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The Henry Boose Site

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Ohio, Allen County, Lima
In 1959 this area was discovered to be an almost four thousand year old burial ground of the Glacial Kame People-named for the distinctive gravel elevations in which their dead were buried. The area was once a farm owned by Henry Boose, an early resident of Allen County.

(Anthropology • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Point Farm

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Ohio, Hamilton County, North Bend


(DAR emblem)

Point Farm given by William Henry Harrison February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841 ninth president of the United States of America to his son, John Scott Harrison, Congressman who reared his son Benjamin Harrison August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901 twenty- third president of the United States of America 1889-1893 “the Point” arises on almost the spot where Ft. Finney stood. erected by Cincinnati Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1959

(Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812 • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Glebe Lands

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Nova Scotia, Annapolis County, Annapolis Royal
The modern-day market in Annapolis Royal sits on land that for much of the town’s history was church property. The earliest Roman Catholic Church, built of stone, was located next to the fort and destroyed following Sir William Phips’ capture of Port-Royal in 1690. Its cemetery and ruins were incorporated into the expanded fort after 1702. For more than a decade afterwards, church services were held in rented rooms in town.

In 1704 the French government purchased this site from Captain Claude-Sébastien de Villieu, who was returning to France. The existing dwelling was used as a presbytery, with plans for a church to be built on an adjoining lot donated to the Roman Catholic Church. Despite the promise of one thousand livres from the French king, Louis XIV, and an additional eight hundred livres pledged by parishioners, the new house of worship never got beyond the planning stage.

Following the town’s final capture by the British in 1710, the property continued as glebe land, but of the Church of England, an arrangement made formal by grant to the garrison chaplain in 1732. In 1748, several contingents of New Englanders, among them John Gorham’s one hundred-man company of Rangers, were billeted her during the War of the Austrian Succession, a turbulent period when Annapolis Royal was successfully defended against several French and Aboriginal attacks.

Throughout most of the mid-1700s, the glebe lands were occupied by military pensioners, soldiers’ widows, and newcomers to the town. Rents were paid annually to Rev. Thomas Wood, the deputy chaplain appointed in 1752, who had decided to remain in the newly-founded capital, Halifax. The line of dwelling that stretched from the northeast corner diagonally southwest to St. Anthony Street became known as ‘Pensioner(s)’ Row.’

The Reverend Mr. Wood moved to Annapolis Royal in 1764 as missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. For some time services were held in a merchant’s store. In 1775 construction was started on St. Luke’s Anglican Church. It was not completed in Rev. Wood’s lifetime (he died in 1778) and in fact was not ready for use when the Loyalists Reverend Jacob Bailey arrived in 1782, due to the difficulty in obtaining materials during the American Revolution. The 500 Loyalists who had arrived with Rev. Bailey were augmented by another 2500 refugees who flooded the town in the fall of 1783. Hundreds were housed in the unfinished church which finally opened for divine service on Easter Day, 1784. It did not survive for long however, and was replaced in 1821 by the present St. Luke’s opposite Fort Anne.

The Church of England sold this property to accommodate the extension of the Windsor & Annapolis Railway to town in 1869. That development necessitated the removal of some two dozen buildings to the periphery of the former glebe lands and to St. James’ Street. For the next fifty years, this site was a railway yard stocking lumber for shipment abroad, and the location of at train station.

(Churches, Etc. • Railroads & Streetcars • War, French and Indian) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grand-Pré Rural Historic District

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Nova Scotia, Kings County, near Grand Pré
English
The villages of Grand-Pré and Hortonville, and the fertile farmlands which surround them, comprise one of the oldest settlement and land use patterns of European origin in Canada. Acadians began settling near Grand-Pré in the 1680s, attracted by the vast stretches of tidal marshes. Employing ingenious dyke-building techniques developed at Port-Royal, Acadian farmers enclosed over one thousand acres of marshlands which, when desalinated, created superior cropland. The houses of Grand-Pré village, scattered amidst the orchards and woodlots of the upper fringe, stood along the southern boundary of the principal marsh. Following the Acadian deportation in 1755, a British township survey was superimposed on the area for the settlement of New England Planters, who adopted the existing marshland agricultural technology. The Planters’ main settlement, which survives as the present villages of Grand-Pré and Hortonville, developed on the site of its Acadian predecessor. The combined agricultural traditions of the Acadians and the Planters have evolved to create a distinctive rural landscape of today’s Grand-Pré.

