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Tolland

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Tolland, Connecticut.
Tolland Formerly a part of Windsor and named after Tolland in England, was settled in 1713 and granted a charter in 1715. The first homes were built in 1713 on a highway at Grant's Hill, so called from ancestors of . . .

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

Charlie Berry Stadium

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Echo, Oregon.
Charles grew up looking down on this field from his home along the golf course and dreamed of playing football here. While he excelled in all sports, football was his lifelong love. Among his achievements: East-West Shrine . . .

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

Tolland Veterans Monument

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Tolland, Connecticut.
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(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stafford

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Stafford Springs, Connecticut.
Stafford This is the home of the famous mineral springs where the Indians met to drink the iron and sulphur waters to make them “lively” and to which the future President John Adams came for his health in 1771. Later the . . .

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

Jack Dempsey

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Echo, Oregon.
Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler or Nonpareil, held the heavy weight title from 1919 to 1926. However what few people realize is that as a young man he traveled the rails and lived in hobo camps such as one located along the . . .

(Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Umatilla County Jail

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Echo, Oregon.
This building was the first county jail built in Umatilla Landing in 1865 & abandoned when the county seat moved to Pendleton in 1868. Joseph Cunha moved it to Echo & use it as a smoke house. Shirley Cunha Snow donated the . . .

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

The Blockhouse

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Echo, Oregon.
From our little castle 100 feet square ... we commended operations early the following morning, and are now in a picket, 100 feet square, seven feet high, and have one blockhouse half-built. -- Luke, an Oregon Mounted . . .

(Forts, Castles • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lower Crossing

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Echo, Oregon.
This morning after going one mile, we left the river, five mile over the ridge we crossed the river and encamped for the day in order to recruit our cattle as they were much fatigued by crossing the Blue Mountains. -- . . .

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

Site of First Masonic Lodge Building

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Huntsville, Texas.
Forrest Lodge No. 19, A.F & A.M., erected its first lodge building at this site early in 1850 on a lot measuring 50 by 75 feet purchased in 1849. The two-story white frame building was 50 feet square with five plastered . . .

(Architecture • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Evergreen Cemetery

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Paris, Texas.
The Evergreen Cemetery is the final resting place for many notable citizens of Paris and Lamar County. Due to the steady growth of the area, the old cemetery of Paris, located near the center of town, quickly became too . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walker County

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Huntsville, Texas.
Formed from Montgomery County Created April 6, 1846 --- Organized July 13, 1846 Named in honor of Robert James Walker, 1801-1869 a distinguished citizen of Mississippi and advocate of the annexation of Texas Renamed Walker . . .

(Notable Places • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sam Houston Whittling Site

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Huntsville, Texas.
This corner was a favorite site where General Sam Houston sat in a special hide-bottom chair to whittle small objects and talk with customers at the General Mercantile Store owned by his friends Thomas and Sandford Gibbs. . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Sam Houston Whittling Site

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Huntsville, Texas.
General Sam Houston is credited with having sat on this corner to whittle and tell stories to groups of listeners who gathered around him while visiting a store operated at this location during the years the Houston family . . .

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

Grimes County

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Anderson, Texas.
On road used 1690 by Spanish explorer Alonso de Leon. In 1821 Andrew Millican began settlement. Henry Fanthorp opened his inn 1834, a post office 1835. Kenneth Anderson, last Vice-President, Republic of Texas, died at . . .

(Exploration • Settlements & Settlers • War, Texas Independence • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grimes County, C.S.A.

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Anderson, Texas.
Civil War military concentration point for troops and ordnance. Rich farm land. By 1861 densely populated. Favored secession by 907 to 9 vote. Sent 5 cavalry, 4 infantry companies to Confederate Army. Arms and ordnance works . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grimes County Courthouse

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Anderson, Texas.
Unique Victorian Texas public building. Third courthouse here. Site, in an 1824 land grant from Mexico, was donated 1850 by Henry Fanthorp, first permanent settler in county. Built 1891 of hand-molded brick with native stone . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Memory of Jesse Grimes and Mathew Caldwell

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Anderson, Texas.
Mathew Caldwell was called Paul Revere of the Texas Revolution. Caldwell’s daughters Lucy Ann and Martha Elizabeth came to Grimes County from Gonzales. Martha E. Married Isham Dixon Davis and settled N. Grimes County at . . .

(Notable Persons • Settlements & Settlers • War, Texas Independence) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rocky Creek Bridge

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Anderson, Texas.
This historic bridge was originally located on CR 263 (known locally as CR 180) over Rocky Creek. Constructed around 1905, the Warren pony truss measured 50 feet in length and is a rare survivor of a once-common structure. . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Covered Wagon Museum

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Echo, Oregon.
The Wagon and Team Wagons for trail travel were of the simplest construction, they cost $85.00 each. They were light, strong, and carried on sturdy wheels. It was recommended that wheels be made of bois-d'arc, osage . . .

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

Washington County Courthouse

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Brenham, Texas.
Built in 1940 with funds granted by the Public Works Administration, this is the fourth courthouse to serve Washington County since its formation in 1835. Constructed during the tenure of County Judge Sam Low, the massive . . .

(Man-Made Features • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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