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Handsell

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Maryland, Dorchester County, Vienna
A grand plantation home is destroyed and rebuilt.

Early History
1768-The Indian Reservation at Chicone was dissolved by the Maryland Colony. 484 acres of HANDSELL went to Ann Billings and her husband, Henry Steele. According to oral history the Steeles built a “large pretentious home”, now believed to be HANDSELL.

1776-The 1776 Census lists Henry Steele living in Vienna area with this family and 91 slaves.

1779- The British attack the Vienna area several times between 1779-1781. Considerable damage was done to local homes including Weston, home of the John Henry family nearby. One slave was stolen from Henry Steele. It is possible HANDSELL was destroyed during that time.

1782-Henry Steele died in February, just 6 months after his dear friend and business partner Colonel John Henry passed away. He left 8000 acres of land and several dozen slaves.

1783-The 1783 Tax Assessment lists HANDSELL as containing one frame dwelling house, 5 “logged” home, 2 barns and one orchard. Ann Steele died in 1788. HANDSELL willed to her second son, Isaac.

1800-1800 Census lists Isaac Steele living at HANDSELL with 14 slaves. In 1803 he purchased property in Cambridge and began to build a large brick house at HAMBROOKS, but died in 1806 at age 39. Brother James inherited the entire Steele fortune. HANDSELL continued to be farmed by the Steele family until 1837.

History after 1837
1837-John Steele of Dorchester County purchased and built the present structure from the 18th century brick ruins.

1844-Mileah Ann Steele and her husband Robert Rook lived here until the property was sold to Jacob C. Wilson in 1849.

1859-John Thompson purchased HANDSELL from Jacob C. Wilson. Thompson died in 1862 and willed HANDSELL to his son Samuel E. An extant 1877 Map indicates HANDSELL, known then as the Thompson Farm was occupied by Samuel E. Thompson.

1916-The old brick house was rented by Harry E. and Della Bradshaw Hughes. Della gave birth to her first child, Blanche, on Feb. 9, 1916 while living at HANDSELL. The Hughes family left HANDSELL shortly after her birth.

1920’s-Glen and Mary Wilson lived “in the old brick home at Chicone”, and later told the story of the barn burning one night.

1930’s-No one lived at Handsell after this time.

2005-The NHPA is formed to purchase and restore HANDSELL. It is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places.

2011-Restoration begins at Handsell

(Inscription beside the left side of the Handsell drawing)
Although no original plans exist, and there is no record of an architect, the original Handsell is believed to have been a 5-bay, two-story-with-garret brick home built in the Georgian style popular at the time, as pictured at right in the in the Conceptual Sketch of Handsell.

(Inscription with the house photos)
Sometime between 1770’s and 1803, the original plantation house experienced a devastation and partial collapse. Research and archaeolgogy is ongoing, but it is clear the house was left in ruins with three walls of the house still standing. Was it destroyed by the British during the War or by a house fire?

(Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance

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Maryland, Dorchester County, Vienna
The Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance Inc. is a non-profit 501(c) 3, all volunteer organization that was formed in December of 2005 to purchase, study and restore the brick house at the Handsell plantation site and make it available for public tours and special education events in celebration of the Native American, Colonial and African American connections to the Indiantown-Vienna area.

Further up-to-date information and membership forms can be found at: www.restorehandsell.org or by contacting restorehandsell@aol.com.

The Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance, Inc. shall research, restore and preserve document, artifacts, and sites important to the history and heritage of the Nanticoke River watershed; shall promote community awareness of history through education, and shall cooperate with and support all other groups with a similar mission for the benefit of all people.

Vision
Armed with knowledge of what the Indiantown has been and how the history was lost over the centuries, a dedicated group of volunteers in committing their time and talents to telling the forgotten story. Here on this site the NHPA celebrate the saga of the native people and their village at Chicone, the 17th century trading post known as “HANDSELL”, the early settlement of the Steele and Henry families among others and the important contribution of the African Americans who worked this soil and called the Indiantown their home.

Archaeology
With grants from the Bartus Trew Foundation and support from the Maryland Historic Trust, Mid-Shore Community Foundation and others, the NHPA began and will continue archaeological study of the property surrounding the brick house at HANDSELL. Keenly aware of the sensitive nature of the precious, irreplaceable and sacred artifacts that may remain in the Indiantown soil, every effort is being made to protect those historic resources and safe guard their survival now and in the future.

