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Maris House

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Broomall
The Maris family came from England in 1682 and settled in Springfield, Delaware County. Family descendants settled in Marple Township and built this fieldstone farmhouse about 1800. It remained a residence until its conversion to a business in the mid 20th century.

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

Chinsegut Hill

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Florida, Hernando County, near Brooksville
In 1842, South Carolinian Bird M. Pearson staked a claim on 160 acres and called it Mount Airy, one of the few surviving plantations in Florida and one of the oldest houses in Hernando County. Pearson built the manor house's east wing in 1847 and later residents expanded it, beginning in 1852. He raised citrus, cattle, and sugarcane. In 1905 Chicago residents Raymond (1873-1954) and Margaret Dreir (1868-1945) Robins purchased property and named it Chinsegut Hill, an Inuit word meaning "a place where lost things are found." The estate served as a retreat from the couple's tireless activism on behalf of workers, women, and the poor. Guests entertained here included Thomas Edison, Senator and Mrs. Claude Pepper, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, J.C. Penney and Helen Keller. During the Great Depression, the Robinses suffered severe losses and donated Chinsegut to the federal government, collaborating with the Department of Agriculture on an experimental station to benefit Florida farmers. In return, the couple could live there until their deaths. New Deal workers improved the property and built two cabins in 1933. In 1958, the University of South Florida acquired the property for use as a conference center.

(Antebellum South, US) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Villa City

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Florida, Lake County, near Groveland
On this site in 1885, George Thomas King, founder of Villa City, built an estate that was the showplace of the area. By 1895, the town had a post office, school, church, hotel, photographic studio, dispensary and 35 homes. The citrus based community flourished until the Big Freeze of 1894-95. A small warm spell after a devastating Dec. 29 freeze, filled the trees with sap. Snow then fell in the evening of Feb. 7, 1895. The frozen trees exploded when the warming sun returned. Their hopes and dreams broken, the settlers left. The last original house, the Gano house, was demolished in 1968, but the beauty of the area remains.

(Disasters • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

The History of Groveland High School

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Florida, Lake County, Groveland

(Side 1)
Constructed in 1937 during the Great Depression, Groveland High School, home of the Greenbacks, was built as part of the national Work Progress Administration (WPA) projects. The original building contained first through twelfth grades. Later, the building was divided into an east wing for junior high classes and a west wing for senior high after Davis Elementary was built on the south side of the campus.

In 1962 a new library, auditorium, and gymnasium were built. The school underwent a major remodeling in 1979. Then in 1984, a fire destroyed the administration offices and ten classrooms. Students attended classes for a year and a half in nearby churches and portable classrooms while the school underwent reconstruction.

The final graduation class was in 1993 when the communities of Groveland and Clermont merged their high school programs to form South Lake High School. The campus continued to serve as Groveland Middle School and was renamed in 1997 in memory of longtime Groveland Principal Cecil E. Gray.

(Side 2)
Many of the school's artifacts are preserved at the Groveland Historical Museum. The GHS alumni meet each spring to celebrate their memories spent in the hallowed hallways and conclude the event by singing their alma mater.

Alma Mater
On our city's eastern border, Reared against the sky, Proudly stands our alma mater, As the years go by. Onward, forward, be our watchword Conquer and prevail. Hail to thee, our alma mater, GHS, all hail!

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

Goodwood

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Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee
Ante-bellum mansion constructed of brick shipped from New York to port of St. Marks. Completed in 1843. Fine fan lights and pleasing window placements. Circular stairway. Rare old furnishings.

(Antebellum South, US) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Goodwood Mansion

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Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee
The land upon which Goodwood Mansion was constructed was part of the original land grant rewarded to the Marquis de Lafayette for his service during the Revolutionary War. Hardy Croom of North Carolina, a planter and recognized naturalist, purchased this parcel of land. Upon his and his family's untimely death, in 1837, construction of the mansion was completed by his brother, Bryan Croom, in the 1840s.

