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First Presbyterian Church of Bradenton

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Florida, Manatee County, Bradenton

(side 1)
The First Presbyterian Church of Bradenton is the oldest congregation in the bounds of the original Village of Bradenton and the oldest south of Tampa. In 1885, land was deeded to five trustees for the planned Braidentown Presbyterian Church. Meanwhile, the future congregants met for Sunday School on a dock at the west end of Prospect Avenue, today’s 15th Street West. The Church body was constituted April 4, 1886 with thirteen members by the Reverend James Shearer, Evangelist of St. Johns Presbytery. PCUS. Services were held at the “Duckwall House” on the river on Old Main Street, now 12th Street. In 1887 William B. Tresca began construction of the first church building, on the south side of Manatee Avenue and east of present 9th street. The first church officers elected were David Duckwell as Elder, with W.O. Wilson and C.O. Muller, Deacons. (Continued on other side) (side 2)
(Continued from other side) In 1894 the original wood frame church building was moved west to the corner of Prospect and Manatee avenues. For thirteen years the congregation worshipped here. In 1907, the church was again moved a short distance east to the next block. In order to construct a new brick church. The congregation continued here, between 14th and 13th Streets, in the wood frame church until the brick church was completed in 1912. In 1949, the congregation, now called the First Presbyterian Church of Bradenton, (due to the change of the city’s name), engaged John Rasmusen to build the current sanctuary building which sits directly on Manatee Avenue. Two property acquisitions, the Mower property in 1965 and the Knight property in 1968, on the north side of the church, allowed the Activities Center to be built. First Presbyterian Church is in the Peace River Presbytery and was in the Southern Presbyterian Church is in the Peace River Presbytery and was in the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) until 1983 when it united with the PCUSA (Northern) Church.

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

Burrell Boom

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Belize, Belize, Burrell Boom
This Chain and Anchor are refered [sic] to as a "Boom". It was extended across the river in the 1700s to hold back logs set afloat from mahogany camps higher up the Old Belize River.

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

Lory, Gallo Hotel & Astor House

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California, Amador County, Jackson
Wine titan Ernesto Gallo born here.
Site of McKim's log Astor House.

1878, c1851

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

Indiana - Ohio State Line Monument

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Ohio, Hamilton County, near Elizabethtown


(South Face)
State Line as resurveyed under a joint resolution passed by Indiana on the 27th Jan. and by Ohio on the 10th March 1837.

(East Face)
Ohio

(North Face)
Erected Nov. 27th, 1838.

(West Face)
Indiana

(Political Subdivisions) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

M Harris Clothing Store

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California, Amador County, Jackson
With Masonic Hall & part of
33-36 Main, Jackson's oldest
brick store remodeled in
20th century

1854

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

Miners Restaurant & Exchange

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California, Amador County, Jackson
Two-story brick building
after 1862 fire;
late 1890's sausage factory

1863

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

S. Harris Clothing Store

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California, Amador County, Jackson
Early 1850's stock corral.
Post fire brick building,
Abramofsky's Cigar Factory
from 1882

1863, 1882

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

Sanguinetti Building

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California, Amador County, Jackson
On site of Hugh Fletcher's
1850's home next to
Fletcher Alley

1869-1882

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

Stampfly's Tent, Republic House

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California, Amador County, Jackson
First two floors built in 1858
Survived 1862 fire.
Globe Hotel from 1870's

1851, 1858

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

Steckler's Building

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California, Amador County, Jackson
A Calaveras County clerk's
shanty in 1851
Masonic Lodge 2nd Floor,
1854-1862

c1863

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

Tellier's St. Louis Saloon

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California, Amador County, Jackson
Town founder's tent here by '49
Nearby Hanging Tree
claimed 10

c1863

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

U.S. Bakery, Early Amador Dispatch

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California, Amador County, Jackson
U.S. Cavalry cordoned newspaper
office during Civil War.
Editors arrested and escorted
to Alcatraz

1855, 1865

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

Webb Building & Old Livery Stable

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California, Amador County, Jackson
Brick livery survived
1862 fire.

1898, c1860

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

Weller Hardware, Pioneer Hall

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California, Amador County, Jackson
Inventor Bussey built brick stores.
Native Daughters order organized here.

1850's, 1886

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

The Lowertown Historic District

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New York, Niagara County, Lockport
Dr. George W. Merchant, a skilled druggist and businessman, purchased this property in 1833. This then became the first home of Gargling Oil.

It was here, after a series of experiments, he brought out a medicine to be used in the treatment of certain diseases of horses. During this era, horses were used extensively to pull boats on the canal and post coaches over mail routes. Therefore, diseases among the many times overworked horses, were common.

In 1854 it was discovered that Gargling Oil would cure certain human illnesses as well.

Mr. John Hodge became a member of the firm which produced Garglng Oil. He initiated international advertising, which helped make Gargling Oil familiar to people of nearly the entire civilized world. One advertisement read, "Gargling Oil, good for man or beast."

The business was expanded to include Oak Orchard Acid Spring Water, which was also widely known to cure certain illnesses.

The business closed in 1947. However, today both the bottles for Gargling Oil and Oak Orchard Acid Spring Water, which were made at the Lockport Glass Company and came in many colors and sizes, are considered collectors' items.

(Animals • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Kansas, McPherson County, Lindsborg

Dedicated in perpetual memory to those who served and to the valiants who gave their lives for the United States of America in its wars.

