Gaines District No.5 1849 School House

October 25, 2014, 6:07 am

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New York, Orleans County, Gaines

Was used until 1952. Made
of lake-washed stone it is
one of over 900 cobblestone
masonry buildings built in
N.Y. State from 1825 to 1860.
Marker in memoriam Elwood Lawrence, Teacher, 1951-52

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Pioneer Settler

October 25, 2014, 6:10 am

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New York, Orleans County, Gaines
March 3, 1807 this land was
chosen by the first settler
in the town of Gaines, 8 on
Ridge Rd in Orleans County,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert

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First Church

October 25, 2014, 6:12 am

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New York, Orleans County, Gaines
Built for public worship
on Ridge Road between
Niagara and Genesee Rivers
north of Batavia
Erected in 1824

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First Academy

October 25, 2014, 6:15 am

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New York, Orleans County, Gaines
Between the Niagara and
Genesee. Built in 1825.
Incorporated in 1827
Admitted to the Regents of
State of N. Y. in 1830

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North Conway 5¢ and 10¢ Store

October 25, 2014, 6:16 am

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New Hampshire, Carroll County, North Conway
North Conway
5¢ and 10¢ Store
is listed on the
National Register
Of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

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Tried Stone Baptist Church

October 25, 2014, 12:18 pm

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Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Aliquippa
Founded in 1910 by Rev. Onley and five members, was the first church with African American membership in the Aliquippa area. The present site was built in two phases. In 1922 Rev. Jones built the cellar. In 1945 Rev. Roberts built the church sanctuary.

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66 East Broadway

October 25, 2014, 4:25 pm

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Minnesota, Morrison County, Little Falls


Built 1888
Renovated 2004
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Heritage Preservation Committee

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Victor Building

October 25, 2014, 5:34 pm

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Minnesota, Morrison County, Little Falls


Established 1902
Renovated 2000
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Established 1892
Renovated 2001
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Established 1898
Renovated 2001
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Heritage Preservation Commission

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Rum Running

October 25, 2014, 5:47 pm

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Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg
English
From 1920 until 1933, the sale of alcohol was prohibited due to the strong “Temperance Movement” in the United States. This prompted a demand for smuggled liquor which proved to be a lucrative business for organized chrome in the United States and for Nova Scotian fishing vessels an their crews. They would load barrels of liquor at the French port of Saint Pierre off the south coast of Newfoundland or from larger ships off shore and transport their valuable cargo to just outside the United States 12-mile limit where it was transferred to smaller American craft for the “run” to shore. Although dangerous work, it was legal as long as the Canadian vessel did not enter United States territorial waters. It paid better than fishing and provided a boost to the Town’s economy during the Great Depression.

When the United States Coast Guard cutters began patrolling outside American territorial waters, the slower, black-hulled fishing schooners or “blacks” as they were known to the Coast Guard, proved unsuited for the trade. Construction of a new type of motor-powered vessel, built specifically to elude detection and escape quickly if discovered, provided employment for boatyards all over the province. These vessels were known as the “Banana Fleet” because of their sleek shape and low profile. Although only a few rum runners were built in Lunenburg, many were owned by Lunenburg companies and crewed by Lunenburg fishermen. The sinking of the Lunenburg rum runner I’m Alone off the coast of Louisiana in March 1929, sparked an international incident between Canada and the United States. The Americans later paid compensation to her captain and crew for mistakenly sinking the vessel.

What Lunenburg street name is a reminder of the rum running era?

French
De 1920 à 1933, le vente d’alcool est interdite aux États-Unis en raison du puissant mouvement en faveur de la sobriété. La prohibition a pour effet de provoquer une demande en alcool de contrebande, ce qui s’avère un commerce lucratif pour le crime organisé au États-Unis et les bateaux de pêche de la Nouvelle-Écosse et leur équipages. Ces dernier embarquent les tonneaux d’alcool dans la port français de Saint-Pierre, au large de la côte sud de Terre-Neuve, ou les transbordent à partir des grands bateaux qui mouillent au large, pus transportent leurs précieuses cargaisons juste à l’extérieur de la limite de 12 milles des États-Unis où on les transfère à de petites embarcations américaines qui font la course jusqu’à la côte. Bien que le travail soit dangereux, il est légal dans la mesure oû les bateaux canadiens ne s’aventurent pas dans les eaux territoriales américaines. Ce travail est plus lucratif que la pêche et stimule l’économie de la ville pendant la Crise.