French
Les villages de Grand-Pré et de Hortonville, ainsi que les fertiles terres agricole qui les entourent, présentent un de modèles européens de colonisation et d’utilisation des terres parmi les plus anciens au Canada. Attirés par les vastes marais côtiers, les Acadiens s’établirent dans les envions de Grand-Pré à partier de années 1680. Les fermiers acadiens utilisèrent les techniques ingénieuses de construction de digues développées à Port-Royal pour encore plus de mille acres de marais qui, un fois dessalé, constituèrent des terres labourables de grande qualité. Les maisons du village de Grand-Pré, situées au milieu des vergers et des boisés des hauteurs périphériques, bordaient la limite sud de marais principal. Après la deportation des Acadiens en 1755, les terres furent redivisées en cantons à la manière britannique en vue de l’arrivée des Planters de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, qui adoptèrent la technologue agricole en place. Le principal établissement des Planters, aujourd’hui les villages de Grand-Pré et de Hortonville, se développa sur le site de l’établissement acadien précédent, Le paysage rural distinctif de l’actuel Grand-Pré est le produit de l’évolution des traditions agricoles des Acadiens et des Acadiens et des Planters.

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

Statue of Evangeline

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Nova Scotia, Kings County, near Grand Pré
English
This statue of Evangeline, heroine of Longfellow’s epic poem, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, is a powerful emotive symbol of the Deportation. It connects the story of Evangeline to the history of Grand Prê.

Two famous sculptors from Quebec were associated with this statue. The Dominion Atlantic Railway (DAR) commissioned Henri Hébert to create the statue. Henri said his composition was inspired from a statuette, entitled L’Acadie, produced by his father, Louis-Philippe Hébert. One of Henri’s sisters, Pauline, posed for the face. The “attitude” depicts Evangeline crying for the lost land.

French
Cette statue d’Évangéline, héroïne du poème épique de Longfellow Évanéline: Conte d’Acadie, est un symbole fort et déchirant de la Déportation. Elle établit le lien entre l’historie d’Évangéline et celle de Grand Pré.

Deux célèbres sculpteurs québécois contribuent à la création de la statue. La Dominion Atlantic Railway, (DAR) demande à Henri Hébert de créer l’oeuvre. Selon Henri, sa composition d’inspire d’une statuette réalisée par son père, Louis-Philippe Hébert, et intitulée L’Acadie. Une des soeurs d’Henri, Pauline, a posé pour le visage. L’attitude représente Évangéline «pleurant le pays perdu».

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

The Expulsion of the Acadians

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Nova Scotia, Kings County, near Grand Pré
English
The expulsion of the Acadians began in 1755, on the eve of the Seven Years’ War. Frustrated with the neutrality of the Acadians who refused to swear an unconditional oath of allegiance to the Crown, British forces began the “grand dérangement.” Over the next eight years, more than 10,000 Acadians were dispersed throughout the American colonies, England and France. After the end of the war in 1763, many returned. They joined the small number of Acadians who had narrowly escaped exile and, with strength and courage, they forged a proud and vibrant community.