World War I
Killed in Action
Emil Pinkall
Died in Service
Claude Pratt • Elmer Holmgren

World War II
Killed in Action
Paul Larson • Earl E. Bengtson
Carl Helge Jacobson • Raymond E. Anderson
Roy Hedin • Earl E. Godsey
Herbert Patrick • James Johnson
Willard Westblade • Harry Gray
Died in Service
Marion Elmquist • Marion Lungstrom
Ralph Lundstrom • Edwin Axelson
Raymond Peterson

Vietnam
Killed in Action
David L. Krig • Richard V. Blackburn
Dan V. Lindholm • Larry Baxter
James John Stroble • John C. Lindahl
Steve Warren Train

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Great Valley

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Virginia, York County, Yorktown
I desired you to send the Things you used annually to send me … I … shall not import any more necessaries till the hateful acts are repealed. The Ministry promised to get a Repeal of that imposing the Duties on Glass Paper & Colours; But, tell Them in plain English, That alone wont satisfy America …" — William Nelson to merchant, Mr. John Norton in London, November 18, 1769

Before the American Revolution, this narrow footpath, cutting through the Great Valley, was a major thoroughfare that linked Yorktown's busy waterfront district with businesses and government offices on Main Street.

At the head of the Valley were the Nelson stores, started sometime in the first decade of the 1700s by English immigrant, Thomas Nelson. Nelson's merchant business thrived at this location, and richly supported the efforts to repeal British taxes on imports. In 1776, four years after his death, his sons, Thomas and Hugh, were forced to close the family business due to the war.

Declining tobacco yields and the 1781 siege crippled Yorktown's economy. In 1814, a fire destroyed the waterfront district and some buildings on Main Street, including the Nelson stores. The town never recovered and fell into a quiet existence.

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Factory and the Village

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Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Marcus Hook
Best known as the company that developed “artificial silk,” later known as “rayon,” the American Viscose Company began construction of its Marcus Hook operation in 1912. Patented by English chemists in 1894, rayon was used extensively for both commercial and military applications. The term “viscose” refers to the organic liquid used to make rayon, which is viscous, or much thicker than water. The Marcus Hook factory was the first North American operation of Viscose.

The American Viscose Company hired the prominent Philadelphia architectural firm of Ballinger & Perrot to design not only their factory, but also the nearby village and other employee amenities. The large brick building across the street from the plaza was originally designed as the dining hall and recreation center for employees (see drawing below). It was later expanded to become the company’s administration building, though the remnants of the original design can still be identified in the building’s center portion.

The company expanded significantly to supply fabric for military products such as parachutes during World War II. In the 1950s, production shifted at the factory from rayon to cellophane. Though the factory ceased operations in 1977, many original company buildings, including the village, remain intact today.

(Inscription below the drawing in the center)
Above: The American Viscose Company complex originally consisted of the factory (lower left corner), employee dining hall/recreation building (bottom center), and the sprawling industrial village. A half-circle shaped public plaza was provided on 10th Street between the dining hall and the village.

(Inscription in the lower right)
Right: This postcard, mailed in 1925, shows the American Viscose Co. Factory complex.

Viscose Village
It was very common for manufacturers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries to construct housing for their workers close to factories. While in most cases these residents were plain brick rowhouses, Ballinger & Perrot wanted to design an “industrial village” for Viscose employees that was self-sustaining, inexpensive and attractive. The result, commonly known as “Viscose Village”, was inspired by English factory villages. The 20-acre site originally contained 215 dwellings, two boarding houses and a village store. The community was built complete with paved roads, sewers, back yards and landscaping, setting it apart from ordinary factory housing. As individual home ownership became the norm, the company sold the residences to private owners starting in 1949.

Above: Ballinger & Perrot’s rendering of the completed village.

Below left: Village housing under construction, ca. 1912

Below Right: A completed row of houses consisting of six units. Postcard courtesy of the Keith Lockhart Collection. All other images courtesy of the Ballinger & Perrot Collection, Athenmum of Philadelphia.

(Industry & Commerce • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock

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Maryland, Frederick County, Thurmont
Creed
of the
Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock
We Who Love Angling, in order that it may enjoy practice and reward in the later generations, mutually move together towards a common goal – the conservation and restoration of American game fishes.

Towards This End we pledge that our creel limits shall always be less than the legal restrictions and always well within the bounty of Nature herself.

Enjoying As We Do, only a life estate in the out of doors, and morally charged in our time with the responsibility of handing it down unspoiled to tomorrow’s inheritors, we individually undertake annually to take at least one boy a-fishing, instructing him, as best we know, in the responsibilities that are soon to be wholly his.

Holding That Moral Law transcends the legal statutes, always beyond the needs of any one man, and holding that example alone is the one certain teacher, we pledge always to conduct ourselves in such a fashion on the stream as to make safe for others the heritage which is ours and theirs.

(Animals • Environment • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Sports) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Woodlands

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
Here, William Hamilton (1745-1813) created one of the finest landscape gardens of its' day and introduced many exotic plants. His mansion and stable, built 1787-92, are early examples of the neo-classical Adamesque-Federals style. In 1840 the estate became one of the first large rural cemeteries in America. The writer S. Weir Mitchell, artist Thomas Eakins, nurse-reformer Alice Fisher, and architect Wilson Eyre are buried here.

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