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Hopewell Treaty Site

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South Carolina, Pickens County, Clemson

The Hopewell Treaties were the first formal treaties after the battles between the United States and the Southern Native American tribes. Gen. Andrew Pickens, also known as "Skyagunsta" or "Border Wizard Owl," negotiated the treaties with Benjamin Hawkins, Joseph Martin and Lachlan McIntosh.

The Hopewell Treaties opened up western territories to settlement, provided for prisoner exchanges, established boundaries, and facilitated peace and perpetual friendship between the two sides.

The Cherokee negotiations took place with Great Chief Corn Tassel; 36 other chiefs; and nearly 1,000 men, women and children -- including Nanye-hi (aka Nancy Ward), a beloved Cherokee woman -- under Treaty Oak on the Hopewell property. The treaty was signed on November 28, 1785. The Choctaw treaty was signed January 3, 1786 with Chief Yockenahoma and 30 other chiefs. The Chickasaw treaty was last, concluding several days later on January 10 with Chief Head Warrior Piomingo, who shared white beads as a token of peace and friendship.

Each treaty ended with the same sentence. It begins, "The hatchet shall be forever buried, and peace given by the United States of America."

(Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 13 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Masonic Temple

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California, Alameda County, San Leandro
On August 21, 1909, the cornerstone (containing the lists of the Grand Officers and past Masters of Eden Lodge, documents relating to the new temple, copies of local newspapers, old coins and a Bible that had been carried by John Hamilton through three years of the Civil War) was laid by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, William Frank Pierce, who was assisted by a staff of Grand Officers.

The three story building, built of pressed brick with marble fronts for stores, was completed April 15, 1910. The first stores leased were for the San Leandro Post Office and Lynch’s Pharmacy. The County Court House was located here as well as a stage stop later on.

The temple is the home of Fruitvale Lodge No. 113, formerly called Eden Lodge No. 113, established in 1857, it is one of the oldest lodges of the Masonic Order in Alameda County. The Masonic Hall has been the meeting place of many other fraternal organizations over the years, including Estudillo Parlor No. 223, N.S.G.W., which first met here in 1903

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

Masonic Temple Building

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California, Alameda County, San Leandro
The Masonic Temple Building was dedicated on April 15, 1910 and still serves as the home of Eden Lodge #113 of the Freemasons. The Eden Lodge was instituted in San Leandro in 1857, the first fraternal order established here. This three-story two-part commercial block building has an asymmetrical design and a rounded corner that serves as the building’s focal point. It is an example of a historic Masonic Temple and of commercial architecture in downtown San Leandro.

Fraternal organizations such as the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, and the Portuguese Union (U.P.E.C.) were established early in San Leandro, Leaders in these organizations were often also the civic and business leaders of San Leandro.

One popular tenant of this building was the Hirschman Creamery and Candy Store, which occupied the East 14th Street storefront in the early years of the 20th century.

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

Damien Marchessault

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California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
This street is named for Damien Marchessault, a French Canadian, who served twice as mayor of Los Angeles - from 1859-1860 and again from 1861-1865. During his terms in office, the Plaza Church was rebuilt and the City Gas Company was organized. Marchessault and a partner, Jean Louis Sainsevain, worked to provide water for Los Angeles through a system of hollow log pipes.

As Mayor, Marchessault supported a proposal to split California into two states, but this was not approved by the voters.

In 1868, unhappy over public criticism of the water system and the constant problems with the pipes, and also because of despondency over gambling debts, Marchessault committed suicide in the city council chamber.

Spanish Translation
La calle nombró por Damien Marchessault, un Franco Canadiense que presto sus servicios como alcalde de Los Angeles dos veces – de 1859 a 1860 y otra vez de 1861 a 1865. Durante sus períodos en el gobierno se reconstruyó la Iglesia de la Plaza y se organize la Compañia de Gas de la Ciudad (City Gas Company). Marchessault y un socio, Jean Louis Sainsevain, trabajaron en forma conjunta para proveer a Los Angeles de agua mediante in sistema de tuberías hechos de troncos huecos.

