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Cartago Boat Landing

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California, Inyo County, Lone Pine

In the 1870’s bullion bars from Cerro Gordo mines were hauled across Owens Lake on the steamer “Bessie Brady” to Cartago Boat Landing. Remi Nadeau’s 14 mule teams hauled the bullion to Los Angeles, returning with freight.

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

Unlock the Adventure

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New York, Orleans County, Ridgeway
[east side] Welcome to the Canalway Trail System, offering hundreds of miles of scenic trails and numerous parks for walking, bicycling, cross country skiing and other recreational activities. The Canalway Trail parallels the New York State Canal System, comprised of four historic waterways: the Erie, the Champlain, the Oswego and the Cayuga-Seneca Canals. The Canal System spans 524 miles across New York State, linking the Hudson River with the [sic] Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes, the Niagara River and Lake Erie.

Cooperative initiatives between the New York State Canal Corporation, volunteers, local governments, and federal and state agencies have created this great network of trails for public use. When completed, the Canalway Trail will span over 500 miles connecting numerous cities, towns and villages along the Canal System, amking it one of the most extensive trail networks in the country.
George E. Pataki, Governor, New York State
Louis R. Tomson Chairman, New York State Canal Corporation

Enjoying the Canalway Trail: Safety Tips
The Canalway Trail is intended to accommodate a variety of users. It is important to extend courtesy to all trail users and respect their rights. In order to avoid conflicts, trail protocol dictates that bicyclists should yield the right-of-way to all trail users and walkers should yield to equestrians. In addition, please observe the following tips for safe trail use:
• Stay to the right except when passing.
•Pass slower traffic on the left; yield to oncoming traffic when passing.
• Give a clear warning signal before passing.
• Keep all pets on a short leash.
• As a courtesy to trail neighbors, refrain from loitering near adjacent homes.
• When stopped, move off the trail to allow others to pass.
• Do not litter. Carry out what you carry in.

Hours of operation: The Trail is Open from Dawn to Dusk.
To Report an Emergency: Call 911

[west side] The Erie Canal traverses miles of lush farmland in upstate New York, aiding the growth of what was to become New York's largest industry, agriculture. The Erie Canal made it possible for Orleans County farmers to ship their produce to distant markets, making New York an important exporter of agricultural goods.

Produce shipped along the canal was packed in large wooden barrels made by tradesmen called coopers. The barrels were made with oak timber cut up into narrow pieces called staves and held together with hoops made from wood or iron. Knowlesvile was known as having the best coopers along the Erie Canal. In fact, Knowlesville barrels packed with apples were shipped as far as Africa! [caption]Loading apples for shipment on the Erie Canal at Medina, ca. 1905. (Courtesy of the NYS Archives)

Knowlesville
Knowlesville was named after William Knowles, who was an early settler of this community. First housing only a warehouse and general store, this hamlet grew into a thriving community and an important stop along the Erie Canal. [caption] Knowlesville ca. 1900. (Courtesy of the NYS Archives)

(Agriculture • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sugar Bowl

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California, Nevada County, Norden

History
When Bill Klien, who would transform skiing himself, invited Hannes Schroll to Donner Summit from Yosemite in 1937, the ski industry was about to change. Hannes was a dare-devil champion skier whose yodels as he tore down mountains could be heard for long distances. He was enthusiastic when he saw the Sugar Bowl. “We have to develop this,” he said. The “Sugar Bowl” is perfect for skiing.

His family money disappeared just as he was talking to his mother about sending it from Austria so he could buy the land. It was the Anschlus and Hitler has taken charge of Austria and Hannes’ money. Hannes turned to his Yosemite friends and they in turn turned to their friends and Sugar Bowl, the first California ski area built as a destination resort, was built. It included the first chairlift in the state and the second in the nation. The single seater (as opposed to the quads of today) ran to the top of Mt. Disney (3200 feet) in 6 minutes (today’s quad takes 3 minutes). There was a lodge designed by a famous architect, rope tows, a skating rink, and ski jouring. Skiers arrived by train and were transported to the Bowl first by horse drawn and then by tractor drawn sleighs.