Goodwood's original Italianate style was characterized by floor to ceiling windows, a cupola on the roof which admits light, air and ventilation, and a broad veranda. The home was made of locally produced brick, from Richard Shine's factory, which was scored with stucco to simulate stonework. The interior includes massive doors, 8 marble fireplaces, one of the oldest frescoed ceilings in Florida and a mahogany staircase with semicircular flights to the second floor.

Goodwood's owners included: Arvah Hopkins, Elizabeth Arrowsmith, Mrs. Alexander Tiers who remodeled the house creating its current appearance in 1911, Florida State Senator William C. Hodges and Margaret Hodges Hood. Upon Margaret's death her second husband, Thomas Hood, established the Margaret E. Wilson Foundation in her memory and the home and gardens were opened to the public in 1992 with an official opening of the main house in the spring of 2000.

(Antebellum South, US) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Valencia

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New Mexico, Valencia County, Los Lunas
This community traces its beginnings to the hacienda established by Captain Francisco Valencia along this section of the Camino Real by the mid-17th century. Abandoned during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the area was resettled in 1740 by Christian Indians called genizaros. These settles played an important role in the defense of the Spanish frontier.

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

Mohr / Christoffer Block

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Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison
These two buildings of an original three-building block were designed in the Italianate style, elements of which are visible above the first story. While this block housed a variety of businesses, it is historically significant for its association with Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Wisconsin governor (1901-1906) and later US senator(1906-1925). One of this nation's most famous Progressive politicians and reformers, he located his nationally known Progressive Journal La Follette's Weekly (1919-1929) in the upper floors of this building.

Designated July 11, 1994

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

Tomé

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New Mexico, Valencia County, near Los Lunas
For centuries, the prominent cerro, or steep hill, of Tomé was a significant landmark for travelers along the Camino Real. Settled as early as 1650, this area was abandoned following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and remained uninhabited until the Tomé Land Grant was established in 1739. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Tomé was the center of government for the Rio Abajo district.

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

Laclede

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Missouri, Linn County, Laclede


Laclede, Mo. was established in 1853. Conveniently located with access from the railroads, Laclede was at one time quite a prosperous town. general stores, banks, factory work, appliance retail, implement dealerships, upholstery, beauticians, locksmithing, mechanic shops, bedding manufacturing, and many other trades once were a part of the everyday active life in Laclede. Long since the nineteenth century this town has had many historical marks to stake in remembrance. Along this monument are captions of such, take time to read through. Listen close as you read and you can still hear something that hasn't changed in Laclede: the sound of children playing or maybe a neighbor tending to their yard, or maybe just the footsteps passing by for a daily walk. To sum it up, life in our hometown, America.
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Fort Morgan

Like many of the surrounding communities Laclede went through the despairing time of the Civil War. In 1861 the 18th Regiment Infantry was organized in Laclede.

Bushwhacker raids and the threat of supply raids on the passing rail led Laclede to be a center of military operations. Just south of the railroad tracks up to what is now the Methodist Church was a site of earthworks known as Fort Morgan. This fort, which was named after Colonel Morgan, served protection for Union soldiers serving duty of guard of the railroad operations and several bridges in Linn County. Although there were other posts surrounding, Laclede hosted the only fort of protection.

This beautiful little park now occupies what once was the old stockade of this fort along with a silent reminder of those dark days in which this community has long since passed.
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General John J. Pershing,
"General of the Armies"


John Fletcher Pershing and Anne Elizabeth Thompson married on the eve of the Civil War. They set up residence on a small farm near Laclede which is where on September 13, 1860 Mrs. Pershing gave birth to John Joseph Pershing. The Pershing family was [sic] entrepreneurs with two farms, a lumber yard, and a general store. They eventually moved to town where John J. and his siblings spent their childhood. John Fletcher was active in Laclede's Masonic Lodge Cypress #227 and supportive of the Union fort in Laclede giving John J. an early model character.

