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Ronald Wilson Reagan

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California, Ventura County, Simi Valley
I know in my heart that man is good
at what is right will always eventually triumph
and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

(Notable Persons • Politics) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mission San Antonio de Pala

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California, San Diego County, Pala
Located 23 miles east of San Luis Rey de Francia, this assistant mission was founded in 1810. The church was dedicated June 13, 1816 by Fray Antonio Peyri. Damaged by earthquake in 1899; restored 1903 when archetypal paintings were shitewashed. Later restored authentically, including replication of original murals painted by Indian artist Antonio Lugo. This tiny “mission” still serves – beside the Cupeños – the Luiseño band of Palatiguas (the Indians for whom it was built).

Don't miss seeing the campanario, it is the only freestanding one of its kind in the Alta California mission chain. It draws its inspriation from an older belltower at Juarez, Mexico.

(Churches, Etc. • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.

General Grant Tree Trail

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California, Tulare County, Kings Canyon National Park
Along this loop trail, information signs help acquaint you with the General Grant and other notable trees in this impressive sequoia grove. For a more detailed story, purchase the self-guiding brochure at the Grant Grove Visitor Center or from a dispenser.
Please help preserve the giant sequoia forest by staying on the trail. Pets and bicycles are not permitted on any park trail. Take only pictures and memories...Leave only footprints...Kill only time. (Inscription under the map) Round trip loop distance---3 city blocks or 3/5 mile.

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

San Antonio Winery

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California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles
For nearly a century, the San Antonio Winery has been the heart of winemaking culture in Los Angeles. The winery's founder Santo Cambianica left his home, Berzo San Fermo, in Lombardy, Italy in 1910. Then in 1917 he founded his company on the original Lamar Street location where it still exists. Santo was a truly devout catholic who produced sacramental wines for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to survive prohibition. His nephew Stefano Riboli joined the business shortly after prohibition was repealed. Santo, Stefano and Stefano's wife Maddalena - the winery's matriarch - built a thriving, innovative business, which no spans four generations. The rich historical tradition is a source of great pride for the Riboli family.

(Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tennessee Maneuvers World War II

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Tennessee, Sumner County, Portland
Located .8 mile east is the site of the 35th Evacuation Hospital which cared for injured soldiers during the Second Army maneuvers from 1942 to 1944. Rear echelon units, known as "Red Forces," defending the Cumberland River, bivouacked in the fields and woods around Portland. On December 17, 1943, a Christmas party for area troops was given by the people of upper Sumner Country at a USO facility in the Portland City Hall building.

(Science & Medicine • War, World II) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.

Medina Armory

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New York, Orleans County, Medina

This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior.
Built 1901

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

Historic Ridge Road

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New York, Orleans County, Ridgeway

← Genesee to Niagara →
Historic Ridge Road
Trail of the Iroquois
Traced by Eli Granger in 1798
Trek - DeWitt Clinton - 1810
Seymour Murdock first permanent settler
of the town of Ridgeway located on this
property in 1810.
One hundred feet southeast stands the barn
the frame work of which was raised by
Seymour Murdock assisted by
General Izards Troops in 1813.
In the same year Betsey Murdock,
his daughter, taught the first school
in Ridgeway in this barn.

(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Skinner Macaroni Building 1914-1915

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Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha

Increasing business led the Skinner Manufacturing Company to build this six-story brick building in 1914. Designed by architect Harry Lawrie, it was doubled in size with the addition of 66 feet to the east a year later. The new building was Skinner's third plant. Brothers Paul F. and Lloyd M. Skinner, who used national advertising as early as 1912, founded it in 1911. Skinner was a leading manufacturer of macaroni and cereal products. Omaha was close to the Durum wheat supply, the only wheat that can be used for a top quality product. Skinner conserved wheat during World War I by originating Kornroni, an economical macaroni product made from corn and wheat. In 1925, it developed Raisin Bran to supplement revenues, and in 1927, it introduced Cheesroni, one of the first macaroni and cheese products. Skinner moved to a new Omaha plant in 1961, and Commercial Optical Company occupied the building soon after. In 1995, Emil Vohoska completed 74 new living spaces here, transforming the building into the Macaroni Apartments.