French
En 1755, à la veille de la guerre de Sept Ans, débute la déportation des Acadiens. Contrariées par la neutralité des Acadiens qui refusent de prêter serment dans condition à la Couronne, les forces britanniques enclenchent le «grand derangement». Pendant huit ans, plus de 10 000 Acadiens son dispersés par petits groupes dans les colonies américaines, en Angleterre et en France. Après la fin de la guerre en 1763, ils sont nombreux à reprendre le chemin de retour. Ils se joignent alors au peu d’Acadiens ayant échappé à l’exil et construisent, avec force et courage, une communauté fière et dynamique.

(Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Little Falls Commercial Historic District

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Minnesota, Morrison County, Little Falls


The Little Falls Commercial Historic District is comprised of 32 contributing buildings that were constructed between 1887 and 1936, a time of tremendous growth for the city. The construction of the Little Falls dam in 1887-1888 spurred this growth by attracting major industries (milling, lumber, and manufacturing) to town to take advantage of the water power it generated.

Prior to dam construction, the 1880 census showed a population of 508 people in Little Falls. By 1890, the population more than quadrupled, reaching 2,354 people. By 1895, it had grown again, more than doubling, to a total of 5,116.

[Aerial photo and key to historic district]

The population boom brought with it a boom in building homes and commercial buildings, including those in the Historic District. The architectural styles of the era - Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Tudor Revival, Italian Renaissance, and Moderne - inspired the look of the Historic District. A local flair was added through the use of yellow brick produced in three brickyards that were located on the western edge of the city.

Two post-1920 factors also contributed to the evolution of the community and Historic District: The construction of highways that led to the development of the tourism industry, and the establishment of Camp Ripley, a National Guard training facility about 10 miles north of Little Falls.

National Register of Historic Places
The Little Falls Commercial Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

In addition, the City of Little Falls has 8 other properties on the National Register.

• The Burton-Rosenmeier House (home of the Little Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau)
• Episcopal Church of Our Savior
• Little Falls Carnegie Library
• Morrison County Courthouse
• Northern Pacific Depot (home of the Little Falls Area Chamber of Commerce)
• Our Lady of Angels Academy
• Pine Tree Lumber Company Office
• Charles A. Weyerhaeuser and Richer Drew Musser Houses (Linden Hill)

Little Falls Dam
The construction of the Little Falls Dam in 1887-1888 brought immediate improvements to the city. In addition to creating jobs, the dam and power plant provided the city's residential and commercial areas with an excellent lighting system and water supply.

City Hall & Courthouse
Little Falls was initially platted in 1855, was organized as a village in 1879, and was incorporated as a city in 1889. Two major public buildings were constructed in 1890-1891, the original Little Falls City Hall and the Historic Morrison County Courthouse.

Bank Square
The intersection of East Broadway and First Street within the Little Falls Commercial Historic District became the city's financial center and was known as "Bank Square." The Morrison County Bank, founded circa 1881, was located in the southwestern corner of the intersection. It eventually became known as the German American National Bank.

The First National Bank was organized in 1888 and in 1891 was housed in the newly-completed Butler Block, located in the northwestern corner of the intersection.

Buckman Hotel
The Historic District served as a social and cultural focal point for the community as buildings such as the Buckman Hotel housed numerous social gatherings.

Historic Downtown Walking and Driving Tour Brochures
[Acrylic box holding brochures]

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Women Veterans Memorial

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Wisconsin, Clark County, near Neillsville
In Honor and Remembrance of
the Women of Wisconsin
Who Have Served Our Nation
Dedicated September 19, 1992

Donated by
The Wisconsin Women and Men
of Vietnam Veterans of America

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

Duluth Japanese Peace Bell Garden

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Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Duluth


In 2005, a group of citizens from Duluth and Ohara (now Isumi City), Japan proposed to honor the Sister Cities relationships between our two cities by creating an authentic environment for the Peace Bell placed in Duluth's Enger Park in 1994. Mathew Daly of the SAS Associates from Duluth designed the garden.