Lorsque les vedettes de la garde côtière commencent à patrouiller à l’extérieur des eaux territoriales américaines, les goélettes de pêches lentes et à coques noires, les «blacks» comme les appellent la garde côtière, s’avèrent impropres à ce commerce. La construction d’un nouveau type de bateau à moteur conçu spécialement pour échapper à la détection et s’enfuir rapidement en cas de repérage, occupe les chantiers navals de partout dans la province. Il s’agit de la «flotte de bananiers», appelés ainsi à cause de leur forme pure et de leur profil bas. Bien que peu de navires contrebandiers sont construits à Lunenburg même, bon nombre appartiennent à des entreprises de la place et sont équipés de pêcheurs de la place. L’attaque du I’m Alone, navire contrebandier de Lunenburg coulé au large de la Louisiane en mars 1929, provoque un incident diplomatique entre Canada et les États-Unis. Plus tard, les Américains verseront un indemnisation au capitaine et à l’equipage pour avoir coulé par erreur la navire.

Quelle rue de Lunenburg nous rappelle l’époque de la contrebande de l’alcool?

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Gregerson Building

October 25, 2014, 6:02 pm

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Minnesota, Morrison County, Little Falls


Established 1907
Renovated 2006
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Established 1918 & 1919
Renovated 2006
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Harrison & Peterson Building

October 25, 2014, 6:28 pm

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Minnesota, Morrison County, Little Falls


Established 1908
Renovated 1998
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United States Post Office

October 25, 2014, 6:39 pm

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Minnesota, Morrison County, Little Falls


Built 1916
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Heritage Preservation Commission

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US-Dakota War of 1862 Aftermath

October 25, 2014, 9:06 pm

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Minnesota, Kandiyohi County, near Lake Lillian
The United States Army responded to the U.S. - Dakota War of 1862 by carrying out federal government security policies of removing remaining noncombatant Dakota people and pursuing combatants while protecting settled areas. In August 1863, Jesse V. Branham, Sr., William Branham and William and Charles Kruger harvested grain on William Kruger's farm eight miles south of Forest City. They tethered their horses that night and woke the next morning to find their horses missing. They spotted a trail leading to the west towards Kandiyohi County. A group of mounted soldiers followed the trail leading west into this area. Here they found the horses tethered and two Dakota men sound asleep. The soldiers surrounded the Dakotas, and fired a gun. The Dakota awoke fighting and nearly killed or captured the soldiers in a melee before they, themselves, were killed.

This project has been financed in part with funds provided by
the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and
Cultural Heritage Fund and the Kandiyohi County Historical Society.

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First Peoples

October 25, 2014, 9:52 pm

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Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg
English
The earliest inhabitants of these lands were the Mi’kmaq. Their nation included most of the territory that later became Acadia and possibly parts of Newfoundland. This area was called Mi’kma’ki. It consisted of seven regions, each with its own Chief and Council, with the Grand Chief residing in Cape Breton. The Lunenburg area, “Merligueche”, was part of the Sikepne’ktik district, which included south and southwestern Nova Scotia.

The Mi’kmaq practiced a hunting and gathering way of life, greatly influenced by the seasons. Merligueche was a summer community, where the Mi’kmaq harvested shellfish, including lobster, and ocean species, such as cod and bass. They were able to dry fish and gather berries here in preparation for winter. In winter, families would head inland along the LaHave River “Pijelooaskak” to make camp and hunt for moose, caribou and small game.

French
Les premiers habitants de ces terres étaient les autochtones mi’kmaq. Leur nation s’étendait sur la plus grande partie du territoire qui allait plus tard s’appeler l’Acadie et possiblement sur des parties de Terre-Neuve. Cette région s’appelait Mi’kma’ki. Elle se divisait en sept secteurs, chacun étant pourvu de son chef et de son conseil. Le secteur de Lunenburg connu sous le nom de «Merligueche», faisait partie du district de Sikepme’ktik, qui comprenait le sud et le sud-ouest de la Nouvelle-Écosse.

