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Benjamin Banneker School

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Indiana, Monroe County, Bloomington

(Side One)
African-American students went to “Colored School” on 6th Street, circa 1874-1915, under 1869 law. New elementary school for black students opened here December 7, 1915 with 93 students and 3 teachers. Gymnasium added 1941-1942. Schools integrated under 1949 Indiana law. Segregation at Banneker ended in 1951 despite protests from some citizens.

(Side Two)
Renamed Fairview Annex, integrated sixth grade classes with Banneker and Fairview students met here 1951-1954, until new integrated Fairview School was completed. By 1955, this building became Westside Community Center. In 1994, after major renovation, it was renamed Benjamin Banneker Community Center to commemorate its history as segregated school.

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Education) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kappa Alpha Psi

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Indiana, Monroe County, Bloomington

(Side One)
Excluded from social events at Indiana University, black male students founded and incorporated Kappa Alpha Nu in 1911. One of the earliest black national social fraternities established in the U.S. One goal was to expand to other schools to help members attain high “intellectual, moral and social worth.” Name changed to Kappa Alpha Psi, 1915.

(Side Two)
In 1961, over 600 members attended the dedication of this building as the Elder Watson Diggs Memorial, to house the fraternity’s Alpha (first) Chapter. Fraternity sold house in 2005 to Indiana University Foundation. As of 2008, Alpha chapter is active on this campus and more than 700 undergraduate and alumni chapters have been chartered worldwide.

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Virginia’s Executive Mansion

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Virginia, Richmond
Designed by renowned Boston architect Alexander Parris and completed in 1813, Virginia’s Federal-style Executive Mansion is the oldest purpose-built residence for governors and first families in the United States still serving that function. Until 1902, the governor had his office here. A garden designed by prominent landscape architect Charles F. Gillette in the 1950s complements the house. This mansion, which stands as a survivor of war, changing politics, and a symbol of the endurance of the Old Dominion, was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register in 1968 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1988.

Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Governor Edmund Randolph

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Virginia, Richmond
Site of the home of
Governor Edmund Randolph,
Patriot, Soldier, Statesman.

Placed by the Association
for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities
1907.

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

Scott's Raid

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Kentucky, Whitley County, Williamsburg
Col. John S. Scott with 1,600 of 2nd Cav. Brig. CSA came up from Eastern Tenn. on raid to destroy USA communications and obtain cattle, horses, mules and arms. At Williamsburg on July 25, 1863 he was met by 100 pickets of 44th Ohio Inf. After a skirmish, he drove them toward London. Scott went on to Winchester, retreating then to Tenn. with heavy losses.

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

The Old Ozaukee County Courthouse

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Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Port Washington
The Old Ozaukee County Courthouse in Port Washington, Wisconsin is listed in the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1976 The State Historical Society of Wisconsin in association with the U.S. Department of Interior

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

St. Matthias Mission

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Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, near Campbellsport
St. Matthias Mission Built in 1861 Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior

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

Cataract Falls Covered Bridge

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Indiana, Owen County, near Cloverdale

(Side One)
An 1838 state law gave county commissioners power to build bridges for “public convenience” and to raise taxes to pay for them. Owen County Commissioners contracted 1875 for a “Smith’s High Double Wood Truss” over Eel River in Jennings Township to replace bridge destroyed by flood. This bridge finished 1876.

(Side Two)
Served as pedestrian bridge after vehicular traffic was diverted to new concrete bridge finished in 1988. Indiana Department of Natural Resources began extensive repairs to this bridge 2000. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 2005 and rededicated 2006. Only remaining covered bridge in Owen County.

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lake Park

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Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee
Lake Park Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted 1892-1895 Added to the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior 1993

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

George Washington

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Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee
The people of Milwaukee have planted these trees, living memorials, as a tribute of affection and gratitude to
George Washington

The Father of Our Country
Heroic General - Patriotic Statesman
Virtuous Sage

The fruit of his labors and his example are America's most cherished inheritance.

(Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Point of Rocks

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Wyoming, Sweetwater County, Points of Rocks
After the Civil War, the Union Pacific laid track westward, bringing commerce to the wilderness. Establishment of the transcontinental railroad and the communities which sprung up around the railroads helped settle the Territory of Wyoming.

With the 1868 discovery of gold in the South Pass area, the Overland Mail Station and the small community here became a supply depot for the Sweetwater gold rush. A stage road between the rail head and the gold field was quickly established. The town bristle with activity as it funneled miners to the gold strike and provided for their needs. There were several stage companies competing furiously for business until the collapse of the gold rush as the Sweetwater mines played out.

The United State Census for 1870 lists sixty-five persons residing in fourteen dwellings at Point of Rocks. Eleven Irish, eight English, and two Scottish laborers were included in the population. The Justice of the Peace was forty-five year old Carolyn Neal, a woman born in England. Her husband Robert was a clerk for the railroad. The only Wyoming-born residents of town were William and James Whalen, born of Irish parents. The community included housekeepers, store keepers, hotel keepers, carpenters, grocers, teamsters, telegraph operators, baggage men, firemen and engineers.

Point of Rocks has been a welcoming host for the Overland Stage Route, Cherokee Trail, Union Pacific Railroad, Point of Rocks to South Pass City Stage Route, Lincoln Highway, U.S. Route 30, Interstate 80 and even the Information Superhighway.

(Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

An Unsolved Mystery

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Wyoming, Sweetwater County, Points of Rocks
In 1863, a short distance from here, seven passengers on the Overland Stage were murdered during a robbery. The victims were buried on this hill. James Thompson, a station guard, placed the blame for the crime on the infamous outlaw, Jack Slade.

Slade came west as Division Superintendent for Ben Halladay’s Overland Mail. In 1862, Slade relocated the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers portion of the mail route to this point, supervising the construction of the stage stations including the Rock Point or Almond Station within sight of this cemetery. Slade’s life is recounted in numerous history books and two Hollywood films. He abandoned his job with the Overland Mail Company and turned outlaw. The hard-drinking Slade was lynched in Virginia City, Montana in 1864.

Humorist Mark Twain recounted his meeting with Slade in his classic book, Roughing It,
“He was so friendly an so gentle-spoken that I warmed to him in spite of his awful history. It was hardly possible to realize that this pleasant person was the pitiless scourge of the outlaws, the raw-head-and-bloody-bones the nursing mothers of the mountains terrified their children with”


Slade’s involvement in the murders near here was never proven. The case remains unsolved. There were no surviving witnesses and the dead have not yielded their secrets.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Isham Day House

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Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Mequon
In the late 1830’s a number of settlers moved to this area from the eastern states of the US. Known as “Yankees”, they were attracted by the government’s sale of land at $1.25 per acre. In 1835 land east of Range Line Road was put up for sale, but many “squatters” established claims west of Range Line Road hoping to be able to later buy their land. Among these squatters was the Isham Day family who arrived in 1836. After building a cabin on the west side of the trail that is now Cedarburg Road, the Day family constructed this cottage in 1839 – the same year the government offered land for sale west of Range Line Road. The Days could not afford to pay off their construction material loan and purchase the land so they were forced to vacate their home. The Days’ new cottage and land were sold to a New York speculator, George B. Warren, who never saw the property before reselling it.

The “Isham Day House” is the oldest structure on its original foundation in Ozaukee County. Over the years, portions of this family home also served as the “Mequon River Post Office”, the Xavier Holdenried harness shop, and Charles Zimmermann’s printing shop. The condemned building was purchased by the City of Mequon in 1989 with plans to demolish the home and construct a park at this site. When the history of the building became known, the the cottage was restored to its original condition by the Mequon Historical Society in the 1990’s.

(Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Louis and Pauline Staudy Residence

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Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Thiensville
Louis Staudy built this Queen Anne style home for his family in 1907 adjacent to their meat market, smoke and ice house. Later remodeled, the building housed various other businesses and restaurants. Kristina and Phil Eckert now operate a paint your own pottery studio here.