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


Kern County Hospital

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California, Kern County, Bakersfield
In 1875 a one story wooden building was erected here facing G Street in a swampy area. Facilities were primitive. Cost of the structure was $1,400.

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

Hyde Park World War I Monument

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New York, Dutchess County, Hyde Park
Honor Roll
The Following Men From The
Township of Hyde Park
Have Answered the Call of Their Country Serving in the Military
Or Naval Forces in the War Declared by Congress on April 6, 1917
Harry E. Asher • Allen W. Barner • William A. Bennett • Felice Bernardi • Charles H. Bodenstein • Albert H. Bromhed • Hubert Campion • William J. Carter • Clarence L. Crasper • Douglas M. Crasper • J. Raymond Crapser • John M. Crapser • Sterling B. Crapser • Walter J. Crispell • James Monroe Cronk • William H. Cross • Cesare Desantis • Sterling Dickinson • Harvey H. Duke • Edgar T. Farrell • George E. Foreman • John T. Foster • Thomas B. Foster • Henry M. Freer • Victor J. Gilbert • Robert E. Green • Arthur L. Halpin • Cecil H. Halpin • Charles E. Harmon Jr. • Henry J. Hawkins • William F. Herman • Orville Hess • Oric H. Hewlett • Ira W. Hobson • Richard Hopper • Walter L. Horan • Edward R. Horn • Lewis A. Hover • Linwood B. Hover • Lydic Hoyt • Robert P. Huntington • Edward T. Huston • Chester A. Jones • Ralph L. Jones • John Kearney • Steve Kebert • William G. Knauss • John F. Kunze, Jr. • Fred Lagarce • Harold M. Landon • Clifford Lasher • Marshall Lasher • Charles Leeum • George H. Leonard • Natele Lourtelle • Claude McPhee • Peter Marcinello • William T. Marshall, Jr. • Alfred Martin • John H. Marx • Nornam J. Miller • Ogden L. Mills • William A. Moore • Gerald L. Morgan • Thomas J. Morgan • William E. Musgrove • Ralph W. Myers • Maurice F. Neil • Roy Wixey Ostrom • John M. Overfield • Cecil C. Parker • Thomas E. Parker • Robert C. Pendell • Thomas F. Pendell • Ezra Plain • George Prees • Harry Prees • Richard Prees • Archibald Rogers • Edmund P. Rogers • Herman L. Rogers • Gustave E. Rossbach • George E. Rowe • Eugene K. Schouten • Albert Seiner • Ralph Simmons • Frank Simpson • William Simpson • Clarence F. Stone • Lewis F. Stoneman • Emery B. Taber • William A. Terpening • Edwin B. Tillou • Frederick Traudt • John L. Traudt • Bertram Trimlett • George L. Upright • Richard S. Upright • * Charles Vail • John W. Vail • DuBois Van De Water • Howard Van De Water • Floyd M. Van Wagner • Pells Van Wagner • Raymond Van Wagner • Edward H. Wales • Charles C. Ward • Roosevelt Warren • Raymond Welch • * William T. White • * William C. Wicker • Nelson W. Wilson • Ernest T. Wood

