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Honoring The Lives

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Los Angeles, California.
On June 24, 1971, an explosion and fire took the lives of seventeen construction workers building a tunnel in Sylmar, California. The tunnel was being built for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California by the . . .

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

18th St. Bridge

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Lewiston, Idaho.
Lewiston's first bridge across the Clearwater River was constructed in 1913 and replaced in 1951. Early efforts for a bridge were opposed by ferryboat owners, but other business leaders recognized the need for a link to . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Silcott

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Lewiston, Idaho.
Pioneer businessman and politician, he owned and operated ferries in the Lewiston and Spokane areas. Early in the 1860’s, John Silcott ran a ferryboat across the Snake River at Lewiston. He soon put in a ferry across the . . .

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

John Mullan

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Saint Maries, Idaho.
Was the Army officer who in 1859-1862 surveyed and built the Mullan Road from Walla Walla, Washington to Fort Benton, Montana. The road was to connect the Missouri and the Columbia, and Congress approved in 1855. Indian . . .

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

Ladies Library Hall

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Dryden, Michigan.
The Ladies Library Association was established in 1871 to provide reading material at a small cost to the community. In the beginning the association only allowed married women to be members and charged an annual fee of one . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Entertainment • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tri City Speedway

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High Point, North Carolina.
Opened in 1947, this ½ - mile red dirt track was built by brothers, Bill & Bob Blair. It hosted two NASCAR Grand National races. Herb Thomas won in 1953 and Lee Petty won in 1954. Notable drivers were Fireball Roberts, Flock . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Custer School

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near Stanley, Idaho.
" Jennie Smith, Mae Dellen, Lida Pfeitter, Stella Mavity, and Emma Mallm, think their selves smart they put them little kids up to that, and If that Sade Smith bothers me I will pound the stuffing out of her also Gladys, . . .

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

Upper Snake River Valley Irrigation

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Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The fertile soil and abundance of water in this valley lured pioneer settlers. With small slip scrapers, hand plows, picks and shovels, they cleared sagebrush, built log homes, made canals, ditches and dams to put water on . . .

(Agriculture • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The First Capital

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Lewiston, Idaho.
When Lewiston served as the capital, Idaho Territory included modern Montana and practically all of Wyoming – an area much larger than Texas. Then in 1864, after Montana was established as a separate territory and most of . . .

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

Lewis Clark State College

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Lewiston, Idaho.
After more than half a century of growth, Lewiston State Normal School expanded into a four-year college in 1947. An area vocational school and a nursing education program were added in 1965. Designated a state college in . . .

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

Family Tragedy

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near Stanley, Idaho.
Snow slides were common during the winter months but none so tragic as on February 2, 1890. At 8pm the steam whistle on the Custer Mill shrieked the alarm, alerting the town of treacherous slides. One slide crashed down Bald . . .

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

Mackenzie's Post

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Lewiston, Idaho.
Disappointed to find that beaver were unavailable in this area, he built only a store and two houses out of driftwood. Then the War of 1812 and Indian trouble tangled his plans; in May 1813 he abandoned this site, since . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

America's Oldest Operating Fish Market

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Washington, District of Columbia.
The Maine Avenue Fish Market is the oldest continuously operating open-air fish market in the United States. When it opened in 1805, Washington was the center of the local fish and oyster trade, In the 1900s, it was known . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Nez Perce Village

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Lewiston, Idaho.
Two styles of houses were used. Some were fairly square with interior benches dug out for use by a family or two. Others were round – 20 to 30 feet wide and two to three feet deep – but lacked benches. This village reached . . .

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

Stone House

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near Stanley, Idaho.
At the top of this trail are the remains of a stone house, the only one within the proper boundaries of Custer. Many single miners live in the house, but one of the most memorable residents was Louise Terloar Short. Louise . . .

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

Northwest Passage Scenic Byway

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Lewiston, Idaho.
This scenic route commemorates the Lewis and Clark expedition’s quest for a watercourse through the Rocky Mountains connecting the Missouri and Columbia rivers. The byway parallels the explorers' journey through the . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Coyote's Fishnet

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Lewiston, Idaho.
Coyote, the all-powerful animal spirit, was having a good time until Black Bear, the busybody, began to tease him. Finally losing his temper, Coyote tossed his huge fishnet onto the hills across the river. To teach Black . . .

(Anthropology • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spalding's Mission

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Lewiston, Idaho.
Spalding began his mission and school nearby, but moved here in 1838. Believing in secular as well as religious teaching, he taught the Indians irrigated farming, brought in the Northwest’s first printing press, and built . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Assay Office

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near Stanley, Idaho.
The text of this marker is unreadable because of the reflection of the sun, but from the "Custer: A walking guide" brochure; "This building was built during the 1930's when many unemployed men and their families occupied the . . .

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

Potomac River Shoreline

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Washington, District of Columbia.
The two-mile-long harbor known as the Washington Channel was established during a massive reclamation effort in the 1880’s, creating Potomac Park and the adjacent Tidal Basin.

(Notable Places • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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