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Nathaniel J. Wyeth of Boston, Massachusetts began permanent American settlement of Oregon by building a fur trading and salmon packing post one-half mile east to rival the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. He guided . . .
(Forts, Castles • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Nathaniel J. Wyeth of Boston, Massachusetts began permanent American settlement of Oregon by building a fur trading and salmon packing post one-half mile east to rival the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. He guided . . . (Forts, Castles • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
In Memory Of the Men and Women of Broad Brook Windsorville Melrose Who Served In The Armed Forces of the U.S.A. Erected 1959
Frühgotische Doppeltoranlage um 1200. Hier befand sich ehemalige Reuerer Vogteiamt. [English translation:] Early Gothic double-gate structure, circa 1200. The Reuerer "Vogteiamt" (a secular administrative office concerned . . . 
For Democacy Erected in Memory of Our Boys in the Town of East Windsor, Conn. Who, in the Time of Out Country’s Need, Willingly Laid Aside Their Duties to Enter The World War Offering Their Lives and Sacred Honor On the . . . 
Spirit of Unity Time Capsule To be Opened June 10, 2092 Dedicated June 10, 1992 To the People of East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington Who united in purpose on June 10, 1991 to oppose the siting of a radioactive dump in . . . 
East Windsor Separated from Old Windsor and constituted a township on the “second Thursday of May A.D. 1768”. In this area was the Nortin Society of Old Windsor, organized in May 1752. Ferry service established by John . . . 
Site of Constitutional Oak Commemorating the Connecticut Constitutional Convention of 1902 Presented to Harold A. Middleton East Windsor Delegate Erected by East Windsor Historical Society 1966
Seit 1658 Erbschenkstatt 1713 von Hanns Michael Kirchner neu aufgebaut seit 1872 im Besitz der Familie Geisendörfer-Wanya 1878 Unterkunft des Kronprinzen Luitpold bis zur Einstellung des Braubetriebes 1915 die größte . . . 
From the woods to the Deschutes River, the log was hoisted by the bull chain into the mill from the river to the log deck. It was then directed to the band saw in one of the three head rigs, where the process began. It was . . . 
World War II Memorial Park Dedicated to The Men and Women Who Unselfishly Served and Supported the United States of America and its Allies During World War II
In loving memory of the many citizens of Southampton who answered the call of their country in all wars. Their names are inscribed for eternity on history’s roll of honor.
Darrell Duppa explored Arizona four years before coming here with Jack Swilling's party, pioneers whose irrigation canal first opened the Salt River Valley to farming in 1868. A well-traveled Englishman and a scholar of the . . . 
On this site stood The Eureka Lodging, a boarding house catering to tradesmen and transients. It's most famous resident, Joshua Abraham Norton (1818-1880), Began living here in 1863 and remained for the next 17 years. . . . 
The bustling marketplace you see today, filled with shops, theaters, restaurants, entertainment and recreation was once the site of the largest pine sawmills in the country. Back in the 1920s, they were busy, noisy and dusty . . . 
Trees were felled in the woods and hauled to the Deschutes River where they floated downstream to the mills. The final steps of this log-to-lumber journey occurred as the wet lumber, known as green wood, exited the mill on . . . 
Bissell Ferry 1641 - 1917 The first ferry crossing of the Connecticut River was tended by John Bissell in 1641. This road leads to the landing place where succeeding generations of Bissells, and finally the Town, kept this . . . 
South Windsor In 1845 the Town of South Windsor was incorporated, having separated from East Windsor which had been divided from Windsor in 1768. This was once the territory of the Podunk Indians. Land was purchased from . . . 
Gale-force winds bedeviled explorers and emigrants alike in the Columbia River Gorge. Journals from the 1800s depict travel as treacherous through this singular passage in the Cascade Range where 60 mile-per-hour gusts are . . . 
Sternwheeler traffic on the Columbia River reached a fevered-pitch with the completion of Cascade Locks in 1896. Steam-powered paddlewheelers provided a vital link between The Dalles and Portland. The trip averaged six hours . . . 
High in the tower, the school bell rang, resonating across the grounds. Sixteen school kids grabbed their lunch pails and headed with their teacher, Miss Graham, into the 1893 Crapper School. As the community grew, the . . . 