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

Hyde Park Vietnam War Monument

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New York, Dutchess County, Hyde Park
Honor Roll
Of Those Who Served In
The Viet Nam War
From Town of Hyde Park
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Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice
Cardinal, David C. • Koob, John P. • Minnard, Earl • Trani, Frederick E. Jr.
------------------------------------ Ackerman, Albert A. • Alata, Robert J. • Albertson, Carl N. • Andros, Brian T. • Arkills, John C. • Armstrong, Thomas • Athanas, Michael • Banks, Richard R. • Battillo, Robert A. • Berryann, Charles • Beyer, Thomas W. • Bialosuknia, Henry J. • Bomba, Stanley • Borgos, William j. • Brandl, Thomas w. • Breed, Robert d. • Brogan, randolph f. • Burke, Thomas • Bush, Edward Jr. • Byrum, Robert l. • Cables, Charles J. Jr. • Cady, Stephen J. • Cannon, Dan • Caron, Leo • Carroll, Christopher P. • Carroll, Dennis P. • Carroll, Timothy M. • Carswell, Peter N. • Cassell, Allen M. • Cerasaro, David M. • Cerniglia, Dominic • Ceruti, Michael O. • Clark, Theodore A. • Clarke, Larry • Cole, Richard J. • Cole, Stephen W. • Croshier, Charles H. III • Croshier, John W. • Croshier, Wayne • Decker, Russell • Delor, Daniel • Dewitt, Donald C. • Doe, Ronald A. • Douglas, Kenneth L. • Doyle, David J. • Dressel, Thomas G. • Duke, James K. • Duke, Robert L. • Dymond, Walter Jr. • Elderkin, William H. Jr. • Elmendorf, David J. • Elwell, Michael • Ernisse, Milton Jr. • Erts, Thomas F. • Firman, Terrence G. • Flynn, William J. Jr. • Foerschler, J. Edward Jr. • Fulmer, James • Fulmar, Jeffrey Y. • Gannon, Robert • Gannon, William • Gilnack, Thomas R. • Golonka, Michael • Goodrich, James • Gordon, William • Hunt, William B. • Goring, James O. • Grega, Richard M. • Grey, William • Griffen, Gary W. • Hackbart, Martin J. • Haug, George N. • Hay, Bruce W. • Heady, B. Peter • Heady, William B. Jr. • Herrmann, James B. • Holt, Gary A. • Honeywell, John R. • Houston, Thomas F. Jr. • Johnson, Warren • Johnson, Wayne • Jones, Ralph L. • Kane, Henry A. • Keeling, Vance • Kiernan, Colin M. • Kilmer, Jurgen G. • Kirby, William • Knapp, Paul G. • Knauss, Alexander G. • Knoth, Richard P. • Kolias, Constantine G. • Kowalski, Thomas F. • Krazinski, Gary • Kwant, John • Lawrence Regina, Frank • Lawless, James H. • Lawless, Matthew T. • Lehan, Daniel E. • Lewis, Stephen • Long, Charles H. • Lord, Wayne D. • Lowe, Michael R. • Lucas, John M. • Luhmann, James • Lyvers, Peter A. • Macdonald, Leon • Macleary, Richard A. • Magee, Richard • Magee, Robert • Marin, Robert H. Jr. • Martin, Robert S. • Maxfield, Eugene H. • Mc Culloch, Darcy J. • Mc Dermott, Thomas F. • Mc Peck, Michele R. • Meddaugh, Michael R. • Millard, Gary • Miller, Richmond C. • Minholz, Donald • Moshier, Michael • Murphy, Denis J. III • Myer, James E. Jr. • Myer, William M. • Neville, Gary • Neville, Michael • Nicholson, Richard • Nowik, William J. • Palmer, Gary R. • Palmer, Herbert D. • Parmalee, Robert E. Jr. • Pells, Roger A. • Peluso, Leonard R. • Peterson, James C. • Pottenburgh, Bryant Y. • Precious, Daniel E. • Quimby, John L. Jr. • Quinlan, Michael M. • Rack, Ernest H. III • Relyea, Peter S. • Rembisz, Michael D. • Renzo, Harold • Roosa, Peter H. • Rossbach, Charles • Sammarco, Valentino T. • Schneider, Kenneth • Schwinger, Kurt A. • Scofield, Jeffrey A. • Scoma, Louis T. • Scott, Raymond C. • Serafinowicz, Ronald P. • Sharpe, Michael • Sheedy, Robert M. • Sheehan, Lawrence P. • Sherwood, Michael A. • Shurts, Norman • Simmons, Gary • Simpson, James W. • Simpson, Robert L. • Skelly, Edmund J. Jr. • Smalley, William H. • Smith, Allen D. • Smith, David E. Jr. • Smith, Gary A. • Smith, William R. • Snyder, Mark E. • Staffa, Michael • Staub, Robert K. • Stone, Lawrence A. • Swenson, Louis H. • Taber, Kenneth • Takacs, Peter A. Jr. • Takacs, Stephen J. • Tarantino, Nicholas J. • Tobias, Harold A. • Tompkins, James H. • Trip, Robert • Turcan, Charles F. Jr. • Turner, James • Van Dyke, John Jr. • Van Slyke, Herbert • Van Steenburgh, Joseph • Van Tassell, Dwight C. • Venne, Arthur H. • Waite, Thomas E. • Wasney, Stephen M. • Wermter, Joseph G. • Whiteley, Mark E. • Whittaker, Russell V. • Wiands, Leslie J. • Winslow, Clive Iii • Winslow.Jeffrey • Wittenberg, Allan M. • Yetman, C. Wayne • Zanetti, Albert H. • Zanetti, Henry • Zwecker, Louis W. 1964   -   1975