The [P]anic of 1873 led to financial problems which forced John's father to travel as a salesman. This left John J. to tend to the farm. After graduating high school he taught school at a small African American school. He also then attended course work at the State Normal School in Kirksville. With interest of an exceptional opportunity he applied to West Point Military Academy. It was there that he got his start in his excelled military career. Pershing's progress in ranks are as follow: Second Lieutenant (1886), First Lieutenant (1895), Captain (1901), Brigadier General (1906), Major General (1916), and the well known General of the Armies in 1919.

General Pershing's career lead him to Nebraska, across the western frontier on Indian brigades, Cuba and the Spanish American War, the Philippines and the Philippine American war, as an observer in the Russo Japanese War, Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa, and Europe in World War One. "Black Jack" shaped the American Forces up and led with an Iron Hand to push the enemy into defeat.

After World War One Pershing came back to the US as a National Hero. In 1919 Congress awarded him the honor of a new rank, General of the Armies which gave him the four gold star insignia. Later, after the creation of the five star General of the Army, the War Department stated that Pershing was still to hold the US Army's Senior Rank thence giving him six stars. And for Laclede, Our Hometown Hero.
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Locust Creek Covered Bridge

When it was first erected in 1868 Locust Creek Covered Bridge was only anticipated to serve for 15 to 19 years. Yet today, August 31, 2010, it still stands as one of the only four surviving covered bridges of Missouri. Locust Creek Bridge has a span of 151 feet, which makes it the longest covered bridge left.

As a bridge spanning the largest creek in Linn County, it was very important for the reconstruction of the pre Civil War bridge. A company by the name Bishop and Eaton built the covered bridge using the engineering technique of the Howe-truss system. Of which served the community for many years with pedestrians and wagons. At the turn of the twentieth century that path became more than just a trail. It had a title of State Road Number 8, then the White Cross Highway. Travel then also included the occasional automobile. The marked road soon became an important section of Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway. This lead many motorists from across the nation to cross this beautiful bridge.

As automobiles became larger and faster the highway system routed a better location and made Highway 36 the old road and bridge soon got less traveled and finally closed around 1960. The State Park Board later took in the covered bridge and gave it the attention that it deserves.

At the state historic site west of Laclede sits the restored bridge. It is a little walk to view the bridge, but it gives you the sense of what it might have been like to walk across it all the [sic] those many years ago.
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Laclede Train Depot
Built in 1899
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Buffalo Soldiers Corps
Iron Riders


Nineteen Hundred Miles Cross Country on 100 pound bicycles, could you image that? A group of twenty African American soldiers, the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry, defeated this task. It was a tour to test the ability of bicycles for military use. Mountainous terrain and every element of weather didn't slow down the infantry from their 50 mile a day average. In 1897 they set out from Missoula, Montana and ended up at St. Louis Mo. Their path followed the Burlington Northern RailRoad [a predecessor to the BN] and led them right past this park in front of you. A brief camp here let these soldiers rest a spell. The Buffalo Soldiers completed this major task but also were very important in military history including: the Spanish American War, Mexican brigades, Indian brigades and the Battle of San Juan Hill which they were serving alongside the young John J. Pershing and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Souilly, Meuse France

A small village localized between Verdun and Bar-Le-Duc France, has an important connection with Laclede, MO, General John J. Pershing. September 2010 this community and Laclede have united as sister cities in honor of Pershing and the effort put forth by American and Allied forces in World War One. This First World War had many sacrifices to protect the destruction, corruption, and dismay of European countries. Along the road "Voie Sacrée", the Sacred Way, many soldiers marched into the frontlines. During the Verdun Argonne Section of the war Souilly is where General Pershing set headquarters. The strategic moves were planned there which led to victory. Souilly now is back to the similar small-town life that Laclede has become accustomed to. Let not Laclede nor Souilly forget the cause and sacrifices of World War One and honor it in recognition of twinned cities.
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Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Transcontinental Highway

Just along the rail road tracks on the east edge of town, then past the north corner of the park, a couple of blocks north, then west out of town to the covered bridge lays the route of the famous Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway. Although not much more than a dirt road at the beginning the trail was a valuable asset from the time. A mere marking of trails, it stretched from New York to San Francisco.

