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George Atcheson

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Burnside, Pennsylvania.
1820 Atcheson settled in Susquehanna's West Branch, upstream from this point. 1845 he built 2 large houses connected at different levels, secreting an area to hide slaves. Spiriting slaves from the Mason Dixon Line to Canada . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Swanton Pacific Ranch

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near Davenport, California.
Indian Days Most of the Indian activity of the Central California Ohlone Tribe took place in the canyon or valley to the north, Waddell Creek. which runs east and west and has a greater beach area. Some evidence such as . . .

(Agriculture • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Washout 1997 to 2001

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near Davenport, California.
In 1998, the Swanton Pacific Railroad was blessed by Mother Nature. The high water floods caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon washed away about 200 feet of creek bank along Scotts Creek. The SPRR main line runs about . . .

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

18th Century Anchor

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Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick.
This 18th century anchor retrieved from the Petitcodiac River at Hopewell Cape in 1981 by Jack Weldon Donated to the Albert County Historical Society by his wife Grace and sons James, Thomas and Dale This plaque was given . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Silver Jubilee Lodge and Library

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Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick.
Built in the early 1900's, this building was converted into the Silver Jubilee Lodge and Library for the Hopewell Cape Boys Club. It later served as a branch of the local regional library system. It has been restored to its . . .

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

County Records Office / Le bureau des archives du comté

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Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick.
An original Shiretown building where all real estate and some other legal transactions were recorded. The records also include County births, marriages and livestock identifiers. À l'origine un édifice du chef-lieu du . . .

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

Anniston Public Library Desegregation

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Anniston, Alabama.
Desegregation of the Library began when two African American pastors, Reverends William B. McClain and Nimrod Q. Reynolds, peacefully attempted to enter the building on September 15, 1963. Their actions were endorsed by the . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anniston Memorial Hospital

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Anniston, Alabama.
When seven injured "Freedom Riders" arrived at the Hospital on this date, the mob that had attacked them earlier in the day followed. The Riders were testing desegregation of public transportation in the South by riding . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Roads & Vehicles • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

West 15th Street Historic District

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Annistion, Alabama.
This district was once the economic and social hub of Anniston's African American community. In its heyday (1940-1950), the District was a "city within a city," with businesses that catered to the black community. Grocery . . .

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

Seventeenth Street Missionary Baptist Church, Organized 1887

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Anniston, Alabama.
Seventeenth Street Missionary Baptist Church served as the home of "mass meetings" for black Annistonians who planned and executed Anniston's part of the Civil Rights Movement. Reverends D.C. Washington (1937-1960) and . . .

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

Tennessee C.S.A. Artillery Monument

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on Front (West) Side of Monument: In commemoration of the heroism of her sons. September 19"-20" 1863. Tennessee Erects this Monument. Artillery Text on Right (South) Side of Monument: Scott's Battery. Captain W.L. . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mitchell's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Mitchell's Brigade. Steedman's Division - Granger's Corps. Col. John G. Mitchell. September 19, 1863, 7 A.M. 78th Illinois - Lieutenant Colonel Carter Van Vleck. 98th Ohio - Captain Moses J. Urquhart. 113th Ohio - Lieutenant . . .

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

Ector's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Ector's Brigade Walker's Division - Walker's Corps. Brigadier General Matthew D. Ector. September 19, 1863, 9:30 a.m. 1st Position Stone's Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters - Major T.O. Stone. Pound's Mississippi Battalion . . .

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

2nd Minnesota Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
The Second Regiment Minnesota Veteran Volunteer Infantry. In Van Derveer's Brigade Was here engaged Saturday, September 19, 1863, between 8 and 10 o'clock, a.m. holding its position against repeated assaults of the enemy. . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery I, 4th U.S. Artillery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
U.S.A. Battery I, 4th U.S., Rodney's Section Van Derveer's Brigade, Brannan's Division September 19, 1863. 12 to 1 p.m. Lieutenant Frank G. Smith.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery I, 4th U.S. Artillery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Battery I, 4th U.S. Artillery. 4 Light 12 Pdrs. Van Derveer's Brigade, Brannan's Division, Thomas' Corps. September 19, 1863 1st Lieutenant Frank G. Smith, Commanding. 1st Lieutenant George B. Rodney. 2d Lieutenant John M. . . .

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

Civil War Soldiers And Sailors Memorial

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Designed as a formal gateway to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, there 40-foot pylons of Tennessee marble commemorate military men of the Civil war. The figures at the base of the north column portray soldiers, and the group . . .

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

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel

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Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Total project cost, building time and opening dates (No local, State or Federal Tax Money Used) North - $200,000,000 - 42 Months Opened April 15, 1964 South - $250,000,000 - 46 Months Opened April 19, 1999 Length 17.6 Miles . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trapper Nelson Interpretive Site

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Hobe Sound, Florida.
When he arrived from New Jersey in the early 1930s, Vincent Natulkiewicz, also known as Vince “Trapper” Nelson found the area still teeming with wildlife. For decades he lived off the land, supplementing his diet of raccoon, . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rainbow Inn

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Helper, Utah.
The Rainbow Inn is located at 305 N Mains St, Helper, Utah and was built in 1922. Originally owned by Lena Fodero, the building was used as a hotel, bar, and sporting house. It was known for the bordello on the upper floor. . . .

(Architecture • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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