The garden design was based on traditional elements of a Japanese garden - stone, water, plantings and man-made objects - traditions rooted in centuries. Yet, this garden is organic to northern Minnesota. The bedrock and the boulders of Enger Park give the garden its structure, the dry stream and the raked lake (Zen garden) represent water waves and ripples. The manufactured objects include a traditional covered entryway, a bridge, stone lanterns, a pagoda and stone benches. As you stroll through the garden, take time to reflect in peaceful contemplation and discover each element as it presents itself to you from a different view point.

The Duluth Sister Cities Japanese Peace Bell Garden Committee, the City of Duluth Grounds Department workers and many volunteers dedicated countless hours to the construction and maintenance of the garden.

The garden was dedicated in August of 2010 in commemoration of the 20 years as Sister Cities with Ohara-Isumi City, Japan.

From the dedication:
"It will take many years for... [the garden] to grow and mature, to change, and to be changed. But through the years we will gather the fruits of our labor: learn about tradition, reflect on the past, find strength for the future, discover who we are, honor each other, and celebrate peace."
Irina Haller, August 20, 2010

(Environment • Man-Made Features • Peace) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Japanese Peace Bell Garden

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Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Duluth


This garden celebrates Duluth's sister city relationship with Ohara Isumi-City, Japan.

THE PEACE BELL
During World War II, the Japanese government instructed villages to donate metal to be melted down for ammunition. Ohara Isumi-City dismantled their city's prized Buddhist temple bell. By the end of the war, the bell was still intact and a naval crew from the USS Duluth carried it to Duluth and it became a gift to the City.

In 1954, the ancient Buddhist temple bell was returned to Ohara Isumi-City. In 1993 Ohara Isumi-City presented Duluth with a replica of the bell, which now resides in this park.

THE JAPANESE GARDEN
The Japanese garden was created to commemorate 20 years of friendship with Duluth's Sister City. The garden's design is based on Japanese gardens of past centuries.

There are four basic elements to a tradition Japanese garden: stones, water, plants and man-made objects. The structure of this garden is based on natural rock formations and stones arranged to visually represent streams, ponds and lakes. The lake is actually dry, but it is filled with small rocks raked to look like waves.

The manufactured objects include a covered entryway, a bridge, two stone lanterns, a stone pagoda and a few stone benches, which encourages walkers to linger and reflect.

(Environment • Man-Made Features • Peace • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ohara Peace Bell

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Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Duluth


The following is a translation of the text found on the bell. This bell, The Japan-US Friendship Peace Bell, is a close replica of the bell displayed in Ohara Park in the town of Ohara, Chiba Japan. It was cast in commemoration of the Sister City relationship between Ohara and Duluth, and respectfully presented to Duluth. The original peace bell (1986), which was in the former Cho-ei Temple, is the oldest remaining bell in Ohara. Ohara donated the bell to a wartime scrap drive, but for some reason it was never destroyed. After WWII in 1946, sailors on the USS Duluth found the bell, took it to the US, and gave it to the City of Duluth, where it was displayed in City Hall.

In 1951 the Dean of the Chiba University school of Horticulture was pursuing academic travel in the US. He learned of the bell's existence, met with Mayor of Duluth, and asked for its return. Through the kindness of Duluth's Mayor George Johnson, the wonderful effort of Professor Peterson of the University of Minnesota, and the cooperation of the US Air Force and Navy, the bell crossed the Pacific Ocean and returned to Ohara on May 2nd, 1954.

At the return ceremony, attended by Glen Shaw of the US Embassy, and by the commander of the US military stationed in Yokosuka, Ohara Mayor Tsuchiya Yukimasa renamed the bell the "Japan-US Friendship Peace Bell." The bell is a symbol of peace and friendship between our two countries.

The Bell was cast by Oigo Jiuemon, Takaoka City, Japan. The Bell tower was built through the cooperation of Ohara's and Duluth Sister City Commissions, and dedicated on June 5th, 1994. Grey Doffin and Jeff Kern, Duluth, carpenters.