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

Triangular Jog

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Kentucky, Simpson County, near Franklin
The Simpson County jog in Kentucky-Tennessee boundary was error of Dr. Thomas Walker's 1780 survey party. Luke Munsell and James Bright resurveyed region fifty years later, but the controversy continued until survey by Austin P. Cox and Benjamin Peebles in 1858-1859. This stone-marked line set official boundary between the two states and ended an 80-yr. dispute.

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

Goodnight Memorial Library / Isaac Hershel Goodnight

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Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin


Goodnight Memorial Library
Mrs. Goodnight (1858-1935), wife of I.H. Goodnight, in her will made possible the erection of this municipal building containing library, auditorium, assembly room, museum, kitchen. With aid of federal funds, WPA did the work. Assembly room used by Ella Hoy Goodnight Music Club. Sen. Alben W. Barkley, later Vice President, dedicated building in 1937. Over.

Isaac Hershel Goodnight
State representative, congressman, circuit judge. Born Allen County 1849, he came here in 1870 and began law practice, 1873. Served as state representative, 1877-1878, U.S. Congressman from 1889-95. Chairman of the Democratic State Convention of 1891. Elected judge of Kentucky's seventh circuit in 1897, serving till his death here in 1901. See over.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Government • Politics) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Replica of Stone #38

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Kentucky, Simpson County, near Franklin
Replica of Stone #38 set nearly 30 miles east of here during the 1859 Cox/Peoples survey of the KY/TN line. This survey resulted in markers set at 5-mile intervals along the line originally determined by Walker and Smith in 1780. Surveyors from both states worked together during 1990-1992 to recover 45 of the original stone monuments.

(Colonial Era • Exploration) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial

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Kentucky, Simpson County, near Franklin

"But the child's sob in the silence curses deeper
than the strong man in his wrath"
–Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Cry of the Children
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Dedicated to the victims of the
April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing

(Disasters • Notable Events) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Captain Thomas F Mantell, Jr.

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Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin
Born in Franklin, Ky., 30 June 1922. Graduated Male High School, Louisville. Joined army Air Corps, 16 June 1942. Graduated Flight School, 30 June 1943. During WWII, Mantell assigned to 440th Troop Carrier Group, 96th Troop Carrier Squadron, 9th Air Force. Awarded Distuinguished Flying Cross, and Air Medal w/3 OLCs for heroism. Following the war returned to Louisville. Joined newly organized Kentucky Air National Guard, assigned as Flight Leader, "C" Flight, 165th Fighter Squadron. Kentucky Air National Guard on 16 February 1947. 7 January 1948, while on training flight with three other P-51Ds (Mustang) Mantell was directed by flight tower at Godman Field to pursue an unidentified flying object. While in pursuit of object, died in plane crash near this site. The story of Mantell's death while chasing UFO made headlines across the country. Intense military investigation of incident became part of Proget SIGN later BLUEBOOK, the military's investigations into UFOs. Much speculation and conjecture has been written about the incident, it is still uncertain what Mantell was pursuing at the time of the crash. Mantell is the first flight casualty of the Kentucky Air National Guard. Buried Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.

