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French–Atlantic Cable Company

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Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans
French – Atlantic cable company Cape Cod station 1890 – 1959. Oldest cable on Atlantic bed. From storm isolated Cape, first world news of steamer Portland lost off Truro with 200 lives; flashed from Orleans to Brest, France and back over their other cable to New York, November 28, 1898. Closed in 1959 for automation.

(Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 13 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Honor of Those Who Served in Vietnam

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New York, Genesee County, Bethany
A living memorial in honor of those who served in Vietname. Living, deceased and those unaccounted for. Army - Air Force - Navy Marines - Coast Guard

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

Tisch Mills

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Wisconsin, Kewaunee County, Tisch Mills

    As the available land to the south became more difficult to obtain, new arrivals began to gravitate northward. In this valley through which flows the East Twin River, many found what they were looking for. This area had been known to the Indians of the area for a long time before the coming of the new inhabitants. The village of Black Earth, their summer planting ground, was located along this same river a short distance to the northeast.

    The settlement of this area was typical of the settlements of others areas of the county at the time. A mill, usually a sawmill, was erected with the community developing around the mill. In this case two mills were built on the banks of the river, a sawmill and a gristmill. The community still carries the name of the first owners of these mills, Charles and William Tisch.

    This was a heavily wooded area in the early days of settlement, so as in most areas of the county, incomes were supplemented, not by farming, but by selling or trading forest products such as bark or shingles.

    As the land was cleared of trees, agriculture replaced lumbering as the economic mainstay of the community.

    While any of the former business enterprises are gone, such as the brewery, blacksmith shop, cheese factory, and brickyard, some of them still survive although not necessarily in the original buildings. The latter include the mill, the store and the Forst Inn. The church, too, although not the original building has been in the community since the early days of settlement.

    This community, although its development is similar to many other communities in Kewaunee county, is somewhat unique in that it, like Rosiere and Dyckesville, spans the line between two counties.

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Drexel Lacey

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Colorado, Clear Creek County, near Idaho Springs

In Memoriam
DREXEL LACEY
1892-1930
Resident Engineer
State Highway Department
Completed the survey of this highway
August 13, 1926

(Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Altes Rathaus / Old Town Hall

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Germany, Bavaria, Ansbach District, Rothenburg ob der Tauber


um 1250 event. erste Bauphase
Erweiterung Ende des 14. Jahrh. (Kaisersaal)
1501 großer Brand
1551-1558 Wiederaufbau und Instandsetzung einschl. Turm (48m) in der heute vorhandenen Form
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First building phase begun in 1250
Expansion (Emperor's Hall), at end of the 14th century.
1501 Great Fire
1551-1558 Rebuilding and repair included tower (48m) in the present day form

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saint John’s Original Burial Ground

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New Brunswick, Saint John County, Saint John
English
Saint John’s original burial ground was established on this site shortly after the landing of the United Empire Loyalists in 1783. After its closure as a cemetery in 1845, the site became a memorial garden with tree lined walkways and flower beds.

For upwards of 100 years it remained a unique place of beauty in the centre of a busy industrial city. However time and neglect gradually took their toll and by the late 1900’s the burial ground was in a state of disrepair.

In 1995 the Irving family undertook a restoration program as a gift to the people of Saint John. They commissioned and carried out a refurbishing of the entire site, including the construction of brick and granite walkways, benches, special railings and light columns. Hundreds of trees and thousands of flowers and shrubs were planted. Then, at the heart of the Memorial Park the magnificent Beaver Fountain was created.

It was in 1925 that K.C. Irving established his first Saint John business on Union Street adjacent to the burial ground. For many years he looked out over this very site from his office in the Golden Ball Building.

The Canadian Beaver, a prominent motif found throughout the site depicts the hard work, enterprise and tenacious resolve of the city’s founders and those who followed.

The people of Saint John warmly thank the Irving family for restoring their pride in this historic site.

French
Le premier cimetière de Saint John a été fondé sur le présent site peu de temps après l’arrivée des United Empire Loyalists en 1783. Après la fermeture de cimetière en 1848, le site est devenu un jardin commémoratif comprenant des sentiers bordés d’arbres et de plates-bandes.

