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The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, near Media

Founded in 1888 by philanthropist Isaiah V. Williamson to teach underprivileged young men “some trade, free of expense” via a character ~ based curriculum. With trade apprenticeships disappearing in the US in the late 19th century, it was a model in vocational education. It is the only trade school in the nation providing full scholarships to all students. The campus contains the largest existing collection of buildings designed by Frank Furness.

(Education • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dougherty Building

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Arizona, Maricopa County, Chandler
This building, constructed by Michael F. Dougherty, has been home to a number of businesses, including the Charles Karp Clothing Company, Chandler Electric Company, and David Saba’s Department Store. Photo courtesy of Chandler Historic Society

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

The Bridge

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Minnesota, Wabasha County, Wabasha

Wabasha-Nelson Bridge Company
The Wabasha-Nelson Bridge Company was incorporated in 1929 to build and operate a toll bridge over the Mississippi River. The Minneapolis Bridge Company & C.A.P. Turner were contracted to design and build it.

In 1930, the local Board of Directors, W.B. Webb, Henry J. Mars, S. M. Quigley and Nick Marx, estimated the cost of construction to be $500,000. The board decided to offer to the public 4,750 shares of preferred stock at $100 per share, totaling $475,000, and to sell common stock to produce the additional $25,000. In a letter, the board explained, "Because investors desired the common stock for voting rights rather than preferred, the board has authorized this sale to the public." Final construction totaled $675,000.

On January 1, 1931 the builder officially turned the bridge over to the Wabasha-Nelson Bridge Company, and it opened to traffic. Oscar Overbeck of Alma, Wisconsin, was the first motorist to pay a toll on the bridge. Ed O'Reilly, Sr. was the first pedestrian. There were 190 tolls totaling $60.35 collected in the first 24 hours. The first four days produced $282.30, which was "deemed more than satisfactory" for that time of year. In 1947 the Minnesota and Wisconsin highway departments purchased the bridge from the local company for $400,000. This was the last known private toll bridge to be built in Minnesota.

C.A.P. Turner, Engineer of Wabasha-Nelson Bridge
Claude Allen Porter Turner is perhaps Minnesota's most significant engineer. One of Turner's most notable accomplishments was the design of a reinforced concrete system, in which concrete slabs are supported by columns that flair outward at the top, replacing the need for beams. The Wabasha-Nelson bridge was a prominent example of this system because the columns of its approach spans were clearly visible, unlike industrial buildings where the system is hidden from view.

Repairs, Replacement and Demolition
Two decades after the bridge became the property of the highway departments, repairs were needed. On June 12, 1968, a concrete pier on the Wisconsin approach collapsed and was replaced with a new steel pier. In 1970 a barge struck one of the new pier caissons; the repair cost approximately $6500. A statewide Department of Transportation plan called for replacement of the bridge. In 1988 the old Wabasha-Nelson Bridge was demolished and was replaced with a new structure. The community celebrated both the old and new structures with a grand celebration. In October of 1988 people from both Wisconsin and Minnesota had the opportunity to walk across the old bridge for one last time during the celebration prior to the opening of the new bridge.

City of
Wabasha
Discover more of Wabasha at www.wabasha.org


(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Antes

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Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Jersey Shore
Built 1776 by Col. Henry Antes. Site on opposite side of the river at the mouth of Antes Creek. Nearby was Antes Mill, first in the region. The stockade was abandoned during the Great Runaway; burned by Indians.

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Ignatius College

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
This marker is composed of two plaques, one mounted on top of the other.

On this site
was erected
the first
St. Ignatius College
and
Church
May • 1855

Dedicated by
The Society of California Pioneers
May 22, 1930

The original St. Ignatius College has developed into both the University of San Francisco and St. Ignatius College Preparatory. Placed in honor of their 125th year by both senior classes of 1980.

