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World War Memorial

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Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph


In honor of
those who answered
their country's call
during
The Great World War
1917 - 1918

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dacotah House

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Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm

Helena Erd Seiter • Adolph Seiter
The Dacotah House, located on this site, was built in 1859 by Adolph Seiter and Frank Erd. Adolph's wife, Helena Erd Seiter soon established her fame in the kitchen. During the Dakota Conflict of 1862, Helena fled in a wagon with her children to St. Peter. She is credited with convincing the authorities there of the reality of the outbreak. Military aid was sent to New Ulm. The Dacotah House was a refuge and hospital during the conflict and later military headquarters.

For many years the Dacotah Hotel was a central gathering place because of its wonderful food, hospitality and renowned visitors. The Seiter/Johnson families were the proprietors until 1948, when it was sold to the Esser family. The Citizens State Bank purchased it in 1968 and operated the hotel until its closing in 1971.

            Donated by Seiter/Erd Families 1992

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Joseph A. Harman

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Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm
The quality of life in New Ulm improved notably after a young teacher-coach accepted a position at New Ulm High School in 1928. During the succeeding 51 years, "Joe" Harman provided the inspiration that left this community a better place in which to live.

As a teacher and as a coach in the public school system, as director of early park and recreation programs, as first coach of local American Legion baseball teams, as Civil Defense director and as a member of innumerable service and fraternal organizations, Joe taught, guided and helped untold numbers of young people.

Teams he coached in track, football, basketball and baseball were consistently successful. His guidance molded young athletes far beyond physical pursuits and many later became community leaders in their own right.

Joseph Harman was a gentle, quiet person whose actions and words spoke powerfully to help create a better community.

This marker erected by friends and dedicated to the memory of Joe Harman
July, 1980
Committee headed by Mayor Carl L. Wyczawski, Otis Loose and Richard Eichten


(Sports) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

479th Fighter Group

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Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler

434th          435th
Fighter Squadron    Fighter Squadron
436th
Fighter Squadron

8th Air Force
Wattisham, England 1944-1945
Lest We Forget "All The Young Men"
Dedicated 17 Oct 1997

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Upper Minnesota River Transportation

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Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm
The first river steamboat, WEST NEWTON, passed by here in 1853 going upriver with troops to lay out the site of Fort Ridgely. Two days later TIGER and CLARION followed with men and supplies.

For the next twenty years boats brought settlers, soldiers, freight, Indian supplies and gold to the area; the boat landing near this site was very important to New Ulm, settled in 1855.

Boats varied in size, characteristic and significance. WAVE had a melodious bell; TIME AND TIDE and JEANETTE ROBERTS arrived early in spring; FRANKLIN STEELE was 'old friend' because of the many German settlers it brought to the country. NEW ULM BELLE was protected by government issued ammunition in 1862 during Indian warfare. In 1867 CHIPPEWA unloaded the first threshing machines at New Ulm. In 1870 DEXTER loaded 24,000 bushels of wheat and transported it to St. Louis, and the HUDSON, owned by Winona St. Peter Railroad, largest boat landing here, loaded 15,000 bushels of wheat in 1871.

The OTTER made 22 trips to New Ulm in 1865 and brought in over a million pounds of supplies and lumber, and loaded over four million pounds (butter, hides, earthenware and 30,000 bushels of wheat, barley, and oats). Rebuilt as a freight barge in 1872, when the railroad reached the county, the OTTER was stranded and abandoned above New Ulm in 1878, and the last boat was gone forever from the river.

Sponsored by Brown County Historical Society and Victor P. Reim - 1970

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mount Mora Cemetery

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Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph


On April 1, 1846, Simeon Kemper obtained a United States government patent for one hundred sixty acres at $1.25 per acre. Four years later, Kemper took two partners, Israel Landis and Reuben Middleton, who paid him almost $200 per acre for their share of 20 acres destined to become a cemetary [sic]. On February 22, 1851, the men received approval of the Articles of Incorporation for Mount Mora Cemetery; four days later, they placed this advertisement in The Saint Joseph Gazette:

"To the Public-the undersigned having purchased a lot of ground on the North West Corner of Mr. S. Kemper's farm within one mile of the Court house, propose fiting it up as a cemetery provided sufficient encouragement is given to the undertaking by the citizens of St. Joseph. It is our intention to lay it off in Blocks and Lots of all sizes, so as to suit purchasers. The ground will be enclosed in a short time with a good substantial board fence, and otherwise improved."


In 1873, W. Angelo Powell laid out Mount Mora Cemetery for $5,000. Powell, a prominent architect of the time, used the Rural Garden Cemetery design for Mount Mora. This form, new to the United States in 1831, is replicated in the cemetery's planned landscaping, magnificent mausoleums, aesthetic design of Mausoleum Row, and curvilinear roads following the natural contours of the land.

Giants of Saint Joseph commerce and industry, three Missouri governors, veterans of multiple wars, Pony Express riders, an English baronet, and individuals who strongly influenced the Westward Movement of the United States of America are among the thousands buried here.

Erected August 2004

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

Ballinger Building

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Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph


Designed by Joseph H. Bennett.
Constructed by Isaac Ballinger.
Walter Cronkite's father had
his dentistry office here.

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

Donnell Court Building

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Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph


Robert Washington Donnell, one of the first settlers of the Platte Purchase, was instrumental in organizing the Bank of the State of Missouri and securing St. Joseph's position as the eastern terminus of the Pony Express.