Les Mi’kmaq se livraient à la chasse et à la cueillette pour assurer leur subsistance; leur mode de vie suivait beaucoup le rythme des saisons. Merligueche était un collectivité estivale où les Mi’kmaq faisaient la pêche au crustacés, dont le homard, et aux espèces marines telles que la morue et le bar. Ils faisaient également sécher le poisson et cueillaient des baies en prévision de l’hiver. En hiver, les familles se dirigeaient à l’intérieur des terres le long de la vallée de la rivière LaHève où elles installaient leur campement et chassaient l’orignal, le caribou et le petite gibier.


Mikmawiskmk
Ta’n wenik mawi amskwesewaq ula maqikek ne Mi’kmaq. Eimu’tipnik ula maqmikew ta’n kiskuk ter-nenasik Ake’tia aq etuk pkesikn Ktaqmkuk. Ula uijey maqmikew tel-nenasikip Mi’kma’ki. L’uiknek te’sikipnn maqnukal ta’n mawa’tmk Mi’kma’kitip aq e’tasiw maqmikew pema’toqop saqaw aq elukowji. Kji-saqmaw wikip Unama’kik. Nike’kiskuk, Lunenburg, ta’n i’-tluisikip Makikewe’j tle’tip Sikepne’ktik ta’n wiaqtaqne’wasikip pkite’snuke’l Nopa Sko’sia.

Mi’kmaq ketantaqatipnik aq mewisultipnil nipkl. Malikewe’ji-wskowita’pnik pasik nipkl ta’n ktantu’titew nine’juey staqe nike’jakejk, aq apaqtukewe’k mine’jk staqe nike’ peju’k aq ji’ka’wk. Tett etl-luk wala’tipni mine’jk aq mawte’mi’tipnn pkwimann ilajuktmi’tip kesik. Ta’n tujiw kesik kitu’ ika’q, mimajuinu’k eliwsultipnik kisoqe’k teluisik Pijelu’aska’q ta’n wiki’titaqq aq ktana’tita tia’mu, qalipu’a aq me’j ktikik waisisji’jk.

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Foreign Protestant Settlement in Lunenburg

October 25, 2014, 10:03 pm

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Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg
English
In 1750, British authorities, mistrustful of the colony’s large Acadian population, began encouraging immigration by settlers of more obvious loyalties. These settlers became known as the “Foreign Protestants.” They came from the German Palatinate, Switzerland and the French principality of Montbéliard drawn by the promis of free land, tools and rations and a wish to escape the religious persecution, taxation and over population of their homeland.

In the early 1750’s, hundred of these Foreign Protestants were first brought to Halifax, where they languished for up to three years. Finally, in June 1753, a flotilla of ships set sail for a harbour known as Merligueche. The British renamed it Lunenburg, in honour of King George II, who was also Duke of Braunschweig-Lünenburg, a principality in Germany. More than 1,400 settlers came ashore at Lunenburg, drawing lots for their homestead grants among the Town’s rigidly laid-out streets. Lunenburg’s original street plan remains intact to this day and was central to “Old Town” Lunenburg’s designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.

French
En 1750, les autorités britanniques. se méfiant de l’importante population acadienne de la colonie, commencent à encourager l’immigration de colons dont l’allégeance est mieux connue. Ces colons sont connus sous le nom de «protestant étrangers». Ils viennent du Palatinat en Allemagne, de Suisse et de la principauté française de Montbéliard, tous attirés par la promesse de recevoir gratuitement terre, outils et rations, et par le désir d’échapper à la persécution religieuse, aux impôts et à la surpopulation dans leurs pays d’origine.

Au début des années 1750, des centaines de ces protestants étrangers arrivent d’abord à Halifax où ils languissent jusque’à trois ans. Enfin, en juin 1753, une flottille de navires met le cap en direction d’un port appelé Merligueche. Les Britanniques renomment l’endroit Lunenburg, en l’honneur du roi George II qui est aussi duc de Braunschweig-Lünenburg, principauté située en Allemagne. Plus de 1 400 colons débarquent sur les rives de Lunenburg et reçoivent par tirage au sort les terres où ils s’établiront, selon un plan rigide d’aménagement de la ville. Le plan original des rues de Lunenburg est toujours le même aujourd’hui et il est un coeur de la décision d’inscrire le Vieux-Lunenburg au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO en 1995.