Marchessault como alcalde apoyaba una propuesta para divider a California en dos estados, pero esta no fue aprobada por los electors.

Marchessault, poco content con la crítica pública aceerca del sistema de agua y los problemas constants con las tuberías, y Tambien desesperado a causa de deudas de juego, se suicide en la cámara del consejo de la cuidad en 1868.


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

Hopewell, Keowee

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South Carolina, Pickens County, Clemson
Where in 1765, under Treaty Oak, a conflict with the Indians was signed securing peace for the white settlers in the Upcountry.

(Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oat Hill Mine Road

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California, Napa County, Calistoga
Just a stones throw to the north, running through the Palisades, is Oat Hill Mine Road. A narrow and picturesque trail today, it was once used to carry over 160,000 flasks of quicksilver valued at more than $5,000,000 from the Oat Hill Mine to the railhead in Calistoga. Deep grooves cut in the rock by freight wagons are still visible. Built by the county in 1893, it was used by many travelers who could not afford the high price of passage on nearby Lawly Toll Road.

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Biscailuz Building

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California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
This building, located on the site of the Juan Sepulveda adobe, was designed as the United Methodist Church Conference Headquarters and the Plaza Community Center. Today it serves as the Consulate-General of Mexico. In 1968, the building was re-named after Eugene Biscailuz, a former Los Angeles County Sheriff, who had helped Christine Sterling in her struggle to save this historic section of Los Angeles. In 1979, Leo Politi painted a mural on the south and east faces that depicts the Blessing of the Animals, a traditional event held in the Park every year on Easter Saturday.

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

Tomales

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California, Marin County, Tomales
Once the land of the Miwok, Tomales was founded in 1850 by John Keys who shipped potatoes to San Francisco and Warren Dutton who opened the Post Office in 1854. Shipping ended with the siltation of the estuary. From 1875 to 1930 the narrow gauge railroad served this growing community providing transportation for agricultural products. In the late 1800’s Tomales was the second largest town in Marin County and was in contention for county seat. Tomales has survived the 1906 earthquake and five major fires and continues to serve the social commercial and agricultural needs of its residents.

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

Boston

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Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Boston
Elizabeth-7
Boston
Named For
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
1886

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

Kennedy-Nixon Taft-Hartley Debate

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Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, McKeesport
On April 21, 1947, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon debated the Taft-Hartley Labor-Management Relations Act at the Penn-McKee Hotel. The first debate between the two House Labor Committee members was a precursor to the iconic Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate of 1960.

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

West Newton

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Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, West Newton
Led by Gen. Rufus Putnam, the first settlers to establish American government in the Northwest Territory, built boats here to continue their journey from New England and to found Marietta, Ohio. They embarked on their river trip April 2, 1788.

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

Rural Free Delivery

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Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, New Stanton
On November 24, 1896, the U.S. Post Office Department established Pennsylvania's first two rural here in Westmoreland County. One operated from the post office here in New Stanton; the other operated out of nearby Ruffsdale (later spelled "Ruffs Dale"). The nation's first five rural carriers had started out the month before on routes in West Virginia, and by 1905 the U.S. had 32,000 routes. They proved instrumental in breaking down rural isolation.

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

Darr Mine Disaster

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Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, near Smithton
On Dec. 19, 1907, an explosion killed 239 men and boys, many Hungarian immigrants, in Darr coal mine near Van Meter. Some were from the closed Naomi mine, near Fayette City, which exploded on Dec. 1, killing 34. Over 3000 miners died in Dec. 1907, the worst month in U.S. coal mining history. In Olive Branch Cemetery, 71 Darr miners, 49 unknown, are buried in a common grave.

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Labor Unions) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Colonel Edward Cook

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Pennsylvania, Fayette County, near Belle Vernon
Settling here in the 1770s, Cook became a prominent landholder, jurist, and politician. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in Philadelphia in 1776 and served at the State Constitutional Convention. Although a moderate during the Whiskey Rebellion, 1792-94, he joined the tax protesters and was elected chairman of several key rebel meetings.

