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Yankee Hill

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California, Butte County, near Concow
This is the area of the original historic site of Old Yankee Hill. It was first founded as a gold mining town, having in later years a hotel, general store, Wells Fargo post office, saloon and a winery. Yankee Hill was purchased by the Smiths in the 1940s and later destroyed by numerous fires. Dedicated in memory of the late Skeet and Skeeter Smith and the pioneers before them by Florence and Rosie Smith.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

City Marshall Virgil Earp

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Arizona, Cochise County, Tombstone
Virgil Earp was ambushed here and crippled for life as an aftermath of the OK battle-Dec 28, 1881

(Notable Events) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Edward Hempstead

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Missouri, St. Louis


Son of Stephen & Mary Hempstead
Born at New London, Conn.
June 3, 1780
Died at St. Louis
Aug. 10, 1817.
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First delegate to Congress from
the Territory of Missouri 1812

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Stephen Hempstead
Revolutionary Soldier
Placed by
St. Louis Chapter
D.A.R.
April 1938

American Presbyterian and
Reformed Historical Site
No. 432
registered by the
Presbyterian Historical Society

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Navarro County Courthouse

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Texas, Navarro County, Corsicana
Navarro County was created in 1846 by an act of the first Texas Legislature. It was named for early statesman Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The first county seat was established at the home of William R. Howe, an early settler on the Chambers Creek in present-day Ellis County. In 1848, Corsicana was designated the seat of government, and temporary offices were set up in the home of pioneer Hampton McKinney. The second temporary courthouse for Navarro County was a log cabin located on the corner of West First Avenue and Twelfth Street. A second courthouse, built at this site in 1853, burned in 1855, requiring the construction of a third building. In 1880, Austin architect F. E. Ruffini designed a fourth courthouse for Navarro County. The elaborately ornate building proved too small for the needs of the growing county, and a shifting foundation caused the structure to be condemned in 1904. The present courthouse was designed by architect J. E. Flanders of Dallas. Constructed of red Burnet granite and gray brick, it was completed in 1905. The Beaux Arts Classical Revival structure features a clock dome and a pedimental entryway with free-standing Ionic columns. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Race to Build Ships on Jones Point

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Virginia, Alexandria
In response to a shortage of ships and shipbuilding facilities at the start of World War I, the U.S. government decided to enter the shipbuilding business. In 1917, the U.S. Emergency Fleet Corporation was created and eventually oversaw construction of 218 shipyards, including one here on Jones Point. The first piling for the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation's shipyard was driven in February 1918. The massive facility was up and running just 85 days later—a reported world record.

The arrival of thousands of shipyard workers in Alexandria shattered the domestic tranquility of Jones Point. Responding to the acute worker housing shortage, the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation began construction of 100 houses in the nearby suburb of Rosemont during the summer of 1918. Posters such as this one encouraged the new hires to “pull together.”

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

The Fitting-Out Dock

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Virginia, Alexandria
This dock, constructed of reinforced concrete on concrete and wood pilings, was once the last stop for cargo ships under construction at Jones Point's World War I shipyard. Here, ships received final fittings before heading out for service. The dock featured a derrick—a crane-like device—to move construction materials, equipment, instruments and fittings on and off ships. the U.S. Government contracted the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation to build 12 vessels, but only 9 of these were completed.

The ship-shaped lawn on your left is the size of the SS Gunston Hall, the first ship to be built by the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation at Jones Point.

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monroe Dunaway Anderson 1873-1939 / Anderson, Clayton & Company

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Tennessee, Madison County, Jackson
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Monroe Dunaway Anderson
1873-1939


Monroe Dunaway Anderson is know as the “father” of the Texas Medical Center and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He was born 29 June 1873 on McNairy Hill at the present site of 111 East Orleans Street. Educated in Jackson City Schools and at Union University, he was a banker, philanthropist, and founding partner of Anderson, Clayton & Co., the world's largest merchandiser of cotton during the mid-20th century. His $19 million estate was as of 1939, the largest charitable fund created in the state of Texas. Anderson's generosity not only helped establish the world's largest medical center but also libraries, auditoriums, college buildings, and, on the campus of Lambuth University, a planetarium. He is buried with his family in Jackson's Riverside Cemetery.
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Anderson, Clayton & Company

