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Greenbelt Park

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Maryland, Prince George's County, Greenbelt
This is a place of contrast. Once this land was covered with virgin forest, then it was farmland, and then a proposed housing development. Now it is an alluring refuge within an ever-growing sea of development. Here you can find wilderness, wildlife, and solitude—only twelve miles from downtown Washington.

In 1875, this land was denuded; farmhouses, fencelines, and dirt paths crisscrossed the landscape. Tobacco, corn, and grain grew where now maples and elms tower. A few hints of that era survive, but this is now a land dominated by nature. The trees, underbrush, and wildlife here collectively tell the story of nature’s recovery. They repeatedly tell us: when left alone, nature will heal itself.

[text with image lower left] The 174-site campground is open year-round. It is the closest campground to downtown Washington.

[text with image lower middle] Greenbelt Park has become an urban oasis. Over the past 60 years, the population of the surrounding land has grown from about 3,000 to more than 20,000.

[text with image lower right] The park is a refuge for both people and wildlife. Park staff and volunteers work at reforestation, wildlife management, improving water quality, and bringing greater awareness to visitors.

[text with map on right] The park includes a campground, three picnic areas, and nature and bridle trails. The Baltimore-Washington Parkway links the park with downtown Washington, twelve miles south.

Dedicated in 1954, the parkway (a unit of the National Park Service) is the historic gateway to the Nation’s Capital for visitors arriving from the eastern seaboard.



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

Gauler Twin Houses

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Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
Built as speculative housing by John Gauler, this pair of wood-and-stucco residences is a rare example of a "twin" Prairie School design. Their architect is internationally recognized for his distinctive designs and for his early contributions to the field of "land planning." The vertical composition of these houses, a hallmark of Griffin's work, shows his skill in adapting Prairie-style principles to a relatively small, narrow urban site.

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

Indian Boundary Park

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Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
This 13.06 acre park commemorates the treaty of 1816 which established the land boundaries of the Pottawatomie Indians.

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

Indian Boundary Village

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Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
Long ago, Native American Indians lived on this land. Before recorded history, the Mound Builders traveled the area, perhaps along the nearby Ridge. Later the Illinois Tribe hunted game and planted maize. Last it was the Ottawa, the Chippewa, and especially the Pottawatomie who lived here. The Pottawatomie, which means "People of the Place of the Fire", lived in villages on the Indian Boundary Line which runs through this Park.

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

1877 Keystone from City Hall Building

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Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
This keystone, taken from the arch of the Washington Street entrance, in the City Hall Building Chicago, which was erected in 1877, replaced by the present building in 1909.

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

Philip Rogers Home Site

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Illinois, Cook County, Chicago
Philip Rogers, born in Ireland, came to Rogers Park about 1834 and bought 1600 acres from the government. First lived in a log house at Lunt and Western Avenues. Died in 1856. Village named after him in 1844.

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

Jackson Cemetery

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Indiana, Elkhart County, near Benton


Jackson Cemetery

Established 1827


A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Installed 2005 Indiana Historical Bureau and William Tuffs Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and Elkhart County Genealogical Society

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Aberdeen Veterans Memorial

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Maryland, Harford County, Aberdeen

Dedicated May 30, 1975
In honor of all who serve honorably
in the military forces of their
country in wars declared
or undeclared
Erected by
American Legion Post 128
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10028
Catholic War Veterans Post 1841

We citizens of many faiths, creeds and races
hereby honor the past, present and future

This memorial made possible with the cooperation of
The Town Commissioners and the citizens of
Aberdeen, Maryland
1974

(Military) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bull Cemetery

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Indiana, Elkhart County, near Wakarusa


Bull Cemetery

Established circa 1848


A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Installed 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and James G. Hermsen for the Reed, Bull, and Dalrymple Families

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The United States Marine Corps

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Wisconsin, Kenosha County, Kenosha


[Title is text]