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

NSGW & Historic District

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California, Napa County, St. Helena
The Native Sons of the Golden West Hall has served for more than a century as a gathering place and social center of community activity within St. Helena. It is situated just outside the SW edge of the St. Helena Historic Commercial District, which begins to the north and east of this building and encompasses the entire commercial downtown on both sides of Main Street. Main Street is set off by three-globed cast-iron street lamps from the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, adding to the classic small-town feel of St. Helena.

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

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery

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California, Sonoma County, Santa Rosa
Established in 1854 with the burial of Thompson Mize on Oliver Beaulieu’s property, this cemetery holds the remains of over 5000 citizens hailing from all parts of the United States and various foreign countries. Graves include famous Sonoma County residents, veterans from the War of 1812 through the Korean War and victims of the 1906 Earthquake. The cemetery expanded over the years to its present 17 acres. By the 1930’s the cemetery fell into disrepair. Acquired by the City in 1979, the cemetery has been maintained since 1994 by volunteers of the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Restoration Committee.

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

St. James Catholic Church

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California, El Dorado County, Georgetown
In May 1980 with the help of Msgr. Patrick Nolan this church was saved from being torn down and was then moved from Main Street to Buffalo Hill by the Jeepers Jamboree Committee for Preservation as a historical building of early Georgetown.

Dedicated May 1982 by Joseph Flynn, Supervisor
District Four, El Dorado County
Jeepers Jamboree Committee
H.S. Bliss • W.S. Butts • Gene Chappie • Ken Collins • Harold Krabbenhoff • Dan Mainwaring • Ted Maylone • Jim McNatt • Danno Raffetto • Mark A. Smith • Jack Warner

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Beech Bottom Fort

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West Virginia, Brooke County, Beech Bottom
Near here stood Beech Bottom
Fort, which was with Fort Pitt
and Fort Henry in the group
of posts guarding the western
borders during the Revolution
and its attendant Indian wars.
Troops from Fort Pitt helped
garrison this important fort.

(War, US Revolutionary • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Georgetown Firehouse

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California, El Dorado County, Georgetown
This firehouse, completed in 1965, was built to replace one on the opposite side of Main Street which was inadequate to house modern equipment. Headquarters of the Georgetown Fire District, now in this building, were formerly on Church Street.

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

Welcome to Trophy Point

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New York, Orange County, West Point

The cannon on this historic site are trophies of war. They were captured or surrendered in American conflicts through more than two hundred years. The first trophies to come to West Point were guns captured in 1777 during the Battles of Saratoga.

At the end of the American Revolution, West Point maintained over 160 cannon for the fledgling United States Army. Even before the founding of the United States Military Academy in 1802, West Point had taken on the additional role of educating officers in the sciences of engineering and gunnery. These captured ordnance pieces became a source of instruction for the Corps of Cadets.

In 1837, the Military Academy Board of Visitors formally recommended West Point as the site for all U.S. Army war trophies. During the Mexican War, USMA graduates played critical roles in the Army’s military operations; their pride in their accomplishments is reflected in the impressive number of cannon exhibited here.

The American Civil War, in which hundreds of USMA graduates became generals for the North or the South, added nearly fifty captured Confederate pieces to Trophy Point. After the war, efforts began to memorialize the fallen soldiers of the United States Regular Army. In 1897, General John M. Schofield formally dedicated Battle Monument, which stands as Trophy Point’s most prominent memorial.

Other trophies and cannon were placed at this site and are now arranged and grouped by wars. Overlooking the Hudson River, at the east end of the display is the Revolutionary War area. Proceeding west is the display of cannon from the War of 1812. To the south of this area is the Spanish American War display, featuring trophies taken from Cuba and the Philippines. Confederate trophies taken in the American Civil War flank the walkways on either side of Battle Monument. Trophies from the Mexican War are in close proximity to the flagpole.

The items displayed at Trophy Point mark the first century of West Point’s contributions to the shaping of our nation. Trophies taken during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and more recent conflicts, are on display in the West Point Museum, located at Pershing Center.

All cannon at Trophy Point are from the collections of the West Point Museum.

(War, Mexican-American • War, Spanish-American • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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