Restoration
The restoration of the “old brick house at Chicone” as Hansell has been known locally for many years, will take several years and a great amount of resources, heavily relying on local volunteerism and financial support. In every way, the restoration of this house is a community effort and everyone who joins the NHPA is helping to insure the preservation of not only the house, but the story.

(African Americans • Colonial Era • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War I Memorial

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Maryland, Dorchester County, Cambridge
Dedicated to the memory of those men of Dorchester County who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War.

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Captain William Clark

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


Captain William Clark epitomized the best qualities of the American citizen-soldier and their seminal contributions to the development of the United States. Clark was born 1 August, 1770 to a modest, but accomplished and fiercely patriotic Virginia family. Clark began his military career at 19 in the Kentucky militia. Transferred to the Regular Army as a lieutenant, he served in challenging postings in the "Old North-West" where, Clark wrote, he "...learned how to build forts, draw maps, lead pack trains through enemy country, and fight Indians on their ground." By 1795, rising on sheer merit, Clark was a captain in command of a small frontier post. One of his subordinate officers was Ensign Meriwether Lewis and the two established a friendship which would result in one of the most successful military collaborations in history. In 1803, after the acquisition of the vast Louisiana Territory, President Jefferson and Captain Lewis were developing a plan to explore the key geographic and economic features of this new American frontier. To aid in this daunting undertaking, Lewis avidly recruited his old friend Clark, by then returned to private life, as co-leader for the "Corps of Discovery." Clark was given a commission as a "Volunteer" Captain and set about helping Lewis to recruit soldiers and finalize preparations for the expedition. Clark possessed many physical, moral, and intellectual qualities which proved invaluable to the success of this epic mission. He was physically robust with practical skills as a frontiersman and was an optimistic and charismatic leader. While lacking formal education, he had a keen intellect and was a quick and careful student of new information. Finally, his skills as a self-taught cartographer not only ensured the expedition's secure passage, but produced the first accurate map of the Missouri and Columbia river systems which opened the continental interior to settlement. Clark went on to a distinguished military and civil career which included appointment as Brigadier General of Militia, Governor of the Missouri Territory, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs where he was a tireless and respected advocate for Native Americans. Clark died in September 1838 having helped to transform the wilderness he courageously explored into a United States stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

(Environment • Exploration • Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


Address by President Lincoln
at the dedication of
The Gettysburg National Cemetery
November 19, 1863

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Sully

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


In October of 1864 when Fort Leavenworth and the city of Leavenworth were threatened by Confederate forces under General Sterling Price, fortifications were constructed on the crest of the ridge to the west. These works were armed with heavy siege guns, and were manned by a hastily gathered composite force including companies of the Seventh Kansas Militia, discharged veterans, convalescents, and civilian employees. The fortifications were named Fort Sully in honor of General Alfred Sully, a distinguished Regular soldier of the period.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Control Tower

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Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler

458th Bomb Group
1943-1945
Capt Robert C Sellers
Lou Freiberg
Jim Graham
Harold Knox
Herbert Perry
James Smith
Wes Huntress

Horsham St Faith    Norwich, England

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

Historic Taos Plaza

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New Mexico, Taos County, Taos
Capitan Hernan Alvarado and his conquistadors from the famous Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Expedition arrived here on August 29, 1540. It is estimated that the Tiwa Indians settled in this valley around 1350 A.D. The name Taos is believed to be an adaptation of the Tewa Indian word Towih, meaning red willows. It is first recorded in history by Juan Belarde, secretary to Don Juan de Oñate in 1598. Taos was first colonized by Spain in 1615.

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

Don Fernando de Taos

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New Mexico, Taos County, Taos
The Town of Taos was originally established on May 1, 1796 when 63 families who had petitioned Governor Don Fernando Chacón were placed in possession of the Don Fernando de Taos land grant by the Alcalde of the Pueblo of Taos, Antonio José Ortíz. The Town has existed as a village under the Spanish Crown, then Mexico, and later when New Mexico became a Territory of the United States in 1846. On May 7, 1934 Taos was incorporated as a municipality under New Mexico State law.

