Parting of the Waters

November 27, 2013, 9:56 pm

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Alberta, Lake Louise
How many creeks do you know of that split, with each fork reaching a separate ocean, 4500 km apart. Here, Divide Creek forks on the boundary between Pacific and Atlantic watersheds, commonly called the Great Divide. Water in the left fork will flow into the Pacific Ocean. Water in the right fort will flow into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Booker T. Washington School

November 27, 2013, 10:09 pm

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Texas, Tarrant County, Arlington
Serving the African-American students of Arlington, Booker T. Washington School was a vital institution in the city. It had its roots in Arlington’s first black school, which was in place by the 1890s. The school served the growing African-American community known as The Hill, located northwest of the original town boundaries. The Church of God in Christ furnished additional class space as needed.

In 1902, the school became part of the newly formed Arlington Independent School District. George Stevens and Gloria Echols were appointed as teachers, with Stevens also serving as principal; both lived in the neighborhood and are noted for their impact in the lives of their young students. The original school building was replaced after a severe 1903 storm. Students attended the school until eighth grade, at which point they went to I.M. Terrell High School in Fort Worth.

A new facility opened at 500 Houston Street in 1954, officially named for educator Booker T. Washington. The building had eight classrooms, an administrative office, and a cafeteria; a gymnasium was added later. George Stevens continued to serve as principal of the institution. In 1965, Arlington public schools began full desegregation. Booker T. Washington School closed and became Veda Knox School, a facility for students with special education needs. It was later renamed the Metro Math and Science Academy. Today, Booker T. Washington school is remembered as an iconic institution in The Hill, providing students with skills and education that would help them achieve success in their personal and professional lives.
Marker is property of the State of Texas

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Haddocks Crossroads

November 27, 2013, 10:18 pm

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North Carolina, Pitt County, Winterville
After Union forces occupied New Bern in March 1862, Confederate Maj. John N. Whitford established a camp here at Haddocks Crossroads, the intersection of the main roads from Greenville to New Bern and to Kinston. Whitford’s Battalion of Partisan Rangers, as his unit was called, later was designated the 67th North Carolina Infantry with Whitford as colonel. Two companies were stationed here to monitor and block any Federal troops that might approach from New Bern. At least twice, Union forces attacked the camp.

On November 25, 1863, Union Capt. George W. Graham, 1st North Carolina Volunteers (U.S.), let an expedition here from New Bern. His command consisted of detachments from the regiment as well as the 12th New York Cavalry and the 23rd New York Artillery Battery. According to Union Gen. John J. Peck, Graham’s superior, the Federals “surrounded two companies of Whitford’s battalion, numbering about 75 men, and captured 52 prisoners, killed a lieutenant and 4 men, with a loss of but 1 killed and 3 wounded. One hundred stand of arms, horses, mules, wagons, the camp, and a large amount of commissary stores were captured.

Eventually the camp was reestablished, and Graham raided it once more en route to Greenville on February 18, 1865. He led elements of the 1st North Carolina Volunteers and the 12th New York Cavalry from New Bern. Here, they captured two Confederate officers and a least fifteen men of the 8th Georgia Infantry. At Greenville, they destroyed supplies and captured Maj. William E. de Mille, grandfather of motion-picture director Cecil B. DeMille.

(sidebar)
Gen. John J. Peck, in his report on the November 1863 expedition, noted that a Union office “speaks highly of Mr. Horn, who acted as a guide.” This was probably Pvt. Jacob H. Horn, 1st North Carolina Volunteers, whose brother joined the Confederate army.

(captions)
(left) Eastern North Carolina Courtesy University of North Carolina
(right) Col. John N. Whitford Courtesy Victor T. Jones, Jr.

