North Carolina, Forsyth County, Bethania
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One room school that was used to educate African American children from approximately 1915 to the late 1940s. Grades 1 through 7 were all taught in one room with as many as 50 children and "one small library of 20 books over in the corner". First teacher was J.L. Lash who was licensed by Israel Butner, first superintendent of Forsyth County schools. Abraham Speas also taught at Cedar Grove.
(African Americans • Education) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
One room school that was used to educate African American children from approximately 1915 to the late 1940s. Grades 1 through 7 were all taught in one room with as many as 50 children and "one small library of 20 books over in the corner". First teacher was J.L. Lash who was licensed by Israel Butner, first superintendent of Forsyth County schools. Abraham Speas also taught at Cedar Grove.(African Americans • Education) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Crossed here: Ft. Gibson (Est. 1824) to Ft. Leavenworth. Two Cabin Creek battles in Civil War fought at old ford 5 mi.; S.W. Ketchum is east 1.5 mi. The first store, 1860, and a stage stand were at Old Sulphur Springs campground near here, N.E. Oklahoma Historical Society and State Highway Commission, 1954
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Maj. Thomas Y. SeymourThis plaque and the renaming of this bridge honor the Revolutionary War hero and distinguished citizen of Connecticut, Thomas Y. Seymour. Seymour, who later rose to the rank of Major in the Continental Army, was born June 19, 1757, the eldest child of the Hon. Thomas Seymour, the first Mayor of Hartford. After graduating from Yale in 1777, the son was given a commission in the Second Continental Regiment of Light Dragoons. Under the command of General. Horatio Gates and acting as an aide on the staff of field general Benedict Arnold, Seymour participated in the historic battle against the British near Saratoga, New York. A portion of the regiment commanded by then-Lieutenant Seymour constituted the sole Continental cavalry engaged in the fighting. The American victory at Saratoga proved to be a turning point in the Revolutionary War, for it prevented the British from cutting off New England from the rest of the colonies. Upon the surrender of Britain's General. John Burgoyne on December 17, 1777 at Freeman's Farm, Lt. Seymour was selected to escort the captive general to Boston and performed this delicate duty so much to Burgoyne's satisfaction that at the end of the trip, Burgoyne presented him with a magnificent saddle, leopard skin saddle cloth, and a brace of silver mounted pistols. In following years, Seymour was elevated to the rank of Major, served as one of the original members of the Governor's Horse Guards, and in 1788 became its second commander. Whenever he commanded the Horse Guards he used with pride the gifts that Burgoyne had so graciously given him. 
Along this avenue, once called Front Street, thousands of immigrants came after leaving their war-ravaged, poverty-stricken countries in search of freedom and a better life. They helped to build the City of Hartford, the roads on which their descendants would one day travel, and the buildings in which they would one day work. 
• Mississauga Point was the location of a Neutral First Nation fishing settlement by the 15th century.
MEXICO
Occupying the entire south side of Taylor Street between 5th and 6th was a truck transfer company owned by Mr. K. Yasunage. Farmers had to sell their produce in San Francisco and Oakland markets and needed someone to transport the produce. Most farmers had Mr. Yasunaga’s trucks come to their farm to pick up the produce and take it to the market. Once in a while, if the farmer had a truck, they would bring the produce to the truck transfer company yard so it can be carried to the market.
In memory
There were several pool halls, but no gambling houses in Japantown. However a Japanese-operated print shop on Jackson Street which made cannery labels, printed lottery tickets for the Chinese. A gambling “runner” would come from Chinatown regularly to Japantown to sell lottery tickets to each house or store. Occasionally, adults allowed children to participate.
People also made a sumo wresting ring in the baseball grounds and had tournaments. Dr. James Dobashi was the strongest then. Nobody could even be compared with him.
They built a baseball diamond with the homeplate on the Jackson and Sixth Street corner and the outfield towards the railroad tracks. Rightfield was shorter and leftfield went on across Seventh Street. The centerfield was much lower than homeplate, so the centerfielder was playing in a hole! If there was a train going by, they’d have to stop the game. It was too small actually. They had a granstand too, you know.
Card playing was a social outlet. When I was young, my grandfather brought me here when he stopped to see his friends. The windows were soaped to prevent people from peering in. I was only allowed to sit on a stool and watch the card games. The game [t]hey played was “Hana” – using small Japanese woodblock picture cards that were kept in dovetailed boxes.
