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Veterans Recognition Day

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Paris, Ohio.
This plaque is placed on this day during Paris bicentennial celebration in recognition of the contribution of all Armed Services Veterans from this Paris Area.

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Patrick Church / St. Patrick Calvary Cemetery

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Brighton, Michigan.
St. Patrick Church St. Patrick was the first church to serve Brighton area Catholics, many of whom were immigrants from Ireland. A simple log structure at the corner of McCabe and Silver Lake Roads built in 1838 was used by . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc. • Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Big Creek Baptist Church

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Millington, Tennessee.
It is thought that by 1812, Big Creek Baptist Church had been organized under a brush arbor by pioneers settling near Big Creek. When the log church burned in 1832, a "box" church was built with "sides" where slaves . . .

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

John C. Heinz House

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Ranson, West Virginia.
The house was constructed by John C. Heinz in 1924 and 1925. Heinz sold the property to Samuel C. Heinz in September of 1924, and the deed specifically mentions the house "under construction." The house style, known as “The . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henry Ford and John Tanner

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Brighton, Michigan.
John Tanner was known as one of Brighton's most unusual people. His 10 foot long beard was always tucked under his shirt only to be seen by his wife and the paying public. His delivery operation from the train depot ran from . . .

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Gravesite of William Boone

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Boonsboro, Maryland.
Gravesites of William Boone, d. 1798 and his wife Susanna Parks Boone, b. 1755 - d. 1844 William and his brother, George, founded Boone's Berry, now known as Boonsboro, in 1792 The graves are located near the original Boone . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Glacial Terraces

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Terrace Bay, Ontario.
About 20,000 years ago Ontario was covered by a great glacier, the fourth glaciation in this region within the past million years. The meltwaters from these gigantic ice-sheets filled the Lake Superior basin and . . .

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

Humphrey's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Humphrey's Brigade. McLaws' (Kershaw's) Division - Longstreet's (Hood's) Corps. Brigadier General Benjamin G. Humphrey's. September 20, 1863, noon, 2d Position. 13th Mississippi - Lieutenant Colonel Kennon McElroy. 17th . . .

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

Humphrey's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Humphrey's Brigade. McLaws' Division - Longstreet's Corps. Brigadier General Benjamin G. Humphreys. September 20, 1863, 1 p.m. 13th Mississippi - Lieutenant Colonel Kennon McElroy. 17th Mississippi - Lieutenant Colonel John . . .

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

125th Ohio Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
125th Regiment Ohio Infantry. Harker's Brigade. 12:30 Midday, September 20, 1863.

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S. Beatty's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Beatty's Brigade Van Cleve's Division - Crittenden's Corps. Brigadier General Samuel Beatty. September 20, 1863, 11:15 a.m. 79th Indiana, - Colonel Frederick Knefler. 9th Kentucky, - Colonel George H. Cram. 17th Kentucky, - . . .

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

64th Ohio Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
64th Regiment Ohio Infantry, Harker's Brigade. 12:30 p.m. September 20, 1863.

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

Van Derveer's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
VanDerveer’s Brigade. Brannan’s Division……………Thomas' Corps Colonel Ferdinand VanDerveer September 20, 1863. 8 a.m., 1st Position. 87th Indiana - Colonel Newell Gleason 2nd Minnesota - Colonel James George 9th Ohio - Colonel . . .

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

The Reverend Charles Alfred Marie Paradis

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Verner, Ontario.
Born in Kamouraska County, Québec, Paradis studied at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière College and taught art in Ottawa. Following his ordination in 1881 he was posted to Lake Timiskaming as missionary of the Oblate Congregation. . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc. • Notable Persons • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Charles Jefferson Stewart House

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McCalla, Alabama.
Pioneer home of Charles Jefferson Stewart Sr, 1833-1897 and wife Nancy Rachel Mayhan 1839-1910. Relocated from Abercrombie Community Bibb, County, 1986. A successful farmer the Stewarts had 13 children, all born in this . . .

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

Cane Creek School

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McCalla, Alabama.
Successor to the first school built in Jefferson County in 1815, this building - of 1923 origins - served the residents of the Beltona Area until 1960. Purchased in 1963 by the Cane Creek Community Club, it was subsequently . . .

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

The Founding of Sturgeon Falls

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Sturgeon Falls, Ontario.
The development of Sturgeon Falls began in 1881 with the arrival of Canadian Pacific Railway constructions teams and the opening of a post office. About a year earlier the community's first permanent settler, James Holditch, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Country Church

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McCalla, Alabama.
This is the old Kimbrell Methodist Church relocated from Kimbrell Community in Jefferson County. After lying idle for 15 years it was donated to the state by J.C. Hassell in 1972. The restoration was made possible through . . .

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

Woodward Post Office 

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McCalla, Alabama.
This was built by Woodward Iron company 1915. Donated for restoration by the Meade Corporation in 1978.

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fowler House 

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McCalla, Alabama.
Built near West Blocton, Al in 1860 by Winston Stewart, a local contractor. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler occupied the house from 1928 until thier death. Restored as a country School to be a part of the Learning Center in 1978... . . .

(Education • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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