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

Pioneer Building

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Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph


Originally known as the Tootle Opera House. Once regarded as the finest theater west of the Mississippi River.

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

Kirkpatrick Building

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Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph


Built by W. F. Kirkpatrick whose jewelry company was known for its fine silver.

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

Christ Episcopal Church

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Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph


The west window was given in memory of Virginia Motter Davis by her husband and sons.

Saint Joseph Landmark

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Krug Building

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Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph


Upper floors were originally leased to dentists and physicians while Krumm Florist and Haefli Real Estate occupied the main floor.

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

445th Bombardment Group (Heavy)

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Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler

   Flying bombing missions out of their base at Tibenham,England, during World War II, the 445th Bombardment Group (H), 2nd Air Division, flew B-24 Liberators deep into Nazi-held Europe. The 700th, 701st, 702nd and 703rd Bombardment Squadrons(H) were assigned to the group and all were supported by superior ground personnel.
   The 445th Bomb Group flew 280 missions and 6,323 sorties from 13 December to 25 April 1945. They lost a total of 138 aircraft but were never stood down. On 24 February 1944, the 445th together with other bomb groups of the 2nd Air Division participated in an attack on the Gothaer Waggonfabrik, A.G. located at Gotha, Germany, a manufacturing site for ME 110s. The 445th Bomb Group received the Presidential Unit Citation for action on this mission. They successfully located the target and bombing with extreme accuracy and devastating results, they dealt the Luftwaffe a most telling blow.
   On 27 September 1944, the 445th suffered the greatest loss by one group on a single mission of the Eighth Air Force. With Kassel, Germany as their assigned target, 37 B-24S took off from Tibenham. They never reached Kassel, dropping their bombs near Gottingen, approximately thirty miles northeast of Kassel. Having left the main bomber stream, the planes of the 445th were isolated. They were attacked by more than 100 German fighters, losing 25 aircrews and airplanes. The next day, on 28 September 1944, ten B-24S from the bomb group successfully dropped their bombs on the Kessel target and returned to Tibenham.
   Four decades later, the Kassel Mission Memorial Association was formed. Today the Kassel Mission Historical Society in collaboration with their former German foes continues to honor airmen of both countries who were killed in action on that fateful Kassel mission day.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Flandrau's Charge

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Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm
The second battle of New Ulm took place on August 23, 1862. About 650 Dakota Indians surrounded the town, while over 2,000 people were crowded behind a barricade. The attack began around nine in the morning and the Dakota Indians quickly encircled the town.

The Dakota began moving up Third South Street from the river. A terrace hid their approach along this "sunken road" and the Dakota worked their way from German Street to Minnesota Street. As they began to attack the barricade, it looked like they would overcome it and destroy New Ulm. Colonel Charles Flandrau, commander of the defense, decided to attack the Indians.

Flandrau took some 40 yelling and cheering men, jumped over the barricade, and charged down Minnesota Street. They forced the Dakota out of the Kiesling Blacksmith Shop and burned it. The men continued their charge and near Minnesota Street and First South they engaged the Dakota in battle. The Indians retreated and the tide of the battle turned. By evening the battle was over. However, most of the buildings in New Ulm had been destroyed and food and supplies were low. On Monday, August 25, New Ulm was evacuated and more than 2000 people left New Ulm for Mankato and St. Peter.

Erected in August 2012 by the Brown County Historical Society,
the German-Bohemian Heritage Society and
the Junior Pioneers of New Ulm & Vicinity.


(Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Harmony Hall

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North Carolina, Lenoir County, Kinston

Office of Secretary of
State during Revolution.
Later owned by Richard
Caswell & sons. Altered
in nineteenth century.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Fort Bend

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Texas, Fort Bend County, Richmond

Built in November 1821 by
William Little, William
Smithers, Charles Beard,
Joseph Polly, and Henry
Holster. - Its name was
given to the county when
created in 1837.

(Forts, Castles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Niagara Falls Park and River Railway Powerhouse

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Ontario, Niagara Falls
The Niagara Falls Park and River Railway Powerhouse, built on this site in 1892, was the first hydraulic powerhouse to use water from the Canadian side of the Niagara River. It generated 2100 hp of direct current electricity for the electric railway. Power generation ceased in 1932 and the building was demolished in 1985.

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

Niagara Park Greenhouses

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Ontario, Niagara Falls
These greenhouses were erected in the year 1946 as a part of the design of the Niagara Parks Commission to develop the natural magnificence of this historic district and to display its charms for the benefit not only of those who are residents of the province of ontario but of those to whom, as our welcome guests, we extend our warmest hospitality.

The Niagara Parks Commission
Chairman: The Honourable Charles Daily
Vice-Chairman: Fred M. Cairns
Commissioners
Wm. B. Rollason • Cecil Secord • Thos. H. Lewis • T. F. Forestell K.C. • Harold G. Fox K.C. Litt.D • George R. Inglis • General Manager: Maxim T. Gray

Enter, friend, and view God's pleasant handiwork, The Embroidery of Earth.

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cap't George Buckmaster House

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Rhode Island, Newport County, Newport
This Property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

(Colonial Era • Notable Places • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alexander Jack Jr. House

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Rhode Island, Newport County, Newport
This Property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.

(Notable Places • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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