A Good Story
Hannes Schroll was larger than life. At the 1936 Mt. Rainier Olympic Trials, “I heard a yell high above me… like an eagle swooping down on a rabbit (it was) Hannes Schroll… yodeling at the top of his lungs! He jumped the first terrace like a deer going over a rail fence. Then he jumped another - and landed on one ski. His body was leaning over like an open jack-knife, and he was swinging his ski poles to keep from somersaulting. He must have skidded a quarter mile on that one ski, whooping and yelling all the time. As he passed me, his hat sailed through the air, and he whopped even louder(,) he was that glad to get (h)is skis back on the snow. Before he stopped, he’(d) passed No. 42, who has taken off ten minutes before.” Rotarian 2/1936

Walt Disney was an initial investor in Sugar Bowl. One day his daughter wanted to ski. Hannes took her up Mt. Dinsey, put her on his shoulders, and skied all the way down.

Things to do right here
Take the road into Sugar Bowl where the sign says Judah Lodge. Come in for refreshment at the bar or have a meal in the historic Lodge at Sugar Bowl (built in 1939). The food is great and the historical pictures are interesting. Find out about the lodge, William Wilson Wurster the architect, and how the wagon trains climbed over Donner Summit on Roller Pass.

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

Tabernacle Baptist Church

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Alabama, Dallas County, Selma

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Tabernacle Baptist Church was founded in 1885, and in March of that year, the congregation purchased this site. Built in 1922 under the leadership of Dr. David Vivian Jemison, the current church features bricks from the original church building on the south and west elevations. Designed by African-American architect and Tabernacle member David T. West, this building is the most formidable Classic Revival design of any African-American institution in Selma from the Jim Crow era. With a multi-colored stained glass clerestory shining light down on the huge open interior, Tabernacle was the most architecturally compelling space Selma's African-Americans could experience for most of the twentieth century. The decision by West and the congregation to situate the church on the corner of Minter Avenue and Broad Street, with a monumental classical-style façade facing Broad, was a concession to the bitter Jim crow ethos of the time. as it also had a "separate but equal" entrance on Minter Avenue the congregation could actually use. Tabernacle continues to be a leader for Christian influence and social justice.
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Upon the death of Dallas County Voter's League stalwart Sam Boynton in May 1963, Amelia Boynton and Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee activists Bernard and Colia Lafayette wanted to use memorial service as a vehicle for voting rights activism. Many African-American churches did not want the service in their buildings out of a justified fear of reprisals by the white community. Rev. Louis Lloyd Robinson, Tabernacle's pastor from 1954-1968, volunteered Tabernacle for the memorial service, which upset Tabernacle's deacons. He refused to change his mind, and threatened he would hold the service on the sidewalk if they did not allow him to use the church. Thus, Selma's first voting rights mass meeting was held at Tabernacle on May 14, 1963. After this initial meeting, mass meetings in churches became a foundation strategy for the Civil Rights Movement in Selma. Dr. Martin Luther King spoke at Tabernacle in October 1963, updating Selma on the courageous struggle in Birmingham. On February 16, 1968, Dr. King returned to Tabernacle to address a mass meeting in support of his Poor People's Campaign and its planned march on Washington, D.C.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places

(African Americans • Churches, Etc. • Civil Rights) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tabernacle Baptist Church

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Alabama, Dallas County, Selma