Le site est demeuré pendant plus de 100 ans un endroit de beauté unique au milieu d’une grande ville industrielle, le cimetière a été graduellement laissé à l’abandon est à la fin du XXᵉ siècle, il était tombé en ruines.

En 1994, la famille Irving entreprit un programme de restauration dont elle faisait cadeau aux citoyens de Saint John. Elle commanda et exécuta un remise à neuf du site complet qui comprenait la construction de sentiers de briques et de granite, de bancs, de portails commémoratifs, de clôtures et de lampadaires. Des centaines d’arbres et de milliers de fleurs et d’arbustes ont été plantes, puis, la magnifique fontaine de castor fut érigée.

En 1925 K.C. Irving établit son premier commerce a Saint John sur la rue Union adjacent au cimetière. Pendant de nombreuses années il a pu regarder ce site de son bureau situé dans l’immeuble Golden Ball.

Le castor du Canada, motif important que l’on retrouvé partout sur la site, représente le nombreux efforts, l’initiative et la ténacité des fondateurs de la ville et de ceux qui les ont suivis.

Les gens de Saint John remercient chaleureusement la famille Irving pour avoir ravivé la fierté envers ce site historique.

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

Halifax’s Cable Wharf

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Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax
The Cable Wharf was purpose built in 1913 by the Western Union Telegraph Company and measures 108 x 17 metres (355 x 54 feet). It is where the company’s cable ships, Minia, Lord Kelvin and Cyrus Field docked and underwent minor repairs. Also serving as a supply and maintenance depot for the vessels and their equipment, The Cable Wharf was a prominent feature of the city’s waterfront and a thriving enterprise for over 50 years.

Cable Ready
The bottom floor of the 91 x 9 metres (300 x 30 foot) Cable Wharf building was a warehouse of hundreds kilometres of cable. Carefully coiled into massive storage tanks, the cable then be readily off-loaded into similar tanks located within the cable ships’ hull by cable crews. Such equipment included: grapnels and anchors, chains, buoys, bales of wire and wire rope, batteries and lanterns.

In April of 1912, Minia which in later years was based at The Cable Wharf was one of four vessels chartered to search in the icy waters off Newfoundland for Titanic victims. Of the 17 deceased located by the Minia’s crew, two were buried at sea and 15 were brought to Halifax for burial in local cemeteries.

Learn more about this story by visiting the Titanic exhibit at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Important Hub
Halifax is strategically located in relation to Europe. Its deep, ice-free harbour and excellent marine repairs and supply facilities meant that this port became the service headquarters for the transatlantic cable links to North America. The city was home to three cable wharves: the Commercial Cable Company facility at Karsen’s Wharf (now the site of Casino Nova Scotia), the Compagnie Française Des Câble Télégraphiques wharf in north Dartmouth and the Western Union facility located here.

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

Barocke Kreuzigungsgruppe

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Germany, Bavaria, Kreis Schweinfurt, Gerolzhofen
Errichtet 1740 vom Bierbrauer-Ehepaar Johann Georg und Maria Barbara Stephan zur Erinnerung an drei ihrer 13 Kinder, die bereits im Kindesalter starben. Bei der Kirchenerweiterung um 1900 entfernt, 1985 wieder errichtet und 2008 renoviert durch Altbürgermeister Franz Stephan und Ehefrau Hildegard zum Gedenken an ihre Vorfahren.

Geschichte für alle - historischer Verein in Gerolzhofen, e.V.
Dr. Ottmar Wolf – Kulturstiftung

Marker text translated into English:

Erected in 1740 by by Johann Georg Stephan, brewmaster, and his wife, Maria Barbara, in memory of three of their 13 children who died in childhood. Removed in 1900 when the church was expanded, reinstalled in 1985, and renovated in 2008 by former Mayor Franz Stephan and his wife Hildegard in memory of their ancestors.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dock Street Generating Station

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New Brunswick, Saint John County, Saint John
English
The New Brunswick Electric Power Commission’s DOCK STREET PLANT, built on this site in 1889, was the longest continually operating electrical generation station in the world.

Built by the Saint John Railway Company, the 18,000 kilowatt plant was acquired by N B Power on January 1, 1948 and was retired from service on August 23, 1976 following more than 87 years of continuous and reliable service to the people of Saint John and surrounding area.