Anchor donated by Sgt. Richard Mickelsen

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Naval Memorial

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Wisconsin, Kenosha County, Kenosha

In memory of
Capt. John J. Frost
USNR Retired

WWII Korea
Destroyer Duty
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Dedicated in memory of departed shipmates of the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard of Kenosha County

Lawrence Bauman • Louis Boero • Xavior U. Broski • Eric C. Erickson • Donald J. Foreman • John Hampel • Richard H. Hansche • Carl E. Harbert • Webster H. Harbert • Paul E. Herrick • Chester H. Jensen • Steve Kanocz • Morris K. Kinkaid • Steven Kuyawa • Thomas Mackey • Tony Mantuano • Byron M. McCarty • Robert H. McGovern • Harold Metzger • Howard E. Miller • Steven J. Miller • George Morzfelt • Richard E. Nelson • Harry W. Ours • Stewart V. Ours • Gordon W. Pischke • Stanley Poteliunas • George H. Rasmussem, Jr. • Harold A. Rehm • Michael Ruseski • Arthur E. Sanborn • William R. Schneider • Theodore Schleicher • Richard S. Sykes • Wendal H. Taylor • Eugene J. Vandenberg • Math. Wallig • Jack T. Yule • Leo V. Zeros

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Schuylkill Canal

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Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Port Carbon
The 108-mile canal from Philadelphia linked this region's anthracite coal fields with industrial markets along the U.S. east coast. In 1828 the Schuylkill Navigation Company completed the canal to Port Carbon, which was its northern terminus until 1853.

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Remember Pearl Harbor

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Wisconsin, Kenosha County, Kenosha


In memory of these men
who gave their lives at
Pearl Harbor and other bases
December 7, 1941

[Roll of Honored Dead
from the State of Wisconsin]

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Delaware & New Jersey WWII Submariners Memorial

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Delaware, New Castle County, near New Castle

Left Side of Marker
U.S. Submarine Veterans
World War II

52 United States Submarines
On Eternal Patrol

U.S. Navy Submarines Paid Heavily for their success in World War II

374 Officers and 3131 Men are on board these 52 U.S. Submarines still on patrol


Albacore – Amberjack – Argonaut – Barbel – Bonefish – Bullhead – Capelin – Cisco – Corvina – Darter – Dorado – Escolar – Flier – Golet – Grampus – Grayback – Grayling – Grenadier – Growler – Grunion – Gudgeon – Harder – Herring – Kete – Lagarto – Perch – Pickerel – Pompano – Robalo – Runner – R-12 –Scamp – Scorpion – Sculpin – Sealion – Seawolf – Shark I – Shark II – Snook – Swordfish – S-26 – S-27 – S-28 – S-36 – S-39 – S-44 – Tang – Trigger – Triton – Trout – Tullibee – Wahoo

3600 U.S. Submariners gave their lives in World War II
Right Side of marker
On Eternal Patrol ~ USS Kete ~ SS-369
2nd Patrol – 87 Fatalities
Lost – Off Japan – March 20th 1945

