet faced by the emigrants. Offering spectacular scenery as well as wood and water, Ash Hollow is mentioned in many overland diaries. Several graves, including that of young Rachel Pattison who died of cholera in 1849, testify to the rigors of the overland journey.

Northwest of Ash Hollow on Blue Water Creek was the site of a significant Indian battle in 1855. Often known as the Battle of Ash Hollow, this fight resulted in the defeat of Little Thunder’s band of Brule Sioux by United States Troops under General William S. Harney.

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

Court House Rock, Chimney Rock and Scott’s Bluffs

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Nebraska, Keith County, near Ogallala
Traveling northwest from Ash Hollow, the emigrants encountered three natural features of the North Platte Valley which became well-known milestones. First was Court House Rock, rising abruptly from the plains as the vanguard of the bluffs farther on. Observers likened this gigantic formation to some great public building or medieval castle.

However, no single sight along the trail attracted as much attention as Chimney Rock. The tower, which could be seen for miles, served as a beacon for the weary travelers. Many camped nearby, and Chimney Rock is mentioned in more trail accounts than any other landmark. Although the spire is slowly crumbling due to erosion, Chimney Rock remains a unique natural wonder.

As the wagon trains approached the end of their journey across Nebraska, they were greeted by a series of citadel-like eminences, dominated by the imposing bulk of Scott’s Bluffs. Named after fur trader Hiram Scott, the Bluffs are now an national monument.

Visible traces of the great migration still survive in some areas and the landmarks remain for the modern traveler who chooses to follow the route of the Great Platte River Road.

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

National Naval Medical Center in the 1940’s

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Maryland, Montgomery County, Bethesda

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt selected this site on July 5, 1938. At the time, the site was a cabbage patch on a run down farm. This property was originally part of the “Clagetts’ Purchase” recorded in 1715. The original 772 acre tract has been subdivided and sold to various people over the years. The U.S. Government during 1938 and 1939 purchased 8 tracts of land which is now the site of the National Naval Medical Center campus. National Naval Medical Center is now located on 242 acres and is known as the “Flagship of Navy Medicine.” The Tower, Building 1, was dedicated on August 31, 1942.

Photos of FDR at the dedication of Building 1 and of a rural landscape dominated by the new hospital facilities.

(Military • Notable Places • Science & Medicine • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Minguannan Indian Town

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Pennsylvania, Chester County, near Landenberg
Minguannan Indian Town
Was Located Here
The Chief
Machaloha or Owhala
and his people
of the Unami Group
* Their Totem * The Tortoise *
of the Lenni-Lenape or Delawares
Sold To
William Penn
The Lands between Delaware River
and Chesapeake Bay to the Falls
of Susquehanna River
October 18, 1683

(Colonial Era • Native Americans • Notable Persons • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hunt (Camp)

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Idaho, Jerome County, Hunt

Excluded from their west coast homes by military authorities, more than 9000 Japanese Americans occupied Hunt Relocation Camp 4 miles north of here between 1942 & 1945.
Until they could resettle in other places, they live in wartime tarpaper barracks in a dusty desert, where they helped meet a local farm labor crisis, planting and harvesting crops. Finally a 1945 Supreme Court decision held that United States citizens no longer could be confined that way, and their camp became Idaho’s largest ghost town.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Crossing the River

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Maryland, Prince George's County, Oxon Hill
In this age of technological innovation, the act of crossing a river may be taken for granted. And yet, there is always a magic to bridges: How is the river parted to lay the foundation? What stops the bridge from washing downstream? How are so many cars and trucks supported?

Let every man praise the bridge that carries him over. -- Anonymous

Redefining the arch

The design of the bridge, selected from among seven competing entries, reflects the arch tradition of other Potomac River crossings without actually using the classic arch. True Arches create large horizontal forces at the foundations -- a problem in the Potomac River where soils are particularly poor. An innovative system of V-shaped piers is used to transfer the load vertically through soft soil to firmer soils 200 feet below.

a balancing act

When tall ships approach, staff in the operator's House engage motors and machinery to open the drawbridge. The movable span -- called a bascule -- is a device that is counterbalanced so that it moves on a pivot, much like a seesaw. The bridge is so finely balanced that only small motors are needed to move the 34 million pounds of bridge, possibly the largest movable span in the world.

the construction process

This bridge, which replaced a deteriorating, undersized bridge in this location, uses high-performance materials, pre-fabricated components, and innovative construction techniques.

Up to six-foot diameter steel pipe piles were driven into the soil to support the foundations. A cofferdam, or watertight enclosure, provided a temporary dry area to build the concrete foundations.

Concrete pile caps and pier pedestals were formed on the top of the piles.

Prefabricated segments of the V-piers were transported to the site by barge and lifted into place by cranes.

