North Carolina, Wilson County, east of Wilson
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Confederate Major-
General. Mortally
wounded at Gettysburg.
His birthplace
stood 1.4 miles north.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Confederate Major-
General. Mortally
wounded at Gettysburg.
His birthplace
stood 1.4 miles north.
(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The isolated cone-shaped butte, east of this point and 10 miles north of Walsenburg, was named El Huerfano, “The Orphan,” by early Spaniards. The name appeared in Spanish records as early as 1818. This butte was near the Trappers’ Trail from Taos. Passed by Freemont and Gunnison on their railroad surveys of 1853. The river and county also now bear the name. Altitude 6,150 feet.
In this school house on March 20, 1854 was held the first mass meeting in this country that definitely and positively cut loose from old parties, and advocated a new party under the name Republican.
Louis & Michael Beezer Brothers, architects
The city of Megiddo played a prominent role in the history of the ancient Near East. Strategically located at the mouth of the Nahal Iron Pass, Megiddo controlled access to the road that linked Egypt with Mesopotamia and Anatolia - the most important trade and military route of that time. Megiddo is the only site in the Land of Israel mentioned in the records of all Near Eastern ancient powers and was one of the most fought-over cities in the region. The first fully-recorded battle in history, in which Pharaoh Thutmose III's army faced a coalition of Canaanite kings, took place here in 1479 B.C. Megiddo is also mentioned in many biblical narratives. Its king was one of the Canaanite rulers defeated by Joshua, it is listed among the cities built by King Solomon, and it was the site where two Judahite kings - Ahaziah and Josiah - met their deaths. For millions of Christians, Megiddo is the Armageddon of St. John's Revelation, where the forces of Good will defeat the forces of Evil in the Final Battle at the End of Days.
To the east, at the top of the ridge, sits the landmark “Dos Piedras”, erroneously translated into “two rock”, between which ran the main Indian trail from Bodega Bay to the inland valley and to the Sierra. The rocks also mark the near juncture of four original Mexican land grants – Blucher Rancho, Rancho Roblar de la Miseria, Rancho Balsa de Tomales and Rancho Laguna de San Antonio.
Erected and acquired in 1874 by the Tomales Temperance Social Club, this is one of the oldest continuously used public halls in California. Renovated after the 1906 Earthquake, maintained by town hall trustees and local volunteers, it has served as a center for all types of community activities.
The biblical tels of Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba were inscribed in 2005 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as World Heritage Sites with outstanding universal value. They are fitting representatives of the 200 biblical tels in Israel, which were flourishing cities in the past.These cities were established alongside ancient commercial roads and near prosperous agricultural areas, and were ruled by a central government. They made their mark on the history of the land of Israel and the people of Israel. Archaeological finds uncovered in these tels attest to urban planning, including gates, walls, temples, palaces, storerooms, stables, and water systems. The finds also represent an encounter between the local culture and the cultures of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and the lands of the Aegean Sea. These cities existed during the Canaanite and Israelite periods, from the third to the first millennia BCE.
Constructed in 1875. Moved here from original site and restored to depict first structure relating to railroad transportation linking Marin and northern counties.
Spanish explorers found several Tano-speaking pueblos in the Galisteo Basin in 1540. They were among the leaders of the Pueblo Revold in 1680. 150 Tano families were eventually resettled in Galisteo Pueblo in 1706. Droughts, famine, Comanche raids, and disease led to its abandonment by 1788, with most of the survivors moving to Santo Domingo.
Peggy Pond Church, author of the Southwest classic The House at Otowi Bridge and daughter of Los Alamos Ranch School founder Ashley Pond, will forever be “The First Lady of New Mexican Poetry.” As she rode the Pajarito Plateau and camped beneath tall pines, she came to understand that “it is the land that wants to be said.” She captured it in her sensitive poems.
During the Civil War, Goldsboro
(then spelled Goldsborough) wa an
important railroad junction and a
vital link in the Confederate supply
chain. Here the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad, which ran from
Morehead City to Raleigh, intersected
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
These railroads were essential
to both sides, but especially to the
Confederacy. Blockade runners
sailed into Wilmington with supplies
that were then transported by
rail through Goldsboro to the
Confederate army in Virginia using
the Petersburg Railroad from Weldon
to Petersburg. Confederate
troops were stationed here during
the war to guard the city and to be
transported where needed by rail.
Hospitals were also established here
to treat the wounded. Some of the
men who died here are among the
800 Confederate soldiers buried in
a mass grave at Willow Dale Cemetery,
five blocks to the south.
When New Bern fell in
March 1862, earthworks were built
18 blocks east of here along Stoney
Creek. Sections of the works can
still be found along Claiborne Street.
