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The Changing Waterfront

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Coos Bay, Oregon.
Fire On July 23, 1922 a fire destroyed more than twenty-five buildings on Front Street, including city hall. Many of the businesses rebuilt a few blocks to the west, moving the heart of downtown Marshfield. The fire was one . . .

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Notable Places • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

End of the Oregon Trail

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Oregon City, Oregon.
Here the Pioneers Ended Their Journey West. Abernethy Green is the Official End of the Oregon Trail, As Designated by the U.S. Congress In 1978. Placed in Honor of the Pioneer Achievements of Dan Fowler Oregon City Mayor . . .

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

End of the Oregon Trail

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Oregon City, Oregon.
Oregon City, Western Terminus of the Oregon Trail (about 2200 miles from Independence, MO) Here at Abernethy Green in the fall of 1845, members of the Barlow-Palmer-Rector Wagon Train entered Oregon City as best they could. . . .

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

Old Oregon Trail

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Oregon City, Oregon.
Erected by Willamette Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Portland, Oregon 1917

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Gardens

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Oregon City, Oregon.
"We pitched our tent... remaining at this camp for about one week, feasting on watermelons and good, fresh vegetables right from the garden, which are brought in by the Clackamas County farmers in great abundance." E.W. . . .

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

Atchafalaya River

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Butte La Rose, Louisiana.
The Atchafalaya River is North America’s fifth-largest river according to discharge and, together with the Mississippi, accounts for about 90 percent of the freshwater discharge into the Gulf of Mexico. The Atchafalaya . . .

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

Atchafalaya Floodway

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Henderson, Louisiana.
Annual flooding in the Acthafalaya Basin provides an ideal crawfish habitat. Today, most of Louisiana's crawfish production comes from farms, but the Basin still leads in the production of wild-caught crawfish. The . . .

(Environment • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Transportation

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Coos Bay, Oregon.
Travel by land was difficult until about 1915. The road between Marshfield and North Bend was not completed until 1912. Most people continued to travel by small boats around Coos Bay for several more years. Mosquito Fleet . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Transportation

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Coos Bay, Oregon.
In 1872, the Coos Bay Wagon Road was completed. The road, which connected Coos Bay Roseburg, was 58 miles long. A stagecoach could make the trip in about 28 hours in good weather. Another route to the interior was the stage . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Changing Waterfront

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Coos Bay, Oregon.
The shipping channel in the bay in front of you has a depth of about 35 feet at low tide. Large ships travel in this channel on their way to the upper bay. Frequently small harbor tugs can be seen pulling log rafts by this . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Places • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bay View Brewery / Guildesheim's 2nd Hand Hide & Junk Store

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Coos Bay, Oregon.
On July 22, 1922 a fire started here and spread to both sides of Front Street. Within hours, 25 businesses had been completely destroyed.

(Disasters) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

In Memory of Those Who Perished

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Simi Valley, California.
In reverent memory of those who perished in the September 12, 2008 Metrolink Train Disaster, with hope and encouragement for those who survived, and with gratitude for the first responders for their heroism and compassion.

(Disasters • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kings Highway

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Milam, Texas.
Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A.D. 1918

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

Tulane Stadium

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
Tulane Stadium was the original home of the National Football League's New Orleans Saints from 1967-1974. The Saints' first regular season game was held on September 17, 1967. Most notable for John Gilliam's returned 94-yard . . .

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

First Presbyterian Church

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
Organized 1817. The first pastor (1818-1820), the Rev. Sylvester Larned, built a church in 1819 in the plain Gothic Style on St. Charles Street near Gravier Street, William Brand, Architect-Builder. A Greek Revival style . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
Erected 1928-1930. W.W Van Meter, Architect and Builder. A gift to the congregation from Alice Affleck Bloomfield in memory of her husband William B. Bloomfield John Samuel Land, Pastor, 1917-1959 Stained glass windows by . . .

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St. Landry Catholic Cemetery

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Opelousas, Louisiana.
Side 1 Established circa 1798; Opelousas oldest cemetery. Located on land donated by Michel Prudhomme in 1796. It is the final resting place of numerous New York Orphan Train Riders and many veterans of wars dating back to . . .

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Bradley House

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Clifton, Virginia.
Owned by Rev. Wm. Bradley & his wife Elisabeth, the first Presbyterian Minister in Clifton, the parents of Margaret Riviere Hetzel, who taught the first School in Clifton Restored in 1981

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Baker Cabin

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near Oregon City, Oregon.
Horace Baker emigrated from Illinois along the Oregon Traill in 1846 and married fellow emigrant Jane Hatten in 1852. The Bakers claimed 640 acres and built this cabin by 1856. The Baker Cabin is one of the oldest log . . .

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

Baker Cabin Pioneer Church

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near Oregon City, Oregon.
This marker is located on the grounds of Baker Cabin Historical Site. Oregon Trail emigrants left established homes and farms in the East to start anew in the wilderness that was the Oregon Country. Emigrants packed simple . . .

(Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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