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In January 1885, Dr. Edward M. Brawley, President, Alabama Baptist Normal and Theological School (now Selma University) formed Tabernacle Baptist Church to be an integral part of the students' Christian formation and education. Significant associations existed between Tabernacle's congregation and leadership in the statewide and national African American Baptist Church, especially the National Baptist Convention, USA (NBC), which merged three organizations into one in 1895. Rev. W.H. Alpine and Rev. Brawley served as Presidents of the organizations that became the NBC and after the merger, Rev. D.V. Jemison and Rev. T.J. Jemison served as Presidents of the NBC. Tabernacle member Professor Richard Bryan Hudson served as General Secretary of the NBC from 1908-31. Dr. D.V. Jemison was commited to equality for Negroes and believed that pastors should be community leaders in this regard. During his time as NBC President that coincided with Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidency, historians have compared the renown of Tabernacle to that of FDR's Little White House at Warm Springs, GA. Rev. Jemison exerted such power and influence over the NBC in an effort to fight for equal rights.
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Tabernacle Baptist Church played a central role in Selma's Negro community during Dr. David Vivian Jemison's tenure as pastor. He served the church for 44 years from 1902-1929 and again from 1936-1954. He rooted his ministry in Christian stewardship and social justice, and the church began outreach programs to meet the community's economic, cultural and educational needs. Tabernacle provided leadership in music education for Selma's Negro community. Dr. William H. Dinkins, a Tabernacle member and President of Selma University from 1932-50 and his wife Almedia Burwell were strong supporters of music education. Their daughter Pauline D. Anderson fervently supported her husband, Rev. L.L. Anderson, in his efforts for equality. Tabernacle's members continued fighting for Civil Rights and social justice. Rev. John D. Hunter and Marie Foster were two of "The Courageous Eight" who invited Dr. Martin Luther King to Selma in 1964. The letter they signed violated Judge James Hare's injunction against people meeting in public to discuss breaking the law. Tabernacle member Dr. Sullivan Jackson and his wife Richie Jean hosted Dr. Martin Luther King in their Lapsley Street home.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places

(African Americans • Churches, Etc. • Civil Rights • Education) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Take Her Down

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Alabama, Dallas County, Selma

Medal of Honor Citation

For distinguished gallantry and valor above and beyond
the call of duty as Commanding Officer of U. S. submarine
GROWLER (SS-215) during her fourth war patrol in the
Southwest Pacific from 10 January to 7 February 1943
boldly striking at the enemy in spite of continuous
hostile air and anti-submarine patrols, Commander Gilmore
sank one Japanese freighter and damaged another by
torpedo fire, successfully evading severe depth charges
following each attack. In the darkness of night on 7
February, an enemy gunboat closed range and prepared
to ram GROWLER. Commander Gilmore daringly maneuvered
to avoid the crash and rammed the attacker instead
ripping into her port side at 17 knots and bursting wide
her plates. In the terrific fire of the sinking gunboat’s
heavy machine guns, Commander Gilmore calmly gave
the order, “Clear the Bridge”, and refusing safety for
himself, remained on deck while his men preceded him
below. Struck down by the fusillade of bullets and
having done his utmost against the enemy in his final
living moments. Commander Gilmore gave his last order
to the officer of the deck: “Take her down.” GROWLER dived;
seriously damaged but under control. She was brought
safely to port by her well-trained crew inspired by
the courageous fighting spirit of their dead captain.

Other Navy awards conferred on Commander Gilmore for
submarine exploits against the enemy before his loss
on GROWLER: Navy Cross with one gold star, Purple Heart
Medal, American Defense Medal with Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-
Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal;
Submarine Combat insignia with three stars.

(Heroes • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edmund Pettus Bridge

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Alabama, Dallas County, Selma

Edmund Pettus Bridge
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance for its
association with "Bloody Sunday," a seminal event in the
Civil Rights Movement. Here, on March 7, 1965,
law enforcement officers violently attacked peaceful
marchers. Media coverage of the confrontation raised
public awareness of the need for voting rights
legislation and resulted in a national outcry that
pressured Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
2013
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior

(Bridges & Viaducts • Civil Rights • Landmarks) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Maryland Women in Military Service Monument

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Maryland, Cecil County, North East
Obverse
Honoring women from the State of Maryland, past and present, who have served our nation honorably and proudly, in war and peace.

Reverse
Notable Accomplishments of Women in Military Service

Although women have served as true volunteers in a variety of supporting roles during every armed conflict of the United States beginning with the American Revolution, some disguised themselves as male soldiers in order to contribute more directly.

During the Civil and Spanish-American wars, the most significant contributions made by women were in the fields of health care and medicine. These contributions led to the creation of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901 and the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908.

Harriet Tubman, born in Dorchester County, Maryland in 1849, is the first woman to serve with the Union Army as a nurse, spy, and scout during the Civil War.

During WWI the following numbers of women served ni the various military departments: 21,480 Army nurses; 1,476 Navy nurses; 11,880 Navy enlisted women - Yeoman (F); 305 Marine women; and 2 Coast Guard. The Army also sent 233 bilingual telephone operators and 50 stenographers to France - all civilians.