(Man-Made Features • Peace • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oneota

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Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Duluth


Originally the area below was called Oneota, one of several early towns which survived to form modern Duluth. Oneota was the site of the first sawmill in the region, built in 1855 at the present site of the iron ore docks. Among the early residents of Oneota were Lewis Merritt and his seven sons, known as the "seven iron men", who helped open the Mesabi Range and built one of the first railroads to transport iron ore to Lake Superior docks. At the far right is Morgan Park, former site of a large steel and cement making complex. Built in 1915, Morgan Park was one of the first planned communities in the nation. As one's eye moves eastward one sees Grassy Point; the Lake Superior Paper Company; Minnesota Power Co's Hibbard Power Plant; the Richard Bong Memorial Bridge, Wheeler Field; Wade Municipal Stadium; docks which load pellets and ore onto Lake vessels, a storage yard for taconite pellets; a panorama of St. Louis Bay (Duluth's inner harbor) to Rice's Point and the John A. Blatnik High Bridge; the Outer Harbor; Minnesota Point; and the Aerial Life [sic - Lift] Bridge; Lake Superior and the Enger Memorial Tower.

One of a series of Skyline Drive Commemorative Plaques erected in 1972 by the Duluth Lions Club in cooperation with the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce Convention & Visitors Bureau.

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The French Settlement of Saint-Pierre

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Nova Scotia, Richmond County, St. Peter's
English
Nicolas Denys, a merchant from Tours, France, arrived here in 1650 to restore an abandoned Portuguese fort called San Pedro. He renamed it Saint-Pierre, and set out to pursue fishing and trading - primarily in furs. Fort Saint-Pierre, his 17th century fortified trading post was located here, adjacent the late 19th century Lockmaster’s House which is now standing on the site.

This was a busy place at the time, having served for thousands of years as a portage and a meeting place for the native Mi’kmaq and their ancestors. With Denys’ arrival on the scene, Saint-Pierre became a point of economic and cultural contact between two peoples with differing cultures.

In addition to several structures accommodating a few dozen French inhabitants, workshops, storage, a chapel and a cemetery, Denys constructed a haulover road of wooden skids on the route of the portage. This enabled him to haul vessels, mainly chaloupes, with oxen between the Bras d’Or Lake and the Atlantic Ocean, giving him a similar advantage to the Mi’kmaq who used the route to carry their lightweight canoes. The haulover road was still visible at the beginning of the 20th Century, before enlargement of the adjacent canal which has been operating since 1869.

Denys found, among other things, that the Mi’kmaq knew how to weave porcupine quills ‘just as one makes tapestry’. He traded with and collaborated with the Mi’kmaq in a mutually beneficial way that typified much of the French and Acadians' historical relationships with the native people.

For 18 years Denys engaged in fisheries, manufacturing of lumber and cultivation of land at Saint-Pierre and reigned supreme at the centre of Cape Breton Island’s trading activities. But his occupation was not trouble-free and he had his enemies. In the winter of 1669 his home and business were completely destroyed by fire. Heartbroken and in financial ruin he moved with his family to establish a trading post at Nipisiquit, now known as Bathurst, New Brunswick.

Evidence from the archaeologist
The ruins of Fort Saint-Pierre lay relatively undisturbed until the construction of the canal. Fill from the canal bed was dumped into the sea, creating a new strip of land in front of the site. When the lockmaster’s house was built in 1876 the outlines of the fort were obscured. In 1985 Parks Canada conducted test excavations to assess the nature and condition of the archaeological remains. Although limited in scope, the excavations yielded a great deal of material from the Denys period.

French
Nicolas Denys, marchand de Tours, en France, arriva ici en 1650 pour restaurer un fort portugais abandonné appelé San Pedro. Il le renomma Saint-Pierre et entreprit de se livrer à la pêche et au commerce, surtout le commerce des fourrures. C’est ici qu’était situé fort Saint-Pierre, son poste de traite fortifié de XVIIᵉ siècle, adjacent à la maison de maître-éclusier, maison datant de la fin du XIXᵉ siècle et qui se trouve maintenant sur la terrain.