~ LeRoy Albert Abts ~ Edward Ackerman ~ John Clausel Adams, Jr. ~ John David Apking ~ Donald Lee Bergadine ~ Leonard Eugene Blodgett ~ Francis William Braniger ~ Carl Brooks ~ William Henry Burnside, Jr. ~ Perry Charles Callahan ~ Bernard Cobrin ~ Hugh Mack Cole ~ Edward Cooper ~ Robert William Crowley ~ Charles Randolph Crutchfield, Jr. ~ William Howard Dawson ~ Frederick Robert Deininger ~ Harold William Derrah ~ Helmut Otto Dietrich ~ Calvin Frederick Dortche ~ Donald Lincoln Drake ~ Willis Dul ~ Manuel Lawrence Efferson ~ Donald Paul Egen ~ Douglas Grant Fenton ~ Hugh French ~ Ben Friesen ~ Robert Stephan Fuller ~ John Francis Glynn, Jr. ~ Fred Joseph Griswold ~ Joseph Henry Gunzinger ~ Elmer Ellsworth Gwinn, Jr. ~ Bernard Henry Haag ~ Robert Arthur Hart ~ Glenn Edwin Hartbank ~ Paul O'Bryan Hayden ~ Earl Henderson ~ James Lowell Hines ~ James Russell Holshouser ~ Stanton Lee Hooper ~ Abraham Joseph Katz ~ Norbert William Kelly ~ Elmer Neil Kensler ~ Walter Ernest Kotelman ~ Richard Paul Kraut ~ Jack Lee Lasiter ~ Frank Litzenburger, Jr. ~ Earl Logsdon ~ Billie Barton Lowery ~ Charles Wesley Lynn, Jr. ~ Glenn Raymond Malko ~ Anthony Thomas Marsico ~ Frank Martini ~ Bernard Eugene McLendon ~ Grant Richard Messenger ~ Samuel Arnold Moccabee ~ Charleton L. Moore ~ Henry Fredrick Morrison ~ Archie Vernon Newton ~ Joseph Albert O'Brien ~ Mark Angello O'Connor ~ George Thomas Page ~ Clair Junior Peterson ~ Irving Victor Piper ~ Glenn Owen Price ~ Donald Calvin Pushee ~ Robert Russell Racer ~ Frederick Fay Reimers ~ Francis Albert Richards ~ George Joseph Schemm ~ Maxium Daniels Schenavar ~ Paul Francis Schumacher ~ Oliver Harry Simpson ~ James Irwin Snyder ~ Russell Henry Spikes ~ Jacob Granville Starr, Jr. ~ French Lee Thomas, Jr. ~ Gordon Ray Thompson ~ Keith Thorn ~ Peter Charles VanDam ~ Salomon Hernandez Villalba ~ James Stanley Waggoner ~ Russel Andrew Wallick ~ Floyd Stewart Walling ~ Joseph Allen Westphall ~ Gordon Weaver Wilson ~ Galen Irvin Woodward ~
Delaware State Boat Memorial

Dedicated May 26, 2001
In Honor of the Delaware and New Jersey Submariners


(Heroes • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Cold Springs

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Tennessee, Sumner County, Portland
Cold Springs, a rural one room school, was built near cold water springs on the Thomas Baskerville farm, near Mitchellville, Northern Sumner County. During the Civil War the school was a hospital for Confederate troops quartered at Camp Trousdale.

Howard McDowell, former student, mobilized efforts to move and restore the building. Structure donated by Jim & Bill McGothlin. School moved into Richland Park in September, 1975.

Official agreement signed by City of Portland, McGothlin families, and Highland Rim Historical Society, November 1, 1975.

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

Cold Spring School

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Tennessee, Sumner County, Portland
2.8 miles northeast is the site of Cold Spring School. It was built on land donated in May 1857 by Thomas Baskerville for a school and meetinghouse. Early in the Civil War, it was used by Camp Trousdale as a military hospital. There, in 1866, David Lipscomb organized the Portland Church of Christ. Landowners Jim and Bill McGlothlin gave the schoolhouse to the citizens of Portland for a museum of local history. In September 1975, it was relocated to Richland Park.

(Education • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cold Spring School

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Tennessee, Sumner County, Portland
In May 1861, the Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation to raise and equip the Provisional Army of Tennessee and train the units at camps throughout the state. Camp Trousdale was established—initially at Richland (present-day Portland)—as the main concentration point for companies formed in Middle Tennessee. The camp was named for former governor William Trousdale of Gallatin. Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer (1812-1862) was its first commander, with his headquarters at the home of Thomas Buntin near the present Maple Hill Cemetery.