The segments were placed, alternating left and right to keep the pier balanced.

The tips of the V-piers were connected and held together by slender concrete tie beams containing tensioned steel cables.

Curved steel girders completed the arch appearance and a concrete deck slab provided the final roadway surface.

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Belvedere

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France, Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur, Vaucluse, Bonnieux
Lieu qui offre la plus belle vue sur le bas du village, la plaine agricole, la vallée du Calovon, les villages voisins, les monts de Vaucluse et le mont Ventoux. Ce lieu est l’emplacement de la Chapelle Notre Dame de Sept Douleurs bâtie par la Confrérie des Pénitents Blancs. Elle fut aliénée pendant la revolution et revint à la famille de Rouvil, puis à la collectivité lors de l’achat de l’hôtel. Le 11 juin 1909, un séisme provoqua deux importantes fissures sur la façade ouest de l’èglise haute et des lézardes sur les murs de la chapelle; celle-ci fut démolie en 1915 pour cause de «danger public» . Sous vos pieds, une belle voûte témoigne encore de son existence. 79 marches vous séparent encore parent de la Vieille Eglise, à l’ombre de cèdres centenaires.

(Translated by Google Translate with modifications:)
This place offers the best view of the bottom of the village, the agricultural plain, Calovon Valley, the villages, the mountains of Vaucluse and Mont Ventoux. This place was the location of the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, built by the Brotherhood of the White Penitents. It was disposed of during the revolution and returned to the family Rouvil and the community upon the purchase of the hotel.

June 11, 1909, an earthquake caused two large cracks on the west facade of the upper church and cracks on the walls of the chapel, it was demolished in 1915 because it was a "public danger". Under your feet, a beautiful vault still shows its existence. 79 steps separate you from of the Old Church, in the shade of cedar trees.

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

Ancien Hotel de Ville ou Hotel de Rouvil

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France, Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur, Vaucluse, Bonnieux
L’hôtel de Rouvil appartenait à une vieille famille de Bonnieux. Cet hôtel particulier est devenu la nouvelle maison commue en 1859, maison commune initialement installée rue Droite «rue étroite et escarpée qui n’est plus convenable au service de la population et aux besoins des services . Pour des raisons similaires, la mairie sera transférée en bas du village en 2006. Une tour devait être construite place de la justice pour y recevoir la nouvelle horloge. Ce projet est abandonné au profit de l’hôtel de Rouvil; la façade nord ouest porte l’horloge et un clocheton à campanile en fer forgé. La salle des mariages est un ancien salon d’apparat. Une cave taillée dans la roche témoigne d’une utilisation plus ancienne. Après un large escalier, un portail, à l’entablement ornementé, encadré de deux pilastres et surmonté d’un fronton à corniche, s’ouvre sur une petite cour intérieure. Face à l’hôtel, une belle demeure, vraisemblablement construite sur des assises médiévales, a été l’object de nombreux remaniements au cours des siècles (porte d’entrée en plein cintre, encadrement traité à la Floretine). Côté nord, une autre entrée donne sur un jardin en une habitation qui à abrité au XIXeme siècle l’ecole de garcons, puis dans les années 50/60 l’école ménagère de jeudi pour filles. Les escaliers en calade ont été restaurés en 2000; c’est la voie royale pour accéder à grand peine à l’eglise et au cimetière! A Bonnieux, disait-on: «les morts enterrent les vivants»!

(Translated by Google Translate with modifications:)
Old City Hall or Hotel Rouvil
The hotel Rouvil belonged to an old family of Bonnieux. This particular hotel became the new home commute in 1859, common house originally installed rue Droite "steep and narrow street that is most convenient to serve the population and service needs. For similar reasons, the town hall was transferred down the village in 2006.

A tower was to be built at the judicial court to receive a new clock. This project is dropped in favor of the hotel Rouvil, the front door northwest clock and a little steeple with wrought iron campanile. The wedding hall is an ancient ceremonial room. A cave carved into the rock shows to be more ancient. After a broad staircase, a portal to the ornate entablature, flanked by two pilasters and topped by a pediment cornice, opens onto a small courtyard. Front of the hotel, a mansion, probably built on a medieval foundation, was the object of many changes over the centuries (gate in the arch received a Florentine framing treatment).

On the North side, another entrance opens onto a garden with a house that sheltered a nineteenth century the school of boys, and in the years 50/60 school for young housewives.

The calade stairs were restored in 2000 and is the high road to access, with great difficulty, to the church and the cemetery! In Bonnieux, they said: "the dead bury the living!"

