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Plaque, circa 1885 From the Mulcaster Building, formerly at 1297 3rd Avenue at 68th Street, Manhattan, unknown architect Terracotta 69.181, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Frost This delightful image of a butterfly-child . . .
(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Plaque, circa 1885 From the Mulcaster Building, formerly at 1297 3rd Avenue at 68th Street, Manhattan, unknown architect Terracotta 69.181, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Frost This delightful image of a butterfly-child . . . (Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Unknown Artist and Maker (American, Akron, Ohio) Replica of the Statue of Liberty, circa 1900 Galvanized sheet steel and zinc over iron frame Gift of the Athena-Liberty Lofts, L.P., The Athena group, and Brickman Associates, . . . 
Company Incorporated 1818. Canal In Use By 1824. Site Of Turn-Around Basin For Canal Boat Transportation North To The Grand Old Erie 
The Southwest Waterfront’s history is closely tied to African-American history. Leading up to the Civil War many people of color—those still enslaved as well as some freed individuals—lived and worked here, and some helped . . . 
Captain Meriwether, interpreter George Drouillard, and privates Hugh McNeal and John Shields crossed Lemhi Pass on the afternoon of August 12, 1805. The Indian road they were traveling climbed north out of the narrow Agency . . . 
Cameahwait's band of 400 Lemhi Shoshone dried berries, seeds, roots, and salmon in summer, but it was not enough. To survive the long winter, they would need about fifteen tons of bison jerky. The fall bison hunt in Montana . . . 
(Two panels share a common support.) Meriwether Lewis identified, described and collected plants that were new to science and observed how the Shoshone used local plants. These species can be found in this area: • Syringa or . . . 
In 1855 a group of Mormon missionaries came north from Utah to found a remote colony just below the bench east of here. A religious settlement rather than a military fort. Salmon River Mission grew to more than 100 settlers . . . 
Near this site, on August 20, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition first contacted waters flowing to the Pacific assuring the success of their efforts and guaranteeing title to the Northwest for the United States of America. . . . 
First Battalion (Infantry), Lieut. Col. Barnard Timmons Second Battalion (Infantry), Lieut. Col. James Wrigley Zouave Battalion (Infantry), Captain J.B. Fleitas Cavalry Detachment, Lieut. Thomas J. Cleveland Artillery . . . 
First Infantry Battalion Lieut. Col. Barnard Timmons Second Infantry Battalion Lieut. Col. James Wrigley Cavalry Detachment Lieut. Thoms J. Cleveland Artillery Company Captain J.Q. Wall Casualties during the defense . . . 
This work was held by the right of the 30th Alabama, under command of Col. Charles M. Shelley, with the 31st Alabama on its right. No direct assault was made on it, but the fire from this work materially assisted in . . . 
Capt. Newit J. Drew; Lieut. W.J. Duncan. The company, under Lieut. W.J. Duncan, served pieces, number, kind and caliber unknown, on the line of Lee's brigade in undetermined positions from May 18 to the end of the defense, . . . 
Capt. S.C. Bains. A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. E.L. Wood, served one 12-pounder howitzer in this position from May 23 to the end of the defense July 4, 1863.
Lieut. J.R. Sweaney; Lieut. M.H. Trantham. The battery was engaged in the battle of Port Gibson, May 1, casualties, wounded 20. One section, under Lieut. E. S. Walton, served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position, . . . 
Marker 1 On October 20, 1976, the worst ferry disaster in the history of the United States occurred on the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish. Seventy-seven lives were lost. The people of Louisiana will never forget . . . 
Capt. J.F. Waddell. A detachment of the battery, under Lieut. R. H. Bellamy, served one 6-pounder gun in this position, Railroad Redoubt, from May 18 to a little before 10 o'clock the forenoon of May 22, 1863, when its . . . 
Easton is situated at the confluence of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers. Founded in the early 1750s, it became an important river community and transportation junction. Opened by 1834, the Lehigh, Morris, and Delaware Canal . . . 
Whooping and yelling, Blackfeet Indians and white trappers "fought like deamons" in the defile before you in 1823. After the Hudson's Bay Company trappers burned the Indians out of a strong position by starting a large brush . . . 
After crossing the Continental Divide southeast of here, Aug. 12, 1805, Lewis camped with a Shoshoni band near here, Aug. 13-14. Lewis had to obtain Indian horses so his men could get from the upper Missouri to a navigable . . . 