Anderson, Clayton & Company, at one time the world's largest merchandiser of cotton, began as Frank E. Anderson & Company, across the street from this plaza. Frank Anderson, Will Clayton and Monroe D. Anderson established their partnership in Oklahoma City on August 1, 1904. Company headquarters moved to Houston in 1916. World War I demands for cotton enhanced their fortunes. Overseas operations were set up in Europe, Egypt, India, and China. By 1945, with 223 gins, 33 cottonseed oil plants and 123 warehouses, the company was the largest buyer, seller, storer, and shipper of raw cotton in the world.

(Agriculture • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Haleakala National Park

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Hawaii, Maui County, Hana
The landscape of Haleakala National Park rises from a lush valley beneath a waterfall at sea level to a red desert of cinder cones here at the volcanic summit of Haleakala. An astounding array of climates and life zones lies in between. Yet the park’s many contrasting worlds are vitally linked. Rain that falls on the volcano’s slopes and carves its valleys nourishes a multitude of life forms.

In Hawaii coastal areas like Kipahulu are called kahakai. Islanders migrating from Polynesia settled along coastlines and evolved a unique, complex, and rich culture. The summit area of Haleakala is referred to as kua mauna, the uninhabited regions above the clouds. Haleakala National Park preserves and helps perpetuate the cultural richness of both kua mauna, kahakai, and the diverse features in between. It is all here for you to explore.

Summit District Overlooks offer views of volcanic terrain considered sacred by many. Panoramas of Maui and neighbor islands are possible. Be prepared for cold, wet weather.

Trails enter the cinder desert and wind through shrub land unlike anyplace else on Earth.

(Natural Features) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rev. John R. Anderson

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Missouri, St. Louis


Founder Central Baptist Church

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc. • Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John B. Meachum

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Missouri, St. Louis


African
Founder & Pastor
1817 - 1854
First Baptist Church
west of the
Mississippi River

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc. • Education) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Mason Peck

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Missouri, St. Louis


Pioneer Baptist
Missionary, Statesman,
Founder of Shurtleff College

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc. • Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

American Elm

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Missouri, St. Louis


This is to certify that the
American Elm
described below is the largest
known tree of its species in the
state of Missouri recorded by
Forestry Division,
Missouri Department of Conservation

Species: Ulmus americana
Owner: Bellefontaine Cemetery
Nominator: Margaret McCall
Measured by: Perry Eckhardt & Mark Grueber
Date Measured: July 2, 2010
Circumference: 191 inches
Height: 102 feet
Spread: 122 feet
Score: 324 points
County: St. Louis City
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The Great St. Louis Tree Hunt
#9 American elm
Ulmus americana
Celebrating the U.N. International
Year of Forests
Learn more at
mobot.org/treemendous

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

Fort Fransisco De Pupo

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Florida, Clay County, Green Cove Springs
Pupo is first mentioned in 1716 as the place where the trail from the Franciscan Indian missions and the Apalachee (present-day Tallahassee) to St. Augustine crossed the river. The Spanish Government built the fort on the St. Johns River some time before 1737. Pupo teamed with Fort Picolata on the Eastern shore. These forest protected the river crossing and blocked ships from continuing up stream. In 1738 after an attack by the British-allied Yuchi Indians, the fort was enlarged to a 30-by-16 blockhouse, surrounded by a rampart of timber and earth. During General James Oglethorpe's 1739-40 advance on St. Augustine, Lt George Dunbar unsuccessfully attacked Pupo on the night of December 28th. On January 7th and 8th, Oglethorpe himself to two days to capture the Spanish blockhouses. Oglethorpe reinforced the the fort within a trench, which is still visible. Upon the British retreat from Florida, Fort San Francisco de Pupo was destroyed. Though the Fort was never rebuilt, the site remained a strategically important ferry crossing. In the 1820's Florida's first Federally built road, the Bellamy Road, used the river crossing on the route between St. Augustine and Pensacola.
A Florida Heritage Landmark

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Robert A. Barnes

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Missouri, St. Louis


Who died Apr. 2, 1892.
Aged 84 years.