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rue Voltaire

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France, Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur, Vaucluse, Bonnieux
Anciennement rue des Marchands, c’était l’artère commerçante du village. -Fontaine du cafe, encore un! Il paraît que l’eau (ou l’absinthe...) y était meilleure! La fontaine est adossée à une belle demeure bâtie sur voûte autour des XIVeme et XVeme siècles. -Passage de la juiverie: restauration en 2009. Ce petit espace, dans lequel on confinait les Juifs au Moyen Age, était fermé le soir, ce qui montre qu’ils étaient soumis à une juridiction ecclésiastique spéciale, et seulement tolérés. En 1656, le Juifs de Bonnieux reçurent l’ordre de se retirer. -Maison privée, rue Emile APPY: cette ancienne maison forte située prés de remparts, constituait une importante protection intérieure pour l’accès nord à la cité. Si vous empruntez la rue Emile APPY vous pourrez découvrir la Portalet, ancienne porte de la ville, et, au dessus, la salle de gardes. L’édifice a subi de nombreux remaniements au cours des siècles. A l’intérieur, on trouve caves, voûtes remarquables, citernes, silos, pressoir, meules et tout un ensemble d’aménagements rupestres.

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Previously a merchant street, it was the shopping street of the village. -Fountain-cafe, yet! It seems that the water (or absinthe ...) was better! The fountain is backed by a beautiful house built on vault around the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries.

-Passage of Jewry: restoration in 2009. This small space, which confined the Jews during the Middle Ages, was closed in the evening, which shows that they were subject to a special ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and only tolerated. In 1656, the Jews were ordered to leave Bonnieux.

-Private house on rue Emile APPY: this old house located near high walls, was an important protection for inner northern access to the city. If you take the rue Emile APPY you can discover the Portalet, a former city gate, and above it the room of guards. The building has undergone many changes over the centuries. Inside, we find cellars, remarkable vaults, tanks, silos, press, grinders and an array of amenities rock.

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Allan Pinkerton

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Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
In memory of Allan Pinkerton, born in Glascow, Scotland, August 25th 1819. Died in Chicago, Illinois July 1st 1884. Aged 65 years.

A friend to honesty and a foe to crime, devoting himself for a generation to the prevention and detection of crime in many countries. He was the founder in America of a noble profession. In the house of the nation’s peril, he conducted Abraham Lincoln safely through the ranks of treason to the scene of his first inauguration as President. He sympathized with, protected and defended the slaves, and labored earnestly for their freedom. Hating wrong, and loving good, he was strong, brave, tender and true.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Mystery of the Mounds

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Iowa, Allamakee County, Harper Ferry
In 1766, English and French Canadian traders wintered near this site. They must have puzzled over these strange earthen shapes-or others even nearer their cabin. The traders could not have known that the humble grave markers were vestiges of a prehistoric mound-building culture which spread across most of eastern North America 1,000 years before Christ. Discovery of larger mounds in Ohio in the late 1700’s led some historians to claim the “Mound Builders” were remnants of Old World tribes. Others insisted the builders were survivors of the fabled lost continent of Atlantis.

The argument continued until modern archeologists began unraveling the mystery of the mounds and their builders.

(Anthropology • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


Indian Rock

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Pennsylvania, Chester County, Marshalton

Beside the stream below by the Indians called Wawassan is
“Indian Rock”

whence ran the claim of the Lenni-Lenape to the source of the Brandywine

(Native Americans • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bonnieux

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France, Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur, Vaucluse, Bonnieux
Le nom gallo-romain est Bitrona. On trouve ensuite Castrum Bonilis (Xeme S.) Bonils (XIIeme S.) de Bonilis (XIVeme S.). La forme provençale est Bonieux La préhistoire est ici présente en de nombreux lieux (habitants néolithiques, notamment sur les franges du plateau de Claparedes). L’agglomération gallo-romaine se situait aux abords de la plaine (villas romaines, déterminées en plusieurs lieux): la partie surélevée ayant été oppidum celto-ligure; c’est autour de cette zone mieux protégée que s’édifie la ville du Moyen-Age. Au XIIIeme siècle, le château (Castellum, aujourd’hui Castellas), propriété de la puissante famille d’Agoult protège une communauté que les menaces permanentes venues de la plaine engagent à s’entourer de puissanrtes murailles en tours (Castrum). De la fin du XIIIeme siècle à la Révolution (1789) la ville appartient au domaine pontifical (Comtat Venaissin) ce qui lui donne du fait de cette position particulière d’enclave, une place à part dans l’histoire de notre région. A Voir Ou A Visiter L’eglise Haute, à laquelle an peut accéder par un escalier de 86 marches. De l’Eglise romane originelle (XIIeme S.) subsistent duex travées sur lesquelles vient s’appuyer une construction du XVem siècle assez élégante. Al’intérieur beau rétable en bois doré du XVeme siècle. L’eglise Neuve, (1879) renferme quatre primitifs du XVIeme siècle provenant de l’Eglise haute en représentant des scènes de la Passion. A l’interieur du village: Vesitiges des tours et remparts du XIIIeme siecle. Hotel de Rouville (Mairie, XVIIIeme S.). Vieilles rues et demeures nobles, ancien hôspital (XVIIIeme S.). Dans la plaine, en junction avec la R.N. 100 Le Pont julien, (an III avant J.C.) belle construction tourjours utilisée, à trois arches ancien franchissement de la Voie Domitoemme qui doit son nom à la proximité de la Colonia Apta-Julia. Le Prieure de Saint-Symphorien La Tour Philippe, construction d’un original à la fin du XIXeme siècle. La Forêt de Cedres, sentier de découverte de la nature établi par les soins du Parc Naturel de Lubéron.