Following the attack on Pearly Harbor on December 7, 1941, Congress authorized the following components: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), May 1942 (served with the army but not considered a part of the Army); Navy Waves and Woman Marines, July 1942; Coast Guard SPARs, November 1942; and WAAC reestablished to the Women's Army Corps, July 1943.

Military women during WWII performed duties across the United States and overseas as nurses, postal clerks, intelligence analysts, communication specialists, truck drivers, cooks, linguists, and much more. Of special note were a group of contract women pilots known as WASPs who ferried all types of aircraft across the United States relieving male pilots for combat overseas.

Eighty-three women were held as prisoners of war in the Pacific Theater during WWII; 78 were held for nearly three years.

The efforts of the women who served in WWII changed not only the place of women in the military services, but expanded the roles and opportunities for women in the civilian labor force as well.

120,000 Women served during the Korean Conflict with some 1,000 serving in theater and more than 500 Army nurses with "boots on the ground" in Korea.

197,500 women, all volunteers, served during the Vietnam War; some 7,500 were stationed in Vietnam, most of whom were nurses.

The first women generals were appointed on June 11, 1970. In 1980 the first women graduated from the United States Service Academies.

In 2013 the Secretary of Defense officially authorized women to serve in combat roles.

(Military) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dallas County Vietnam Memorial

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Alabama, Dallas County, Selma

Front VIETNAM
Honor ✯ Duty ✯ Sacrifice
In Grateful Memory and Honor
of all Veterans from
Dallas County who served in
the Vietnam Conflict
1965 — 1973
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Through Valiant Service
and Determined Effort they
Fought against the Communist
Enemy to Preserve Freedom
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Honor Roll of the Valiant
Men of Dallas County
who Died in Action during
the Vietnam Conflict
1965 — 1973

Frederick D. Barge
Carl L. Brown
Brent P. Cleveland
Joseph J. Dobynes
Carl J. Fox
Freddie L. Johnson
Mack A. Knight
James H. Marshall
James Mooney
Jesse F. Morgan
Carl J. McHaney
Ralph E. Nathan
Bobby Riddle
Ronnie Sharpe
Townser J. Steele
Joseph E. Wilkinson, III

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

In Memory of the Men Who Fell

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New York, Orleans County, Albion
In memory of the men who fell in defence of the Union. Orleans County, 1861 - 1865.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dallas County Korean War Memorial

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Alabama, Dallas County, Selma

Front KOREA

In Honor and Memory of
our Veterans who Served in
the Korean War
1950 — 1953
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
Against overwhelming odds our valiant
service men and women withstood
the North Korean enemy and
drove them back to the 38th Parallel
May their Memory Live Forever

Rear
Honor Roll of the Valiant
Men of Dallas County
who Died in Action during
the Korean War
1950 — 1953


Augustus V. Cunningham
George D. Gillespie, Jr.
Willie Graig
William H. Gunter
George L. Jacobs
Jonathan Kirksey
Robert H. Little
Reverend J. McMillian
Grady P. Mitchell, Jr.
John W. Steele
V.S. Velverton

(Military • War, Korean) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mikveh Israel Cemetery

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
Founded 1740. Notables buried here include Nathan Levy, whose ship brought the Liberty Bell to America; Haym Salomon, Revolutionary patriot; the Gratz family; and Aaron Levy, founder of Aaronsburg.

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

Mikveh Israel Cemetery

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
Mikveh Israel Cemetery is the oldest Jewish institution in Philadelphia and one of the oldest in the United States. Its history as a burial ground dates from a grant of land by Thomas Penn, the Proprietor of Pennsylvania, in 1740. Many pioneers of Jewish settlement in America and Jewish patriots of the American Revolution are buried here.

Nathan Levy, an early Jewish Philadelphian, began the cemetery as a family plot. A merchant, Levy helped open the “western” trade through Lancaster to western Pennsylvania. On his ship, the Myrtilla, the Liberty Bell came to Philadelphia from England. Upon his death, he was buried here, and his family later transferred the cemetery to Congregation Mikveh Israel.