October 15, 1979

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

The Barbary Coast Trail

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
On May 12, 1848 Samuel Brannan rode through the streets of San Francisco waving a bottle of gold and yelling, “Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!” Struck with gold fever, almost every resident headed for the foothills, beginning the greatest migration in American history, the world famous Gold Rush. In 1849 settlers and immigrants from around the world descended on the shores of Yerba Buena Cove. Within a year San Francisco had been transformed from a pastoral village into a bustling port city.

To fully appreciate San Francisco’s role as magnet of the West, it’s helpful to journey back in time when daring exploits and earthshaking events forged a city on sand dunes. The Barbary Coast Trail is a 3.8 mile walk and 20 minute cable car ride marked by a series of bronze medallions and arrows. From the Gold Rush to the Earthquake and Fire of 1906 to the present, the trail traces the city’s history and honors those individuals whose courage and creativity shaped San Francisco into a culturally rich and uniquely dynamic metropolis.

The southern end of the trail begins at the Old U.S. Mint at Fifth and Mission Streets and extends to Aquatic Park near Fisherman’s Wharf. Each end of the trail is connected by they Hyde-Powell cable car line. There is also a six-block loop on Nob Hill and a satellite site at Mission Dolores.

The Barbary Coast Trail connects twenty historic sites, including the original shoreline of Yerba Buena Cove, the birthplace of the Gold Rush, Jackson Square Historic District, the Pony Express, the oldest cathedral west of the Rockies, the first Asian neighborhood in America, the largest collection of historic ships in the U.S., and several local museums.

Down Gold Rush-era streets and Chinatown alleys, past Bonanza King mansions and Barbary Coast saloons, the trail follows the streets of old San Francisco to a city built on golden dreams, the City by the Bay...

The Barbary Coast Trail is a project of the
San Francisco Historical Society

(Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Native Sons Building

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
Originally dedicated Sept. 15, 1912
Rededicated on the 100th anniversary Sept. 16, 2012 in memory of those who had the foresight to construct this building.

Directors 1912
James D. Phelan • Chas. M. Belshaw • Lewis F. Byington • Louis Nonnenmann • Adolph Eberhart • H.G.W. Dinkelspiel • Chas. D. Steiger • Joseph B. Keenan • Edward J. Lynch • Daniel F. Murden • William D. Hynes • William J. Wynn • T.B. Evans • George W. Lippmann • Angelo J. Rossi • Richard D. Barton • C.F. Buttle • George B. Barber • George F. Welch • Walter J. Wolf • Chas. H. Heyer • James A. Wilson • Henry F. Pernau • Roland M. Rochs • Ellis A. Blackman • William Caubu • Frank I. Gonzalez • Andrew S. Groth • Louis H. Mooser • B.F. Hanlon • Alex. McCulloch • Phil Cohen • H.S. Spaulding • Thomas C. Conmy • Edward J. Barton • William E. Foley • George W. Spiller • P.J. Walker • J.B. Stoval

Directors 2012
Joseph Ursino • Peter Samardizch • Robert Fletcher • Philip D. Wong • Robert Santos • Joe Rinaldi • Dennis Davidson • Jere J. Driscoll • Dennis McLaughlin • Herman Scholz • Harry Smith • Anthony Marotto • Ed Ness

Native Sons of the Golden West

Native Sons Building

Originally erected 1896 – Destroyed by fire after the 1906 Earthquake – Rebuilt 1912 – Dedicated by S.F. Hall Association 9-15-1912
It stands here as a tribute to those who contributed to the discovery, civilization, and glory of California and to the Native Sons of the Golden West who through its precepts of friendship, loyalty, and charity, forever, will keep alive the history and glory of our beloved California.

Rededicated March 11, 1992
by
Thomas W. Perazzo, Grand President, N.S.G.W.

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

Isadora Duncan

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francico
Daughter of California Pioneers
America’s Genius of Dance

was born on this site.

She created a new art form, liberating the dance as an expression of life. She believed and taught that “no education is complete without the dance” since “movements are as eloquent as words.” “The dance of the future... shall dance the freedom of women... the highest intelligence in the freest (sic) body”... ”The dance will not belong to a nation but to all humanity.”