The P.P.O.O. Organization formed in 1914 and led many campaigns of tourism, economic development, and travel promotions. The motto "The Appian Way of America" was tagged to the route inspired from the great Roman road. In 1919 it also got the name "The Pershing Transportation Route" since it passed through General Pershing's boyhood home here in Laclede.

These trails were first passed by horse and wagon but later led many travelers through the adventure of an automobile. Across cities to the east, the winding narrow roads of the Midwest and across the desert to sunset of the west tourists could access America. This route linked many to the small towns across America like Laclede.
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Laclede's State Park Sites

Laclede currently hosts three state park sites in its area, Pershing State Park, General Pershing Boyhood Home Site, and the Locust Creek Covered Bridge Site.

Pershing State Park is a property consisting of wildlife, outdoor recreation, trails, camping facilities and fishing opportunity. Originally the size of 2500 acres this area was bought by the Pershing Park Memorial Association of Laclede and donated to the Missouri State Park board in 1937. Among all the activities possible at the site there also stands a basement barn from the 1890's, a war monument of an angel in honor of those who lost sons from war, and a Cambria-Carnegie truss bridge. This site is located along 36 Highway two miles west of Laclede.

The Locust Creek Covered Bridge Site hosts the historic covered bridge. This bridge once was over the bed of Locust Creek but in 2010 it remains as a dry bed due to the rechanneling of the creek. A riparian trail will take you to the site of the restored bridge. This site is located approximately three miles from Laclede on Highway 36, then north a mile, then back east.

General Pershing's Boyhood Home Site is a complex of a few buildings. The boyhood home of General John J. Pershing stays maintained on this site giving you a sense of life in his era. It was originally acquired by the state in 1952. Since then, the cast statue of Pershing and the Walls of Honor of Veteran Soldiers have been added to [the] site. The Prairie Mound School has also been added to [the] site. It is the original school in which Pershing taught. It has been relocated and moved to the site. This site is located just over a block to the north from this monument.

(African Americans • Patriots & Patriotism • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War II Memorial

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Missouri, Linn County, Laclede


They Gave Their Lives in the
Cause of All Freedoms

George M. Gooch
April 23, 1919
Elc. M 3/C, U.S.S. Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941

Harold Lloyd Head
October 10, 1921
S. 2/C, U.S.S. Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941

Eugene C. Gooch
July 15, 1913
P.F.C. 47th Regt. 9th Inf. Div.
St. Lo, France
July 25, 1944

Marlin Smith
September 10, 1918
P.F.C. Trp. "C", 7th Cav. Div.
Leyte, Phillippines [sic]
November 1, 1944

Gay Mitchell, Jr.
July 23, 1920
T/3, 3rd. Recon. 3rd Armd. Div.
Stolberg, Germany
November 20, 1944

Robert S. Taylor
January 31, 1920
W.T. 2/C, U.S.S. Caffin Young
At Sea Near Okinawa
July 31, 1945

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

Phil Kearny Post No. 19 G.A.R. Memorial

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Missouri, Linn County, Laclede


[Title is text]

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Torpedo Warfare on the St. Johns River

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Florida, Clay County, Orange Park
During the War Between the States, the St. Johns River was a highway to Florida's interior. Lacking warships to counter the Union Navy's control of the river, Confederate forces turned to the use of torpedoes (submerged naval mines). On March 30, 1864, Captain Pliny Bryan of General Beauregard's staff in Charleston led a detachment from the 2nd Florida Battalion composed of Lt. J.D. O'Hern, Corp. John Brantley, Pvt. Musco Crenshaw, Pvt. William Taylor and Pvt. John Frisbee to the river. They worked through the night to place twelve 70 pound black powder torpedoes in the navigation channel off Mandarin Point approximately 1 mile South East of this location. While making a return trip to Jacksonville from Palatka on April 1, 1864 at 4:00 a.m., the Union Army Steamer Maple Leaf, a 210 footlong 3250 ton transport piloted by Romeo Murray (a local African-American), struck one of these torpedoes and sank in the channel in less than 5 minutes, killing four crew members. Two weeks later, on April 16, the Union Army Steamer General Hunter struck another torpedo and sank within yards of the Maple Leaf, killing one. By mid-summer two more steam transports, the H.A. Weed and Alice Price, were sunk by torpedoes in the St. Johns north of Jacksonville, causing 5 additional deaths. The H.A. Weed and Alice Price had their machinery salvaged while the General Hunter was raised and sold in the Spring of 1865. Attempts to raise the Maple Leaf failed and she remained a hazard to navigation until her upper decks were cleared away in 1889. Today her hull, cargo and secrets still rest below the dark waters of the St. Johns.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Las Nutrias