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

Historic Taos

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New Mexico, Taos County, Taos
Welcome visitors and Taosenos! You are invited to explore the diversity of this region through a self-guided tour. The two-hundred- year-old Taos Plaza, including the streets that radiate from it like spokes, forms the National Historic District of Taos. A number of national and state landmarks, which are located in the district, are testimonials to the rich and complex cultural history of Taos.

The Taos Valley has been a major trade and travel route since human presence was first felt in the area. Archeological evidence suggests that people have been using and moving through the Taos Valley for at least the past 9,000 years. The ancestors of the Pueblo people, commonly known as the Anasazi, were the first permanent inhabitants of the Valley. Room blocks and pit houses in the Taos area testify to their presence since 900 AD. Around 1200 AD, the Anasazi aggregated into small, above-ground structures of 50 to 100 rooms. The Taos Pueblo was constructed around 1450 AD as a multi-story complex. The Pueblo Indians depended upon nature for their survival, and therefore, treated nature as an organizing element in their lives.

At the time of the arrival of the Europeans, all of Taos Valley was in the domain of Taos Pueblo Indians. In 1540, a Spanish conquistador named Francisco De Coronado led an expedition into New Mexico, looking for gold and silver. After experiencing much resistance from the Pueblos of the region, no further expeditions were authorized until 1598, when Don Juan de Onate established a colonial capital at the current San Juan Pueblo. During the 1600s, the Spanish strengthened their control in the Taos Valley and settled in large plantations bordering the Rio Grand River. For many years, battles and revolts existed between the two clashing cultures. The Spanish were driven out of Taos at one point, and the resettlement and reestablishment of Spanish civil government in the Taos Valley did not occur again until 1715. After that time, Spanish focus shifted from acquisition and exploitation to permanent settlement.

With this new focus, Hispano settlers interacted extensively with the Pueblo and other Indian neighbors. The three groups engaged in trading, both informally and through trade fairs. Hispanos brought many new types of fruits and vegetables into the Taos Valley; they also introduced livestock to the Pueblos. They took over and expanded abandoned Pueblo irrigation systems and renamed them acequias, an Arabic word meaning irrigation ditch. The Pueblos taught the Hispanos to build with mud and timber and adopted the Hispanos’ adobe brick molds and “horno” ovens brought from Spain. The land grant system, initiated by the Spanish, blended with the Pueblo tradition and evolved into the current style of the central plaza and the surrounding buildings and churches, for which the Taos Valley is now known.

After periods of Mexican rule, the area was claimed as a territory for the United States in 1846. President Fillmore established New Mexico as an official territory in 1850, and Taos became a county in 1852. The Taos Valley flourished during this period, and other cultures found their way into the territory. Taos was a very solid trade center for the region.

In 1898, two young artists from the East, named Ernest Blumenshein and Bert Phillips, discovered the Valley after their wagon broke down north of Taos. They decide to stay, captivated by the beauty of the area. As word of their discovery spread throughout the art community, they were joined by other associates. In 1915, six artists formed the Taos Society of Artists. Soon other intellectuals such as Mabel Dodge Luhan and D.H. Lawrence, joined the Taos scene, adding greatly to the social and intellectual life of the community. To date, Taos is known world-wide by artists, art patrons, an inquisitive minds who continue to find a mecca of inspiration here.

The history of Taos is a story of change, adaptation, and the integration of three cultures that both complicate and enrich the reality in which Taosenos live today. You are invited to explore small part of this rich history and culture with the Taos Historic District’s self-guided tour. The map and brochures: will assist you in your journey.

Welcome to Taos, Vien Venidos, and Na-Tah-La-Wamah.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Ignatius Chapel (Building 170)

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


Transfer of title to U.S. Army by
Archbishop Edward J. Hunkeler, D.D.
July 1967
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Rich in the tradition of the early frontier this historic shrine, which was built as the Church of St. Ignatius, has had a great influence on the religious life of the Command from the days of the troopers of saddle, saber and rifle to the nuclear scholar and student of present times.

From its earliest foundation in 1827 the Archives of Fort Leavenworth identify an illustrious list of courageous Jesuit missionaries, Benedictine monks, U.S. Army chaplains and other distinguished soldiers who have contributed immeasurably to this glorious heritage. To these noble soldiers of God and Country this historic marker is dedicated.