(Air & Space • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Birthplace of T.O. Chisholm / Noted Hymn Writer (1866-1960)

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Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin

Birthplace of T.O. Chisholm
Thomas Obadiah Chisholm, born in log house, Lake Spring community, taught in local school at age 16. Became associate editor of Franklin Favorite; later edited Pentecostal Herald, Louisville. Under influence of evangelist Henry Clay Morrison, founder of Asbury College (Ky.), he was ordained to Methodist ministry and served in nearby Scottsville.

Noted Hymn Writer (1866-1960)
Chisholm's unstable health caused his work to vary from journalism to insurance to evangelistic pursuits. He wrote poems through the years; some 800 were published and many set to music. With musician William Runyan, Chisholm wrote "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" (1923); with C.H. Lowden, he wrote "Living for Jesus" (1917). These hymns continue to provide inspiration and comfort.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches, Etc. • Education) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Franklin Noon Rotary Rodeo

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Tennessee, Williamson County, Franklin
The Franklin Noon Rotary Club was chartered in 1948 by nineteen leading Williamson County businessmen, professionals, and farmers. The organization is best known for founding the Franklin Rodeo in 1950, an annual event which has grown into one of the largest and most successful rodeos in the southeast and a signature event for the community. When the 52nd annual rodeo moved to this site in 2001, it became the first major event held in the new Williamson County Agricultural Expo Park. The Franklin Noon Rotary is one of Williamson County's oldest civic organizations and meets at noon each Thursday.

(Agriculture • Animals • Entertainment • Sports) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Labor

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Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha

This monument, titled Labor, is a salute to the dedication and hard work of all those who built the grand city of Omaha. It is a tribute to the men and women who worked for and continue to forge a better life for themselves, their families and their community. The monument is a reminder of what men and women of all walks of life can accomplish by working together. Their commitment will never be forgotten.

Inspired by Terry Moore, President of the Omaha Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Bruce Rhode, President and Chairman of the Board of ConAgra Foods, Inc. and the City of Omaha, this monument became a reality. It reflects the great achievements that result from a partnership of business, labor and government.

Before you is the second largest labor monument in the United States. The five bronze figures are eight feet tall and each weighs 800 lbs. The three large ladles each weigh 6,000 lbs and the ladle at the top weighs 4,000 lbs. An additional 7,382 lbs. of steel and 508,200 lbs of concrete make the total weight of this monument 541,582 lbs or almost 271 tons.

South of the monument, Labor, is "Union Walk". The plaques along the walk reflect the significant influence and commitment of organized labor in Greater Omaha.

Omaha and its unions grew up together. At the time it was chartered, in 1857, Omaha was on the edge of a growing nation. It was destined for economic growth because of access to transportation - first the Missouri River and, soon after, the Union Pacific Railroad. As Omaha grew so did its workshops, mills, factories, plants, office buildings and retail businesses. The construction and day to day operations of all this commerce employed many.

Unions in rail and related industries began to grow in the 1860's, as those industries developed. Building trades organized in the 1880's. The Knights of Labor had a presence in Omaha, but in the 1890's, unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor were on the rise. In 1955, the American Federation of Labor merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations and became the AFL-CIO. To coordinate local unions' political and social service activities, the Omaha Federation of Labor was chartered in 1887.

Today, the labor movement represents a diverse workforce of industrial, service, building and construction, and government sectors of our economy. Organized labor stands firm in its commitment to strive for the betterment of workers and the community.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Labor Unions • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Sue Mundy's" Grave

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Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin
Marcellus Jerome Clarke enlisted in Confederate Army, 1861, at age 17. Attached to Morgan's Cavalry, 1863. Captured on March 12, 1865, taken to Louisville, hanged three days later, court-martialed as guerrilla "Sue Mundy." His last words: "I believe in and die for the Confederate cause." In 1865 body brought here, reburied 1914 two blocks east by CSA veterans.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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