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The Early Acadian History of Lunenburg

October 25, 2014, 10:09 pm

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Nova Scotia, Lunenburg County, Lunenburg
English
More than a century before the founding of Lunenburg, these lands were inhabited by French-speaking settlers, known as Acadians. Their settlements, including one at Lunenburg, then known by its Mi’kimaq name, Merligueche, began in the 1630’s after French explorer Isaac de Razilly established a fort in nearby LaHave, as the capital of New France.

At Merligueche, Acadian families, notably Claude and Marguerite (Petitpas) Guédry and their children, along with Claude Petitpas and his Mi’kmaq wife Marie-Thérèsa, felled the trees and cleared the rocky soil to establish farms. They also fished and traded with the Mi’kmaq for furs. Sadly, mounting pressure to declare allegiance to the British Crown, in addition to tension between the British and Mi’kmaq, began to undermine the community so that by the time the township of Lunenburg was founded in 1753 only one Acadian household remained in Merligueche. That household belonged to Paul Labrador, or “Old Labrador” as he was called in the journals of British officials, a Guédry descendent.

French
Plus d’un siècle avant le fondation de Lunenburg, ces terres étaient habitées par des colons de langue française - les Acadiens. Leur colonies, y compris celle de Lunenburg, désignée alors par son nom mi’kmaq de Merligueche, on commencé dans les années 1630 après que l’explorateur français Isaac de Razilly eût établi un fort loin à LaHave, alors capitale de la Nouvelle-France.

À Merligueche, des familles acadiennes, notamment Claude et Marguerite (Petitpas) Guédry et leurs enfants, de même que Claude Petitpas et son épouse mi’kmaq Marie-Thérèse, abattent les arbres et préparent le sol rocailleux pour y construire des fermes. Ils font aussi le pêche de même que le commerce de fourrures croissante pour que les habitants prêtent serment d’allégeance à la Couronne britannique, et les tensions entre les Britanniques et les Mi’kmaq, commencent à miner la collectivité à un point tel qu’au moment de la fondation du canton de Lunenburg en 1753, il ne reste qu’une seule famille acadienne à Merligueche. Il s’agite de le famille de Paul Labrador - le «vieux Labrador» comme on l’appelait dans les journaux des fonctionnaires britannique -, un descendant des Guédry.

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The Delicious Apple

October 25, 2014, 10:11 pm

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Iowa, Madison County, Winterset
To
commemorate
the discovery in
Madison County, Iowa
of a variety of apple
by
Jesse Hiatt A.D. 1872
and
called by him
The Hawkeye
Sole right to propagate
acquired by
C.M. Stark A.D. 1894
and by him renamed
introduced and disseminated
throughout the apple world as
The Delicious Apple

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Mt. Pisgah

October 25, 2014, 10:16 pm

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Iowa, Union County, near Thayer
Site of the
first white settlement
in Union County


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Dorothy Canfield Fisher

October 25, 2014, 10:19 pm

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Vermont, Bennington County, Arlington

Known for her depiction of rural life in Vermont, Fisher was a popular novelist and proponent of education. She introduced the Montessori teaching method to American readers and helped found the Adult Education Association in the U.S. Born in Lawrence, Kansas, she received a Ph.D. from Columbia University and lived most of her life in Arlington at the Canfield family home. After publication of The Brimming Cup in 1921, Fisher became one of the nation’s most popular novelists. She served as the first woman appointed to the Vermont Board of Education and on the selection committee for the Book-of-the-Month Club (1926-1951). In her activities, she supported life-long learning, equal education and job training for women, and racial equality.

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Frisco

October 25, 2014, 10:33 pm

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Utah, Beaver, Frisco
A typical mining town at the foot of the San Francisco Mountain was fed by the fabulously rich Horn Silver Mine. By 1885 over $60,000,000 in zinc, copper, lead, silver, and gold were hauled away by mule train and the Utah Central Railroad. Water was shipped in as well as all supplies. Then the mine caved and people moved away, leaving only a few families of the 4,000 population to maintain their homes, stores, school and church. By the 1920's only memories and the shifting sands were left. Horn Silver Camp Silver Desert Camp Beaver County, Utah

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