(Translated by Google Translate with modifications:)
Bonnieux
The Gallo-Roman name was Bitrona. Then it was Bonilis Castrum (Xth century) Bonils (XIIth century) of Bonilis (S. XIV).

The Provencal form is Bonieux Prehistory is present here in many places (Neolithic settlers, especially on the fringes of the plateau Claparedes). The Gallo-Roman town stood on the edge of the plain (Roman villas were located in several places): the raised part was oppidum Celto-Liguria; it is around this area better protected than the town is built in the Middle Ages. In the XIII century, the castle (Castellum today Castellas), owned by the powerful family from Agout, in order to protect the community from continuing threats coming from the plain, undertook to surround himself with powerful walls and towers (Castrum). From the end of the XIII century to the Revolution (1789) the city belongs to the papal domain (Papal) which gives a result of this particular position enclave, a place in the history of our region.

To See or to Visit
The High Church, which can be accessed by a stairs of 86 steps. The original Romanesque church (XIIth century) still spans two on which rests. The XVth century construction is rather elegant. Inside is beautiful gilded wooden altarpiece of the fifteenth century.

The new church (1879) contains four of the sixteenth century primitives from the High Church representing scenes from the Passion.

Inside the village:
Vestiges of towers and ramparts from the XIII century. Hotel de Rouville (eighteenth century City Hall) Old streets and stately homes, ancient Hospital (eighteenth century).
In the plain, in junction with the RN 100 Bridge Julian (year III BC) used tourjours beautiful building with three arches crossing the old road Domitoemme which owes its name to the nearby Colonia Julia-Apta.

The Prieure de Saint-Symphorien
Philippe Tower, originally constructioned in the late nineteenth century.
Cedar forest, nature trails established by the Natural Park of Luberon

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

Ashland Bridge

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Delaware, New Castle County, near Hockessin

Original Town Lattice
Truss Covered Bridge – ca. 1850
Bridge Deck Rehabilitated – 1964
Listed on National Register of Historic Places – 1973
Complete Rehabilitation & Steel Beams Added – 1982
Rehabilitated Stone Foundation and
Replaced Timber Roof, Siding and Deck – 2008
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Engineering & Project Management – Delaware DOT
General Contractor – Eastern Highway Specialists, Inc.
Roofing – Wilkinson Roofing & Siding, Inc.
Structural Painting – Marinis Brothers
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This bridge is dedicated to the local residents and
to the Delaware Nature Society’s Ashland Nature Center
and its visitors as a source of inspiration and enjoyment.


(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Campbell Hill

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Ohio, Logan County, near Bellefontaine
Campbell Hill is named for Charles D. Campbell of Bellefontaine, who owned this land from 1896 to 1937. A marble stone marker atop the hill, set in 1900 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, marks it as the highest point in Ohio at an elevation of 1549.09 feet. In 1951, the federal government established the 664th Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) Squadron here as part of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). Its military and civilian operators used sophisticated radar and computer equipment to located and identify aircraft as friendly or suspicious, and relayed information to a central site in Battle Creek, Michigan. This Cold War site operated until 1969. It was converted to civilian use as a vocational education center in 1974.

(Landmarks • War, Cold) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boot Hill Cemetery

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Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City
This hill was not a pleasant place during the 1870’s. It was covered with buffalo grass, prickly pear and soapweed and was used as a burying ground for drifters, troublemakers, and unknowns from 1872 until 1879. As early as 1879 newspapers were reporting that some people in Dodge City were dying with their boots on and were being buried where you are now standing. There were no ceremonies for the dead, no markers on the graves and wolves often dug up the bodies soon after burial. By 1879 when the city council ordered that all bodies be removed from this site, about 34 persons had been interred on Boot Hill. In 1916 most of the hill was excavated to make room for a new city swimming pool. You are now at what was the northwest corner of the original graveyard.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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