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John Bingle Morris

November 28, 2013, 7:57 am

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Missouri, Audrain County, Mexico


Born in Ky, Dec. 3, 1806
Married Julia Ann Shumate
June 5, 1827
Settled in Mexico, Mo. 1836
Built the first residence
and business house
Post Master 15, County Clerk 18
and County Judge 16 years
Had 18 children
Honest, strong willed, patriotic
and public spirited
Died Dec. 30, 1875

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American Legion Veterans Memorial

November 28, 2013, 8:22 am

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Minnesota, McLeod County, Hutchinson
War
Veterans
Memorial
Park
· · ·
Sponsored by
American Legion
Post No. 96
In Memory of Our
Departed Comrades

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Hardin College Bell

November 28, 2013, 8:43 am

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Missouri, Audrain County, Mexico


[Title is text]

Mounted by
Hardin College Alumnae
November 1984

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Old Courthouse Clock Bell

November 28, 2013, 8:59 am

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Missouri, Audrain County, Mexico


[Title is Text]

January 1976

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Bean Creek German Evangelical Church and Littleby Methodist Church Bell

November 28, 2013, 9:56 am

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Missouri, Audrain County, Mexico


[Title is text]

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Graceland

November 28, 2013, 10:15 am

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Missouri, Audrain County, Mexico


has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

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The Desert Bloomed

November 28, 2013, 1:07 pm

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Idaho, Twin Falls County, near Hansen


Magic in the Desert
Here, at the Hansen Overlook, you are in the heart of Idaho's Magic Valley. Once this valley was a dry sagebrush covered desert. Water from the Snake River magically transformed the desert seemingly overnight into one of Idaho's most productive farmlands.


Ira Burton Perrine (I.B. Perrine) is recognized as being the first to propose diverting Snake River water into canals for irrigation. His visionary thinking eventually made the desert bloom where rich volcanic soil produced abundant crops where dry sagebrush once grew.

In 1894, the Carey Land Act, named for Wyoming Senator Joseph Carey, provided a fixed amount of desert land owned by the U.S. Federal Government to be turned over to western states under the condition that the land be developed for irrigation. In October 1900, I.B. Perrine along with other investors submitted a formal irrigation proposal and an application under the Carey Act to bring Snake River water to 248,000 acres of land.


The Day Shoshone Falls Went Dry
On March 1, 1905, Idaho history was recorded when officials met on the newly completed Milner Dam to close the outlet gates. Ira Perrine watched from the sideline alongside 2,000 other people as his irrigation dream of many years unfolded. Late that afternoon, Shoshone Falls, thirty miles away, in an epic sight went nearly dry for the first time. The following day, canal gates were opened allowing the first irrigation water to flow. A bottle of champagne was poured in the canal in a ceremony that signaled the beginning of hope and prosperity for the new land that was named the Twin Falls Tract.

Sagebrush, Dust & Snakes
A provision in the Carey Act required the early landowners to "prove up" the land by establishing residence within six months and to have a small portion cleared and cultivated within a year. Proving up the land ready for crop planting was extremely difficult. Sagebrush ranging from one to five feet in height had to be removed in a process known as grubbing. Grubbing the sagebrush and clearing the land pushed dust clouds into the air. Dishes had to be stored upside down in homes that were merely tents, shacks or lean-tos. Water was scarce and had to be carried many miles from distant creeks. And rattlesnakes up to five-feet in length were everywhere.

Land, Land, Land! 50 cents an Acre
In July 1903, the Twin Falls Tract offered 60,000 acres. A settler could purchase farmland at 50 cents per acre up to 160 acres. Each settler also had to purchase water shares from the canal company at $25.00 per acre. In the end, the settlers could buy farmland at $3.25 an acre.

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Ancient Lake Bonneville

November 28, 2013, 1:22 pm

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Idaho, Twin Falls County, near Hansen


The Flood that Reshaped Southern Idaho
The Snake River Canyon is one of Idaho's most recognizable geologic features. Volcanic forces dating back more than 10 million years ago created the canyon. But it took the second largest flood in the history of the world to reshape it and to give the canyon its unique appearance as we see it today.