Founder of
Robert A. Barnes Hospital

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

De La Osa Adobe

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California, Los Angeles County, Encino
This dwelling, built in 1849 by Don Vincente de la Osa, was a favored stopping place for the numerous travelers on El Camino Real. It stands on land that is part of the one-square-league Rancho El Encino granted in 1845 by Governor Pio Pico to three Indians, Ramon, Francisco, and Roque, whose interests were purchased by Don Vincente. Originally the land was under the jurisdiction of Mission San Fernando Rey founded in 1797.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Antelope Hill Campsite

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Arizona, Yuma County, near Roll
1846 U.S. Army 1848
Antelope Hill
Campsite

Jan. 4 1847
Mormon
Battalion
Trail


(Churches, Etc. • War, Mexican-American) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Burns Cottage

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California, Tuolumne County, Columbia
This building was built as Madame Louis' French Laundry in 1856. The area to the right has remained a garden since 1852. In 1976 Grace Burns deeded as a gift cabin to U.O.P. which had used the property since 1952. State purchased it in 1991.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Time Traveler / The Life of a Lake

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Oregon, Deschutes County, near Sisters

Time Traveler
Welcome to historic Fish Lake.
Now a quiet and peaceful place, it was once filled with the hustle and bustle of people working and traveling across the Cascades.

Nearby is the Fish Lake Remount Depot which has been in continuous use as a U.S. Forest Service station since 1910. The depot was originally developed as a way station and became the most popular stop on the Williamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagaon Road, commonly called the Old Santiam Wagon Road.

This road was a pioneering route across the Cascades, becoming a vital link between western and eastern Oregon. Over the years countless footsteps, thousands of hooves, wagon wheels and the churning wheels of early automobiles all shaped the road. In 1905 two cars heading towards Portland to complete the first trans-continental automobile race traveled the length of the road.

The gate in front of you is a reconstruction of one of the toll gates that travelers passed through. The road company built a hotel, saloon, store, barn, blacksmith shop, and corrals to serve travelers.

To this day the depot is actively used by the Forest Service and includes log buildings from the early 1920s, as well as structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Traces of the wagon road are still visible and a pioneer gravesite remains from the early days of travel on the road.

Please help preserve this historic site.

The Life of a Lake
You are standing on the shore of a lake that may seem old but in geologic terms was formed yesterday. Fish Lake continues to change, seasonally and through the decades.

Around three thousand years ago an eruption of Nash Crater formed Fish Lake by damming Hackleman Creek. Seasonal rains and snow overwhelm this little valley's ability to drain the inflow so that each winter a lake is formed. In the summer, after the last snow melts off the ridges overlooking the valley, the lake quickly disappears and Hackleman Creek vanishes into the lava lakebed.

Grasses that have adapted to the seasonal drying of Fish Lake quickly transformed the lake into a lush meadow. The local Hackleman trout population has adapted to this seasonal disappearance of their lake home. When the temperature of the lake starts to rise, the trout head upstream into the creek where they wait for the arrival of winter and the lake's return.

(Environment • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Church-Sperry Mill and Mill Ditch

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California, Fresno County, Fresno
Built in 1883 by Moses J. Church, Fresno's first flour mill operated with Fancher Creek water run through Mill Ditch and down Fresno Street. The original wooden structure was replaced in 1892 by a brick building and was sold to the Sperry Flour Company in 1893, The mill operated until 1927 when it was remodeled as an automobile showroom. After much litigation, the Mill Ditch, a foul-smelling stream, was filled in by irate citizens one Sunday in 1887 and steam engines were used thereafter. The building was razed in 1960 to make way for Fresno's Civic Center.

(Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Donkey Engine"

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Colorado, Logan County, Sterling
This engine given to the City of Sterling by the Great Eastern Sugar Company in commemoration of the industry’s contribution to the growth and prosperity of this area. This engine was used for many years hauling sugar beets within the factory compound.
Dedicated to our heritage this 19th day of September, 1981
Earl D. Franklin, Jr., Mayor
Coucil: Edith M. Evans • Marcia R. Luck • Leory R.. Reitz • Harold E. Sperber • Carl R. Waltz • William B. Williams

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.
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