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New Mexico, Socorro County, near Veguita
During the late 17th century, this area had become well known to the Spanish. Called La Vega de Las Nutrias, or meadow of the beavers, it was a welcome paraje, or stopping place, for caravans on the Camino Real. Eighteenth century attempts at settlement in this region failed, but by 1860 the current village had been established and a church had been built by the new settlers.

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Monument

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Minnesota, Blue Earth County, Mankato
In Honor of
Union Veterans of
the Civil War


Erected by the City of Mankato
for Alexander Wilkin Post No. 19
Department of Minnesota
Grand Army of the Republic

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Arbeiter Hall

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Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm

The town gained a new venue for public events in 1873 with the opening of Arbeiter Hall. The local Arbeiterverein, or Workers' Association, organized in 1871, primarily as a workers' insurance association. The two-story brick building had a large hall on the first floor, meeting rooms upstairs, and a bar in the basement.

The hall became a financial burden to the society, which sold it in December 1877 to five local businessmen, who changed its name to Union Hall. Following a grand opening that featured a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin, the building hosted political rallies, dances, concerts, and theatrical productions over the next four decades.

One of the new owners, Joseph Bobleter, was the first president of the Minnesota National Guard. For many years, the local unit, Company A, Second Regiment, was headquartered in the building, using space for drills and target practice, while its well-known band turned the hall into a home for "musical and dancing entertainments."

After WWI, this building, located on a busy intersection, was converted into a service station and automobile repair shop by Herman Kretsch. He turned the main hall into a show room with large display windows and a drive-in central bay. In 1930, Kretsch made substantial renovations following a fire that gutted the building. These included a drive-through on the northwest corner, now enclosed by two large arched windows.

(Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Labor Unions) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Chimney

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California, Lassen County, near Westwood
Built in late 1920’s as a Chevron Service Station, it was purchased in 1935 by the Tunisons who added the bar & restaurant with the fireplace. In Dec., 1942 bartender Ray Bollengier was shot and killed by an angry patron. The building burned in 1960 but the chimney remained much as it looks today. It is the icon of Westwood charitable group The Chimney Fund. On Christmas Eve there’s a tradition to gather at the chimney, start a roaring fire, sing Christmas carols & toast those who have gone to the golden hills. The rumors that it was a dance hall and bordello and why it burned down have not been confirmed.

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

Westwood Masonic Lodge

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California, Lassen County, Westwood
This building was built in 1925 by George Peltier and was funded by The Red River Logging Company. The building housed the Free and Accepted Masons and was known as Westwood Lodge #502 F.&A.M. It has been a gathering place of friends and families for 80 years. It was sold in December 2003 and is now home of the Dyer Mountain Associates.

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Westwood Club

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California, Lassen County, Westwood
Built in 1914 by the Red River Lumber Co. as a mens club. The club had a pool room, card room, cafe, tobacco shop and a bar. It burned in 1944 and was rebuilt in 1945. Bought by George & Vera Young in 1957 & was turned into a market. Their son Mike now runs the store continuing a 50 year service to the community.

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

Rainbow Lodge

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California, Plumas County, Chester
Built in 1934 by Minnie Lee Vest, it was one of the first hotels on the Susanville – Red Bluff route. It is now owned by Dick McNeill and is the centerpiece of Rainbow Village. It served as a hotel for many years and is now home of “The Grey Squirrel” down stairs and a health spa above. It may have been a house of ill repute during Chester’s “Little Reno” days.

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