Because of lack of potable water, Camp Trousdale moved in June to an area of wide rolling fields near the one-room Cold Spring School that Thomas Baskerville had constructed in 1857. The school served as a regimental hospital. Soon more than 6,000 men were drilling in the camp, and some of the sick were treated at the school building. Later, Camp Trousdale relocated to present-day TGT Road, again because of water contamination. The only barracks in the state that housed Confederate troops were built there, then razed in February 1862 before Union forces arrived and occupied the area.

Federal troops under the command of Lt. Col Gustavus Tafels, 106th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, subsequently fortified the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, constructing Fort Mitchell to guard the nearby trestle. Fort Smith, named for Col. George P. Smith, 129th Illinois Infantry, served as a temporary railroad to receive and ship Union supplies by wagons to Nashville.

“We are getting on very well; except for the measles and mumps, our men would be in fine health. So far as my regiment is concerned, there is perfect order and discipline.” —Col. Robert Hatton, 7th Tennessee Infantry, June 21, 1861

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Gen. Felix Zollicoffer Courtesy Pat Meguiar
Cold Spring School - Courtesy Pat Meguiar
Scroll flask and .36 caliber Navy Colt bullet mold found at Camp Trousdale site Courtesy Pat Meguiar

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

Fort Smith

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Tennessee, Sumner County, Portland
One and one-quarter miles northeast at Mitchellville Station on the L&N Railroad stood Fort Smith. There a railhead began as a Union supply depot for General Rosecran’s army at Nashville. With South Tunnel destroyed by General Morgan’s Confederate raiders, supplies were transported over land by escorted wagon trains. When the railroad reopened on November 26, 1862, Fort Smith, under the command of Colonel George P. Smith, Commander of 129th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, served as a garrison for Union soldiers guarding the railroad from Confederate guerrilla activity.

(Forts, Castles • Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fallen Confederate Soldiers

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Tennessee, Robertson County, Springfield

In Memorium
Pro Artis et Focis
(For hearth and home)
Not for fame or reward, not for place or for rank
Not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity
But in simple, obedience to duty
As they understood it, these men suffered all
Sacrificed all, dared all—and died.

Fallen Confederate Soldiers
in the
War Between the States


1861-65 from “Ole” Robertson
11th Tenn Inf. Co. F
14th Tenn Inf. Co. C-1
49th Tenn Inf. Co C
30 Tenn Inf. Co. A,B,H,K
4th Tenn Cavalry In honor of John R. Long Camp SCV est. 1901, Boyd Hutcheson Camp #1019, Ed Crockett Bivouac, United Confederate Veterans est. 1901

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

Duval-Groves House

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Tennessee, Robertson County, near Portland
James Duval constructed this house between 1850 and 1853, and James and Mariah Groves owned and occupied it during the Civil War. Mariah Groves lived here until her death in 1897. Groves family members shown in the photograph reminisced about soldiers who knocked on their doors (one died on that front step) and about nearby Camp Trousdale, a major Confederate training camp.

Established in 1861, Camp Trousdale was relocated twice before settling permanently just under a mile east of here. The camp contained tents and temporary huts constructed on Summers Beach. Most soldiers arrived by train, and by July 1861, the camp held more than 6,000 men.

After the fall of Fort Donelson in February 1862, thousands of Union soldiers streamed past here southward along the Louisville and Nashville Turnpike and the railroad. Because of their numbers and the lack of army provisions, they foraged here and throughout the countryside for food and supplies. The Duval-Groves is a private residence.

“The fine brick house that was near the junction of the turnpike and the branch along which the soldiers went to camp hardly seems a day older. The small grove of cedars in the yard has grown to magnificent proportions. The old drill field does not seem as large as then. Besides, there are well-grown forests where then were tillable fields. The old mill—by which there was a brewery at which we got still beer that looked like buttermilk and was both delicious and as harmless—is still there and well preserved.” — Capt. Hester, who revisited the Duval-Groves House and the site of Camp Trousdale in 1909

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This idealized view of a “Confederate camp” was published in London in 1871. - Courtesy Library of Congress
Duval-Groves House - Courtesy Robertson County Archives

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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