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Officers' Quarters—A

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Minnesota, Nicollet County, near Fairfax

The frame structure that stood here probably housed two officers and their families, much as a duplex would today. A central hall divided the building, and each half contained living, sleeping, and cooking areas.

Minnesota Historical Society
Fort Ridgely


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

Crew of "Abbot 27"

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Texas, Tom Green County, San Angelo


In memory of the Crew of "Abbot 27,"
B-36J No. 52-2818, who perished on
25 May 1955 near Sterling City, Texas.
Crewmembers were assigned to the 40th Bomb
Squadron (Heavy), 6th Bombardment Wing,
Walker AFB, Roswell, New Mexico.

[B-36 illustration]

Capt. L.C. Basinger, Jr., Acft Commander
Capt. Harold V. Bowman, Co-Pilot
Capt. Ernest R. Morton, Bombardier
Capt. Arthur Fred, Navigator
Capt. Charles C. Zalonka, 2nd Navigator
Capt. Nelson H. Ensor, Engineer
2Lt. Richard B. Glover, 2nd Flight Engineer
TSgt Leonard T. Cannon, Radio Operator
A2C Terrence M. McNeil, 2nd Radio Operator
TSgt David C. Messer, Gunner
TSgt Charles J. Davis, Gunner
TSgt Walter D. Longley, Gunner
A1C Charles L. Davis, Gunner
A1C Ernest J. Coffinger, Jr., Gunner
A1C Billy H. Kershner, Ground Crew Chief

May our comrades rest in peace, comforted with the knowledge that their service and sacrifice helped assure the continued freedom and liberty of the Nation and of the Free World.

Erected October 2007

(Air & Space • Disasters • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Iowa County Courthouse

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Wisconsin, Iowa County, Dodgeville
This is the oldest courthouse in Wisconsin. Construction started June 11, 1859. It was dedicated in 1861, enlarged in 1894 and again in 1927. In 1937 the Doric columns, pediment and cupola were restored exactly as the 1859 original. In 1969 the interior was completely renovated to better utilize space.

It is Iowa County's fourth courthouse. The first three were located in Mineral Point, the county seat from 1829 to 1861. The design is Greek Revival and the material is native Galena limestone quarried north of Dodgeville and cut to precision by local Cornish stonemasons.

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

Laurence F. Graber

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Wisconsin, Iowa County, Mineral Point
In 1887, Professor Laurence F. Graber was born on a nearby Mineral Point farm about three miles southwest of this location. In 1910, he began his career as an agronomy instructor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and was given the responsibility of increasing alfalfa acreage throughout the state. Graber received his doctorate from the University of Chicago and became an eminent agricultural scientist. He helped to develop superior winter hardy varieties of alfalfa seed and discovered new methods for planting and pasture renovation. Graber dedicated his life to educating students, farmers and the public about the benefits of alfalfa planting. He stated that (alfalfa is) "one of the greatest forages of the new hemisphere, and also one of its principal sources of renewable wealth." Because of Graber's efforts to promote this productive feed crop he earned the title "Mr. Alfalfa" and Wisconsin became the leading state in alfalfa acreage.

(Agriculture • Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Metropolitan Club

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
This Property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Metropolitan Club
Incorporated in 1915 as the
Woman’s Athletic Club of San Francisco
Bliss & Faville, Architects
The first woman’s athletic club in the western United States

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

Unsung Heros

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco

San Francisco’s firemen were the unsung heroes of 1906. Leaderless because Chief Dennis Sullivan has been fatally injured by the quake, with indomitable courage they battled for three days and nights the flames that were consuming the city.

(Disasters • Heroes) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of Union Square

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
1839 Jean Vioget laid out the first plan of Yerba Buena (later San Francisco), showing the Union Square site as a future park.

1847 Jasper O’Farrell created a second, more accurate plan for the blocks of San Francisco, designating this site as a public square. The site was a sand dune called O’Farrell’s Mountain.

1850 Colonel John Geary deeded the block to the City to be held in perpetuity for park use.

1860 (circa) The sand dune was removed and the first design for a public square was completed.