L’endroit fut très occupé à cette époque, les Mi’kmaq et leurs ancêtres s’en servant depuis des milliers d’années comme lieu du portage et de rencontre. Avec l’arrivée de Denys, Saint-Pierre devint un point de contact économique et culturel entre deux peuples aux cultures différentes.

Outre plusieurs structures qui servirent à quelques dizaines d’habitants français, ainsi des ateliers, un entrepôt, un chapelle et un cimetière, Denys construisit un chemin de traînage un moyen de rondins disposés de travers sur le chemin de portage. Cela lui permit de tirer des navires sur terre, surtout des chaloupes, au moyen de boeufs entre le lac Bras d’Or et l’océan Atlantique, et lui donna un avantage semblable à celui des Mi’kmaq qui utilisèrent la chemin pour transporter leurs canots légers. Le chemin de traînage était toujours visible au début de XXᵉ siècle avant l’élargissement du canal adjacent qui est en service depuis 1869.

Denys découvrit, entre autres, que les Mi’kmaq savaient comment tresser des pics de porc-épic ‘comme on fait une tapisserie’. Il commerça et collabora avec les Mi’kmaq d’une manière mutuellement bénéfique qui illustra l’essence même des rapports historiques que les Français et les Acadiens ont entretenus avec ce Autochtones.

Pendant 18 ans, Denys se livra à la pêche, à la coupe du bois et à la culture de la terre à Saint-Pierre et il fut le maître absolu des activités commerciales de l’ile du Cap-Breton. Son occupation ne fut pas san problème et on lui connaissait des ennemis. À l’hiver 1669, sa maison et son magasin furent complètement détruits par le feu. Décourage et ruiné, il déménagea avec sa famille pour aller fonder un poste de traite à Nipisiguit, maintenant connu sous le nom de Bathurst, au Nouveau-Brunswick.

Ce que nous disent les archéologues
Les ruines de fort Saint-Pierre restèrent relativement intactes jusqu’a la construction du canal, Le remblai provenant du lit du canal fut décharge en mer, créant une nouvelle langue de terre devant le lieu. La construction de la maison de maître-éclusier en 1876 obscurcit les formes du fort. En 1985, Pacs Canada effectua des fouilles d’exploration pour évaluer la nature et la condition des vestiges archéologiques. Bien que leur portée ait été limitée, les fouilles fournirent beaucoup de renseignements sur la période de Denys.

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

Crestview Lodge #364 F&AM PHA

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Florida, Okaloosa County, Crestview
Chartered 1904, Augusta G. Conyers, WM
Went inactive in 1942-43, Will Lewis, WM
Reactivated October 1944, K.L. Popleon, WM
Renamed J.R.L. Conyers Lodge #364, 1980
James R.L. Conyers, WM

(African Americans • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Celebration of 150 Years

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Alabama, Marshall County, Albertville

(side 1)
Albertville, located in Marshall County in northeast Alabama, was named for Thomas A. Albert, one of the first area residents. It lies on Sand Mountain, a plateau approximately 25 miles wide and 75 miles long. Albertville was hunting ground for the Indians until the early 1800s. Migration to this region began in 1844 and continued steadily until the advent of the Civil War. In 1872, another migration into the area began due to word of its rich soil and bountiful forest. Albertville was first settled around 1850. The first post office was established on January 13, 1860. On February 18, 1891, Albertville was officially incorporated as a city. One of the worst tornadoes in Alabama’s history destroyed Albertville in 1908, but the town was rebuilt. An electric system was quickly built and the city water system was inaugurated in 1909. The first hospital was built in 1917. (Continued on other side) (side 2) (Continued from other side) The origins of present-day Albertville can be traced to 308 West Main Street. In 1856, the community became known as Jones Chapel, named for Vincent Jones, an early settler who arrived in the area prior to 1830. In 1856, what is now present-day First United Methodist Church was organized on this site. In 1895, the church relocated to its present site on Madison Avenue and their former church building was purchased by the Primitive Baptist Church. In 1883, what is now First Baptist Church was organized across the street on the western side of the Old City Cemetery. In 1900, that church relocated to its present-day East Main Street location. The first school, where the first sessions of the Seventh District Agricultural School were held, was built adjoining the Methodist Church. In 2008, the City of Albertville designated Little Branch Church as a future museum and cultural center.