Dedicated by the 25-Year-Club
June 23, 1983

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La centrale DOCK STREET de la Commission d’énergie électrique de Nouveau-Brunswick a été construite sur ce site en 1889 et son fonctionnement lui a valu le record mondial de durée d’exploitation.

Aménagée par la Saint John Railway Company, cette centrale de 18,000 kilowatts a été achetée par Energie N.-B. le 1er janvier 1948 et déclassée le 23 août 1976, après avoir desservi de façon fiable et continue la ville de Saint-Jean et la région avoisinante pendant une période de 87 ans.

Plaque dédiée par le Club des 25 ans
le 23 juin 1983

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

County Forest

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New York, Genesee County, Bethany
First county forest in the state. Begun in 1915 by Genesee Co. 159,500 trees were planted here on poor farm lands prior to 1935.

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Memory of George F. Fleming

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New York, Genesee County, Bethany
He instigated the first tree planting in 1915. He continued annual planting for many years. This was the beginning of the Genesee County Park.

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Burial Ground

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New York, Genesee County, Alabama
First known burial 1829. Final resting place of many early settlers of the Town of Alabama.

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

Reverend George S. Brown

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Vermont, Lamoille County, Wolcott

Reverend Brown was the first African American Methodist minister in Vermont. He was born in Newport, RI and became a Methodist minister in Kingsbury, NY in 1833. He made a living by building stone walls; many of which are still standing today. Brown served as a missionary to Liberia from 1837-1843. In 1855 he organized Methodist classes in Wolcott and supervised the building of the church in 1856. As far as can be determined this is the only church he served in the United States as the preacher in charge. He died in Glens Falls, NY.

(African Americans • Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Johnsbury Trade School

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Vermont, Caledonia County, Saint Johnsbury

Vermont's first and for many years only four year vocational school opened on Western Avenue on September 3, 1918. Needing skilled workers during World War I, Fairbanks, Morse & Co. started an all-day co-operative school where young men could learn a skilled trade, earn money and obtain a high-school education. The original building, known as the Casino, was partially remodeled in 1919 and completely remodeled in 1927. The first out-of-town students arrived for vocational training in 1927. The "new" Trade School Building, built in 1942 on the site of Sir Thaddeus Fairbanks' estate, is currently the St. Johnsbury Middle School.

Principals of the Vocational/Trade School:
Stanley J. Steward 1918-1923 G. Maynard Trafton 1923-1941
Everett Winslow 1941-1942 G. Maynard Trafton 1942-1946
Lewis J. Streeter 1946-1970

(Education • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Robert Sanders House 1750

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New York, Schenectady County, Schenectady
Washington Visited
Here in 1775
Later Became Schenectady
Female Academy


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

"Mother Lake"

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New York, Montgomery County, Amsterdam
Leonora Barry - Lake
1849 - 1930 Millhand Elected
Knights of Labor National
Head. Credited for First
Mill Inspection Law.
George E. Pataki, Governor


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

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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New York, Albany County, Guilderland
Home Of
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
B.1793 - D. 1864
Glass Maker, Explorer, Author,
Poet, Authority On
American Indians.


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

First American Platform Scale

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Vermont, Caledonia County, Saint Johnsbury

After experimenting with new types of farm equipment, plows and stoves, Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale here in 1830. With his brothers Erastus and Joseph, he founded the company which still bears their name. Many St. Johnsbury public institutions were gifts of this talented family.

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

George Lansing Fox

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Vermont, Essex County, East Concord

Called from his Gilman parish to serve as a Chaplain in World War II, First Lieutenant Fox died when the Dorchester was torpedoed in the North Atlantic. Giving his life jacket to a soldier, he perished with three other chaplains, in one of the most heroic acts of the War.

(Heroes • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vermont

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Vermont, Essex County, Guildhall

U.S. 2 is the major highway between the Atlantic and Lake Champlain. It leads through St. Johnsbury, the maple sugar center, down the Winooski River to Montpelier, through the tallest mountains at Bolton Gorge to Lake Champlain at Burlington, University center and the state’s largest city.

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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