1861-1865 The block was named ‘Union Square’ to commemorate public rallies held here in support of the Union during the Civil War.

1871-1880 The site was cleared and redesigned as a formal strolling garden. Churches and residences surrounded the square.

1877 Cable cars were operating on Powell Street.

1878 Cable cars began running on Geary Street.

1900-1903 Union Square was redesigned with the Dewey Memorial at its center. The memorial was designed by sculptor Robert J. Aitkin and architect Newton J. Tharpe. The ‘Winged Victory’ bronze figure was modeled after Alma Spreckels, San Francisco socialite, and was named after U.S. Navaal Admiral George Dewey.

1903 The Dewey Memorial was dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt on May 14.

1905 (circa) By the turn of the century offices, businesses, theaters and hotel surrounded Union Square. The first hotel was the St. Frances located on Powell Street.

1906 The Great Earthquake and Fire destroyed all buildings around Union Square. Temporary hotel rooms were built on the Square while the St. Francis was rebuilt and expanded.

1923 The Fitzhugh Building was built at the corner of Post and Powell Streets where the Saks Fifth Avenue Building stands today.

1928 O’Connor, Moffat & Co. was built at Stockton and O’Farrell Streets where Macy’s stands today.

1938 The Union Square Garage Corporation was formed for the purpose of building a garage beneath Union Square.

1941 Construction began on the garage, the first underground parking facility in the world and an air-raid shelter. The architect was Timothy Pfleuger with gardens designed by the City of San Francisco under the aegis of John McClaren, Superintendent of Golden Gate Park.

1942 Mayor Angelo Rossi presided over the dedication ceremonies of the redesigned Union Square and new garage on September 12.

1945 The I. Magnin Building was built on the corner of Geary and Stockton Streets.

1945-1985 Union Square became one of the most popular shopping districts and tourist destinations in the world.

1996 San Francisco Prize held a competition for the redesign of Union Square.

2000 A new design was approved and construction began.

2002 The new Union Square was dedicated by Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr.

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mayors of San Francisco

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
Alcaldes Francisco DeHaro (1834) • Jose Joaquin Estudillo (1835) • Francisco Guerrero (1836) • Ignacio Martinez (1837) • Francisco DeHaro (1838-1839) • Francisco Guerrero (1839-1841) • Jose de Jesus Noe (1842) • Francisco Sanchez (1843) • William Sturgis Hinckley (1844) • Juan Nepomuceno Padilla (1845) • Jose de la Cruz Sanchez (1845) • Jose de Jesus Noe (1846) • Washington Allon Bartlett (1846-1847) • Edwin Bryant (1847-1847) • George Hyde (1847-1848) • Dr. John Townsend (1848-1848) • John White Geary (1849-1850)
Mayors John White Geary (1850-1851) • James Charles Brenham (1851-1852) • Dr. Stephen Randall Harris (1852-1852) • James Charles Brenham (1852-1853) • Cornelius Kinglands Garrison (1853-1854) • Stephen Palerey Webb (1854-1855) • James P. Van Ness (1855-1856) • George J. Whelan (1856-1856) • Ephraim Willard Burr (1856-1859) • Henry Frederick Teschemacher (1859-1863) • Henry Perrin Coon (1863-1867) • Frank McCoppin (1867-1869) • Thomas Henry Seeby (1869-1871) • William Alvord (1871-18 • Dr. George Hewston (1875-1875) • Andrew Jackson Bryant (1875-1879) • Dr. Isaac Smith Kalioch (1879-1881) • Maurice Carey Blake (1881-1883)

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

Burtonville

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New York, Montgomery County, Charleston
Burtonville, one of the first settlements in Montgomery County was originally part of the Stone Heap Patent. Judah Burton settled here shortly after the Revolutionary War, building a dam and mills on the creek calling it Burton Dam. The community's name was changed to Mudge Hollow and then to Burtonville in 1837.