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Seventh District Agricultural School

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Alabama, Marshall County, Albertville

The Alabama Legislature passed an act in February of 1893 calling for the construction of agricultural schools to be built in each of Alabama’s congressional districts. The city of Albertville was chosen as the site for the seventh congressional district school and a large wooden building was constructed in 1894. On January 12, 1912, that building was destroyed by fire. Later that year, on the same site, a new three-story brick Classical Revival style building with a T-shaped floor plan was constructed. In 1936 the school became the center of the new Albertville High School complex controlled by the Albertville Board of Education. The old school was designated the Hobdy building in honor of the early school president, J.B. Hobdy. This school has continued to provide secondary education for more than 90 years. The building was listed to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage in 1995.

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

Birthplace of Albertville

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Alabama, Albertville

The City of Albertville traces its origin here to 406 East Main Street, where on Jan. 13, 1860, James C. Miller (1833-1862) established a post office in his log cabin home, which also doubled as the community’s first store. Miller, who was later killed during the War Between the States, named the post office “Albertville” in honor of his father-in-law, Thomas A. Albert (1796-1876).

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Bethel United Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery

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Alabama, Marshall County, Asbury

Organized by 1847 as one of the first churches on Sand Mountain. First meeting house erected 1855; buildings at present site constructed about 1885 and 1927. Preachers included Samuel Tyler, Levi Isbell, Jacob K. Dowdy, James R. Isbell, James R. Jones, Charles L.Isbell, George D. Drain, Nick Hulgan, Zack Isbell and Mark Hyde. Five daughter churches constituted between 1862 and 1895, including nearby Concord in 1870. Cemetery begun 1876. Sarah (Birdwell) Isbell among first white settlers in Madison County, 1805. Ambrose Nall a sailor in Union blockade of the Confederacy. Elijah Isbell and John Bearden veterans of Union cavalry during Civil War.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carver-Hill H.S.

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Florida, Okaloosa County, Crestview
"Home of the Panthers"
Grades 1-12
An African-American
Institution of Learning

(African Americans • Education • Sports) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Doolittle Raiders

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Florida, Okaloosa County, Eglin Air Force Base
The Doolittle Raid, U.S. Army Special Mission No. 1 of World War II., was a daring one-way mission of 16 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers with 80 aircrew, commanded by Lt Col James "Jimmy" Doolittle to carry out America's first offensive attack on Japan.

From Mar 9-25, 1942, the Raiders, assisted by Naval Air Station Pensacola, secretly trained at Eglin Main and Wagner Field, Eglin Aux Field No. 1. Personnel at Eglin Field also made extensive modifications to the aircraft.

On April 18, 1942, Doolittle's B-25s took off from the USS Hornet for their long overwater flight to Japan. After the attack, the Japanese captured eight crewmembers and executed three as war criminals. One died in captivity from sickness. In retaliation for aiding 65 Raiders to safety, the Japanese Army executed up to 250,000 Chinese. The Soviet Union interned one five-man crew after they landed their B-25 in Soviet territory.

The raid had little tactical impact, but it did significantly raise American morale in the dark days of early 1942 and led directly to the strategic American victory at the Battle of Midway, June 5-7, 1942. It also foreshadowed the Strategic Bombing Campaign of Japan, 1944-45.

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.
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