The Second Largest Flood in the World
Imagine standing here as a four hundred-foot tall wall of water racing at 177,000 cubic feet per second approached. The first hint of the advancing flood would have been gusts of wind, and the sound of a loud roar in the far distance. As the torrent raced through the canyon, it would have passed you traveling at nearly 100 miles per hour. More than likely you would have been standing here in water, as the entire canyon would have been submerged. The sound would have been deafening from the crash of boulders the size of a semi truck.

The Bonneville Flood, which lasted for nearly eight weeks, reshaped the entire length of the Snake River Canyon as it raced to the Pacific Ocean. Lake Bonneville once occupied one-third of Utah. Today the Great Salt Lake and the Bonneville Salt Flats are a vast landscape silently marking the site of one of the world's greatest glacial lakes.

Ancient Lake Bonneville
During the last Ice Age, prehistoric Lake Bonneville at 32,000 square miles (52,000 sq. kilometers) was larger in size than today's Lake Michigan. About 15,000 years ago an alluvial dam made of gravel located at Red Rock Pass near Pocatello, Idaho suddenly gave way rapidly draining Lake Bonneville into southern Idaho.

Petrified Melons
When farming began in southern Idaho near the Snake River during the early 1900's, farmers discovered a peculiar sight--rounded rocks scattered across the land. The rocks ranged in size from as small as a baseball to a half-buried boulder weighing hundreds of tons. Removing the rocks to clear the land for planting proved to be a daunting taks--quickly becoming a nuisance. The nuisance rocks, because of their round shape were humorously named: Idaho "petrified watermelons".

The "petrified melon" looking rock is river gravel deposited by the Lake Bonneville Flood. As the rocks traveled hundreds of miles in the fast moving torrent they became rounded much as rocks are rounded and deposited as gravel in creeks and rivers today. Where the floodwater slowed, it deposited its cargo of rocks across the land. Lake Bonneville Flood gravel is scattered across southern Idaho to the Oregon border.

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After the Battle of Big Sandy

November 28, 2013, 3:44 pm

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New York, Jefferson County, near Ellisburg
After the Battle of Big Sandy
May 28, 1814
This house was used as a hospital for British soldiers

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Samuel de Champlain

November 28, 2013, 3:56 pm

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New York, Jefferson County, Henderson Harbor
First white man to enter Henderson, October, 1615
Passed over Indian trail here.

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Camp de L'Observation

November 28, 2013, 4:14 pm

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New York, Jefferson County, near Henderson
Erected by the French in 1756
Association Island

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Fort Chauncey

November 28, 2013, 4:23 pm

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New York, Jefferson County, Sackets Harbor
War Of 1812 Named For Commodore Isaac Chauncey

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Fort Virginia

November 28, 2013, 4:31 pm

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New York, Jefferson County, Sackets Harbor
War of 1812 Armed with 16 Guns

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Blockhouse

November 28, 2013, 4:37 pm

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New York, Jefferson County, Sackets Harbor
Erected in 1812 for defense against the British attack
Stone house the Tisdale Homestead erected 1819

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Sackett Mansion

November 28, 2013, 4:47 pm

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New York, Jefferson County, Sackets Harbor
Built by Col. Augustus Sackett 1801-1802. Used as a hospital in War of 1812

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Union Hotel

November 28, 2013, 4:53 pm

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New York, Jefferson County, Sackets Harbor
Built by Frederic White
1st Masonic Lodge Jefferson Co.
Ontario Lodge formed April 4, 1805
Athol Lodge formed 1818 Sackets Lodge formed 1848

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Lutherlinde / Luther Linden

November 28, 2013, 6:48 pm

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Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Mansfeld-Lutherstadt


Der ca. 240 Jahre alte Baum war krank und mußte gefällt werden.

Die Grundstückseigentümerin Frau Renate Fischer pflanzte als Ersatz am 05.04.2011 diese Sommerlinde.

Aus Verbundenheit & Dankbarkeit
Das Kirchspiel Mansfeld Heimatverein e.V.

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The 240 year old tree was sick and had to be felled.

The land owner Renate Fischer planted as a replacement on 04/05/2011 this summer Linden.

Out of solidarity and gratitude
The parish Mansfeld
Home club e.V.

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.