The name Schoharie is derived from an Indian word To-Was-Sho-Hor meaning "drift wood" and is descriptive of the river's tendency to carry along and deposit trees and other objects during times of high water. The valley, formed through the actions of Pleistocene (ice age) glaciers and continuous water erosion, is composed primarily of sedimentary shale and limestone. This rock, unique to eastern and southeastern New York State can be found throughout the Schoharie Valley in the form of shale cliffs and escarpments. Another unique geological characteristic of the Schoharie region is the flat horizontal span of shale bedrock referred to locally as a dance floor. Polished smooth by the action of glaciers, and example of dance floors can be seen here over the north side of the lower bridge.

This place has been used as a ford (crossing point) by both Native Americans and European settlers. A shallow, swift flowing river, the Schoharie at Burtonville was an ideal site to settle because of the limitless power that could be harnessed from the creek. In 1785 the first mills were erected by Judah Burton just upstream from this place. Water power to the mills was channeled through the creation of a large mill race which diverted water from the river to several mills erected between 1790 and the early 1900's. The race, called a power ditch, was built of stone with dry masonry techniques. The stone used in building the mills, race, and dwellings in the village itself was quarried from the creek.

The first bridge across the creek was erected at Burtonville in 1790. A later covered wooden bridge was destroyed by flooding in 1814. This flood also destroyed the mill which had been erected by Judah Burton in 1785.

Burtonville today is a quiet residential hamlet. The creek here is used for recreation (predominantly fishing and swimming) and is known for its clear waters and abundant wildlife. The village supports fire and emergency medical services as well as the environmental and community cultural organization, the Schoharie River Center.

Built in 1857, the former Methodist Church is now the Schoharie River Center. It was one of two churches in Burtonville, having at one time 90 members. The community also supported two hotels, two stores, black smith shops, and its own school and post office.

In the late 18th and through most of the 19th century this community was a booming area with a tannery, saw mill, grist mill, carding machine and fulling mill, nail factory, woolen factory, sash and blind factory. Hay forks and light wagons were also made in Burtonville. Stone mill foundations are visible along this side of the creek to the right.

The Schoharie River Center, a non-profit organization, thanks the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council for the Arts, for support for this sign. Appreciation also goes to the Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor Commission for their assistance.

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

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Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth
On Dec. 25, 1894, State Evangelist the Rev. Frank Tribune organized this Baptist church with five members: Ella and Lee Brooks, Katie Patterson, Laura Purvis, and Josephine Wells. With help from the Rev. Dr. A.R. Griggs, the members built a frame structure in 1907 at the corner of Louisiana and Rosedale. In 1915 the present site was acquired and a tabernacle erected. This brick church building was begun in 1919 under the Rev. M.K. Curry. The church debt was paid during the Rev. A.W. Pryor's pastorate, 1924-1949. While the Rev. S.T. Alexander was Pastor, 1949-1968, an education building was added.

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

Dupree Cemetery

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Alabama, Limestone County, near Salem

The first known burial here is Nancy Vinson Christopher who died May 16, 1852. Many unmarked fieldstones are present that could mark older graves. The cemetery contains 52 identifiable burials with headstones. Five Confederate soldiers and one WWII veteran are buried here along with other notable citizens including Dr. William J. Dupree and Dr. O.P. Dupree. Family names found here include Christopher, Dunivant, Dunnavant, Dupree, Hare, Hawkins, Jackson, Johnson, Lovell, McCracken, Patterson, Smith, and Vinson. The Dupree Cemetery is being preserved by descendants of those buried here. They hope this special place and those buried here are never forgotten.

Listed on the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register, May 23, 2012

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Morgan - On To Ohio

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Kentucky, Bullitt County, Shepherdsville
July 2, 1863, CSA Gen. J.H. Morgan began raid to prevent USA move to Tenn. and Va. Repulsed at Green River, July 4. Defeated USA force at Lebanon, July 5. Moved through Bardstown, July 6. After night march, crossed here July 7. Rested troops few hours and proceeded to Brandenburg. Crossed to Indiana, July 8. He continued raid until captured in northeast Ohio, July 26.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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