Ch (Maj. Gen.) Charles E. Brown, Jr.
Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Army

(Churches, Etc. • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Zais Park

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


Dedicated in memory of
General Melvin Zais
1916 - 1981

Commissioned in the infantry 1937
Served with distinction for 37 years
CGSC Class of 1948
CGSC Instructor 1949-1952
Fought in three wars
CG 101st Airborne Division 1968-1969
CG XXIV Corps 1969-1970
CG Third US Army 1972-1973
CG Allied Land Forces
Southeastern Europe 1973-1976

(Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Somsen Hitching Post

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Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm
The home of Henry N. Somsen, Sr. was once located on this site. Visitors would tie their horses to this hitching post.

Given by Anne & Henry N. Somsen, Jr., generous supporters of the New Ulm Public Library.

October 16, 1985

(Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Old Blockhouse

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


This wall was built in 1827
as a
defence against the Indians

(Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Seymour Johnson AFB History / 4th Fighter Wing History Memorial

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North Carolina, Wayne County, Goldsboro
   Seymour Johnson Field, established on June 12, 1942, six months after the United States entered World War II, is named in honor of Lieutenant Seymour A. Johnson. A Goldsboro native and U.S.Navy test pilot, he was killed in an aircraft crash near Norbeck, Maryland, in 1941.
   Seymour Johnson Field's early missions included technical and basic military cadet training until 1943 when the 326th Fighter Group was assigned there to train pilots to fly the P-47 Thunderbolts.
   With the end of World War II in Europe, Seymour Johnson Field became a central assembly station for processing and training troops being reassigned in the continental United States and Pacific Theater until deactivated in May 1946.
   In late 1952, Goldsboro Mayor Scott B. Berkeley, Sr. and community leaders began a campaign to reopen the installation. After the U.S. Corps of Engineers demolished old buildings and built new facilities, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base was reactivated as a Tactical Air Command base on April 1, 1956.
   Shortly after, on December 8, 1957, the 4th Fighter Wing was assigned to the installation, where it remains the primary unit. Since the base's reopening, it has been home to B-52 bombers, KC-10 and KC -135 tankers from the Strategic Air Command, and F-100, F-105, F-4, and F-15E fighters.
   Seymour Johnson Air Force Base has always enjoyed a special relationship with Wayne County; The men and women of the 4th Fighter Wing proudly call Goldsboro their home.

(Second plaque)
4th Fighter Wing History
   The 4th Fighter Wing traces its heritage back to the Royal Air Force Eagle Squadrons of World War II. Before the United States had officially entered the war, brave American volunteers flew British Hurricanes and Spitfires against the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany.
   The three Eagle Squadrons later converted to the 334th, 335th, and 336th Fighter Squadrons to form the 4th Fighter Group. Flying P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs, the 4th Fighter Group destroyed 1016 enemy aircraft, more than any other unit in World War II.
During the Korean War, the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing became the first unit to fly the F-86 Sabre in combat, destroying 506 enemy MiGs,more than the rest of the U.S. Air Force combined.
   In December 1957, the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing moved to its present-day location at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Aircrew flew the F-100 Super Sabre and the F-105 Thunderchief until 1967, when the Wing transitioned to the F-4 Phantom II, flying more than 8,700 combat missions in Vietnam.
   In 1988, the 4th Fighter Wing adopted the mighty F-15E Strike Eagle. Two years later it flew more than 3,200 sorties in support of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Following the Gulf War. the 4th Fighter Wing maintained a near-constant presence in Southeast Asia, supporting operations Northern Watch, Southern Watch, and Allied Force, and flying more than 15,000 sorties in Northern and Southern Iraq.
    In 2003, the 4th Fighter Wing once again deployed to Southeast Asia (?) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, flying more than 3,500 missions and releasing over 3 million pounds of precision ordnance.
   The men and women of the 4th deployed to Afghanistan from 2007 to 2011 for Operation Enduring Freedom in multiple record setting deployments.
   Today. the 4th Fighter Wing continues to be "Fourth But First" as its men and women lead the way in defense of our great nation.