Beginning in 1740, worship services were held at Nathan Levy’s home. In 1771 this congregation took the name Mikveh Israel and struggled to build a small synagogue on Cherry Street to accommodate the City’s growing Jewish community. Their numbers were swelled by many Jews who left British-occupied New York, Savannah, and Charleston. Among the founders of Mikveh Israel were Michael and Bernard Gratz, Philadelphia merchants. They both signed the American protest to the Stamp Act of 1765, were early Revolutionary sympathizers, and were important suppliers of the Continental Army. Both Michael and Bernard Gratz are interred here as Aaron Levy, who also supplied American forces in the Susquehanna River Valley.

Here in an unidentified grave lie the remains of Haym Salomon. As an associate of Robert Morris, Salomon used his skills in languages and finance to maintain the credit of the revolutionary government. As a tribute to this man and his Congregation, who did so much to ensure the victory for the American colonies, Congress in 1956 declared the cemetery a national shrine.

Rebecca Gratz is also buried here. She is best known as the model for the character Rebecca in Sir Walter Scott’s novel Ivanhoe. The cemetery no longer serves the Congregation as a burial ground.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Joseph Bonaparte

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
The elder brother of Napoleon and deposed king of Naples & Spain lived here, 1815-1816. The house was built about 1813. During Joseph's occupancy here, this was a gathering place for Bonapartist refugees & other French nationals.

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

First Republican National Convention

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
In the Musical Fund Hall here in June 1856, John C. Fremont was nominated for President of the U.S. He lost the election to James Buchanan. Formed in 1854, the Republican Party opposed the extension of slavery; Lincoln was its first nominee elected President (1860)

(Politics) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Nicholas Biddle

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
The financier, statesman, & scholar lived here. President, 1823-1836, Second Bank of the United States, the nation's central bank. He also spurred the rise of Greek Revival architecture and edited the journals of the Lewis & Clark expedition.

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

Dallas County World Wars Memorial

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Alabama, Dallas County, Selma

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay
down his life for his friends. St. John, 15-13


Erected in grateful humility to the enduring
memory of those of Dallas County whose
names appear hereon who made the supreme
sacrifice in two World Wars. No more will
they answer the call to arms...no more will
they heroic deeds do! For they slumber on in
eternal peace on sacred American soil...the
poppy fields of Flanders...the vast espanses
of the Pacific and the historic beaches of
Normandy.
✯ ✯ ✯ ✯ ✯
To their memory this monument is humbly dedicated,
with the determined pledge of their comrades in
arms to perpetuate and protect the American way of
for which they so valiantly died.


(Military • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Whiteley

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Ohio, Clark County, Springfield

Known nationwide as the “Reaper King”, William Whiteley places Springfield on the map with his innovative improvements of Cyrus McCormack’s reaper. A born machinist with an inventive mind, Whiteley is constantly seeking ways to improve upon the means in which to make agriculture profitable for the farming community. Springfield becomes known as the “Champion City” because of his company Whiteley, Fassler, and Kelly producing and distributing its reaper/mower worldwide. Upon merging with four other farm implement manufacturing companies, the Champion Works is born. His East Street Shops, built in 1882, paves the way for Whiteley to become the leader of the world’s second largest manufacturing complex. Unfortunately, due to a misappropriation of funds in a bank in Cincinnati and falling prices, he sells the East Street Shops at a considerable loss. Whiteley moves to Muncie, Indiana, but returns three years later and continues to invent and manufacture farm implements.

(Agriculture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oliver Smith Kelly

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Ohio, Clark County, Springfield

O. S. Kelly grows up on a farm in Greene Township of Clark County later turning his efforts into carpentry trade. In 1852, Kelly temporarily leaves his family to seek his fortune in the California gold rush building dwellings for the miners, returning in 1856 with considerable wealth. He enters into partnership with William Whitely and Jerome Fassler to form a soon to be well-known company in the production of reapers and other farm equipment. He leaves the company in 1881, buying the old factory and reconstructing it as Kelly’s Arcade and Hotel. He is also instrumental in the founding of the O. S. Kelly Piano Plate Company and the Springfield Road Roller Company. Ferncliff’s beautiful Kelly Lake is named after him.

(Agriculture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mount Albion Cemetery

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New York, Orleans County, Albion

This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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