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

Reimer, Gerlach Residence

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Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Thiensville
In 1897 Peter Reimer built this Queen Anne style home. It was purchased in 1907 by Reinholt Gerlach who advocated the incorporation of Thiensville as a village and served as one of the first trustees. In 1975 Dr. Gerald D. Abraham purchased the building and relocated his dental practice here.

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

John's Grill

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
John's Grill site where Dashiell Hammett wrote "The Maltese Falcon"

"Spade went to John's Grill and asked the waiter to hurry his order of chops, baked potatoes, sliced tomatoes... and was smoking a cigarette with his coffee when... "

is designated a Literary Landmark by Friends of the Libraries U.S.A.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Cataract Covered Bridge

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Indiana, Owen County, near Cloverdale
The Cataract Covered Bridge is one of Owen County’s historic treasures. It is the only remaining covered bridge in the county. It is also only one of six Smith Truss covered bridges in the state, and one of the finest remaining examples of this truss.

The Covered Bridge Story
Covered bridges have been built around the world for centuries. With America’s rapid expansion and abundant timber supply, covered bridges were built at an unsurpassed rate. Covering a bridge protects the wooden trusses from rotting. Without a roof, a bridge might last only four years.
The first known covered bridge in Indiana was in Henry County in 1834. By the 1880s Indiana had between 400-500 covered bridges.
In 1876, the community of Cataract includes mills and shops. The bridge linked Cataract with residents on the other side of Mill Creek.

The Smith Truss
The late 1800s represented a time when manufacturing was moving from individually made items to mass production. The Smith Bridge Company introduced new techniques for covered bridge construction to compete with iron bridges that appeared after the Civil War. Rather than build covered bridges from scratch on site, Ohio Native Robert W. Smith built the Smith Truss in the company’s factory in Toledo, disassembled it and shipped it out for reassembly.

Weathering a Torrent
In 1875, a flood destroyed the first covered bridge at Cataract and more than a dozen bridges in Owen County. One of the few bridges to survive the flood was the covered bridge at Gosport. The Gosport Covered Bridge used a Smith Truss.
One month later, when Owen County let bids for a replacement bridge, their advertisement requested a Smith Truss. The current bridge with its Smith Truss was completed in 1876.

Restoration of the Cataract Covered Bridge
Extensive rehabilitation has been conducted to preserve the bridge. Restoration included:
  • rebuilding the wingwalls
  • repairing abutment
  • replacing and repairing truss timbers and lateral braces
  • redoing trim, siding and historical details
Funding for the project came from the Indiana Department of Transportation through Federal Highway Transportation Enhancement Funds.

Bridge Vital Statistics:
  • Built: 1876
  • Length of Wood Structure: 148 feet
  • Cost to Building: Abutments, $1678.84; Bridge, $2009.00
  • Materials Used: Limestone and non-native white pine
  • Biggest Timbers: 33 ½ feet long
  • Weight of cut stones: 4000 pounds each
  • Closed to vehicular traffic: 1988


(Bridges & Viaducts • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Baldwin Locomotive No. 3

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California, San Diego County, Poway
First used to haul rock for the Cowell Portland Cement Company in Concord, CA. Brought to the City of Poway by Colonel Porter in 1966. Purchased by the City in 1988 and restored by the Poway-Midland Volunteers from 1991-1994.

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tibbits Hill School

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Quebec, Brome-Missisquoi, near Knowlton
Old south schoolhouse Tibbits Hill built 1844-1846 on site of squared log one erected 1827. Set up as a school museum with aid of Association of Protestant Teachers in their centennial year 1964.

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

The Bewley Building

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New York, Niagara County, Lockport
Erected by Richard C. Bewley in 1929 this structure occupies the site of the Hodge Opera House and Merchant's Gargling Oil buildings which were destroyed by fire in 1928. Stone from the original buildings is visible on the rear of the structure. The building has passed through generations of Richard Bewley's family including Charles C. Bewley, a prominent real estate broker. Plaque donated by Discover Historic Lockport, Inc. 1995.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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