(Third plaque)
4th Fighter Wing Killed in Action
Before the 4th was stationed at Seymour Johnson
World War II

Eagle Squadrons - 108 Killed in Action
4th Fighter Group - 128 Killed in Action

Korean War
4th Fighter Interceptor Wing - 32 Killed in Action

After the 4th Was Stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB
Vietnam War
4th Tactical Fighter Wing

Capt Samuel E. Cornelius, 336th Squadron, 16 June 1973
Capt Thomas E. Reitmann, 335th Squadron, 30 September 1965
Lt Col Melvin J. Killian, 334th Squadron, 30 September 1965

Operation Desert Shield/Storm
4th Tactical Fighter Wing
Maj Thomas E. Koritz, 335th Squadron, 17 January 1991
Maj Donnie R. Holland, 335th Squadron,17 January 1991
A1C Rocky J. Nelson, 4th Civil Engineering Squadron, 1 December 1990
Maj Peter J. Hook, 336th Squadron, 30 September 1990
Capt James B. Poulet, 336th Squadron, 30 September 1990

Operation Iraqi Freedom
4th Fighter Wing

Lt Col William R. Watkins III, 333rd Squadron, 7 April 2003
Capt Eric B. Das, 333rd Squadron, 7 April 2003

Operation Enduring Freedom
4th Fighter Wing

Capt Thomas J. Gramith, 336th Squadron, 18 July 2009
Capt Mark R. McDowell, 336th Squadron, 18 July 2009



(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 13 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Leigh Hall

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


Dedicated to
the Boy Scouts of
Fort Leavenworth

Designed and constructed
by the personnel of the
Guard and Service Company
1939

(Education • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Santa Fe and Oregon Trails

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


This cut is part of the old Santa Fe Trail. Many years ago the Missouri River came near this site and thousands of early settlers were ferried here. Their wagons and teams climbed this hill and headed west toward Santa Fe and the Oregon Territory. The Oregon Trail junction is south of here near Gardner, Kansas. This cut resulted from great tramping on the land.

Besides Fort Leavenworth, other termini along the Missouri River were at Westport, Franklin, and Independence.

The Santa Fe Trail was designated as a National Historic Trail by Public Law 100-35, May 8, 1987. A copy of the descriptive map is on file at the post museum.

(Forts, Castles • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Oregon and Santa Fe Trails

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Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth


The stone monuments to the west mark the trace of the original road leading up from the river. For many pioneers, traders, settlers and soldiers, this was the beginning of the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails leading to the Far West. The steamboat and ferry landings for Fort Leavenworth were nearby, and foundations of one of the old levee warehouses may still be seen to the east of this marker.

(Forts, Castles • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Geology of Minnesota

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Minnesota, Nicollet County, North Mankato

This marker is located near the big bend of the Minnesota River directly opposite the mouth of the Blue Earth River. The abandoned channel east of it is the former course of the LeSueur before it joined the Blue Earth. Most of the broad valley of the Minnesota was carved out of bedrock prior to the last glacier which came from the northwest and partially filled the valley with debris. After the glacier melted, the river re-established itself in the old valley. The name "Glacial River Warren" is applied to the stage when it carried enormous volumes of meltwater from Glacial Lake Agassiz which for a long time occupied the Red River Valley region.

The rocks exposed in this road cut are from bottom to top – Jordan sandstone, Blue Earth siltstone, Oneota dolomite (Mankato quarry rock) and glacial drift of two ages. The lowest rock is about 500 million years old and the upper drift at least 10,000 years.

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Erected by the Geological Society of Minnesota
In memory of Alger R. Syme, past president and mentor
in cooperation with the Department of Highways
State of Minnesota

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

Fred C. Merkle

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Wisconsin, Jefferson County, Watertown
This memorial is dedicated to the life of Fred C. Merkle

Born in Watertown, WI, Dec. 20, 1888. His father, Ernst Merkle, was a school teacher at Immanuel Lutheran School in Watertown at the time of Fred's birth. Fred made his major league debut on 9-21-1907. His outstanding talent, intelligence and dedication to the game of baseball spanned 3 decades, having been a member of 6 World Series teams: 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1918 and 1926. He was a potent line-drive hitter, agile first baseman and a speedster on the basepaths. He played for the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees.

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