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William Henry Newman

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Kentucky, Metcalfe County, Edmonton
"One of the foremost railroad managers in the country." He was an associate of the great railroad builders. President of New York Central R.R., 1901-09, successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt. He merged 14 lines into New York Central System; planned Twentieth Century Lmtd. and Grand Central Terminal. Born in Metcalfe County, 1848. Died in New York City, 1918.

(Notable Persons • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

County Named, 1860

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Kentucky, Metcalfe County, Edmonton
For Thomas Metcalfe, 1780-1855. Born Va. Capt. Ky. Vol. War 1812; Congress 1819-28; Governor 1828-32; Ky. Senate 1834-38; U.S. Senate 1848-49, completing Crittenden's term. "Old Stone Hammer'' laid the foundation, 1797, of Governor's Mansion, now home of Lieutenant Governors. Metcalfe County formed out of parts of Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green & Monroe.

(Notable Persons • Politics • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dragoon Trail Historical Site Marker No. 9

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Iowa, Webster County, Fort Dodge
Here Passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearny

(Exploration • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anne and Christopher Birckhead

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Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Lothian
These stones mark the graves
of
Anne and Christopher
Birckhead

They are believed to be the oldest
dated tombstones in Maryland

This registers for her bones,
her fame is more perpetual than these stones
and still her virtues, though her life be gone,
shall live when earthly monuments are none.
Who, reading this, can choose but drop a tear
for such a wife and such a mother dear,
She ran her race and now is laid to rest,
and allaleguis sings among the blest.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Nathanael Greene Homestead Cemetery

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Rhode Island, Kent County, Coventry
Cemetery HistoryThe first Greene family interment occurred in 1786 with the death of Miss Margaret Greene, daughter of Jacob (General Greene’s brother) and Margaret Greene. There are seventeen identified interments in the cemetery and four fieldstones. According to a Providence Journal article from 1859, these fieldstones represent four Revolutionary War soldiers infirmed at the Homestead for smallpox, before succumbing to the disease. There is no other documentation to substantiate this claim. The following photograph shows the cemetery as it appeared in 1914. >

Burial Site for General Nathanael GreeneAt the time of General Greene’s death, in 1786, he lived at Mulberry Grove, Georgia with his wife, Catharine (Caty), and their five children. He was laid to rest, in the burial vault of John Graham, who had been the Lieutenant Governor for the colony of Georgia. The burial site had been forgotten until the early twentieth century when efforts were made to locate the burial site. After a lengthy search, General Greene’s remains were discovered in the graham vault, in 1901. By 1902, General Greene’s remains were reinterred under a monument at Johnson Square, in Savannah, Georgia.

Caty moved her family to Dungeness, on Cumberland Island, Georgia (property given to General Greene after the Revolutionary War) twelve years after Nathanael’s death. Caty died in 1814 and is buried there.
InterredJacob Greene,   b. 03/07/1739-40   d. 11/08/1808, age 69,
older brother to Nathanael Greene
Margaret (Peggy) Greene,   b. 04/28/1740   12/13/1802, age 63,
wife of Jacob Greene
Dr. Jabez Greene,   b. 1770   d. 02/07/1808, age 38,
son of Jacob & Margaret Greene
Margaret Greene,   d. 03/07/1786, age 14,
son of Jacob & Margaret Greene

Jacob Varnum Greene,   b. 1772   d. 07/15/1815, age 42,
son of Jacob & Margaret Greene
Patience (Cox) Greene,   b. 04/13/1779   d. 09/29/1866, age 87,
wife of Jacob Varnum Greene, Patience Cox married: 1. Josiah Randall 2. Jacob Varnum Greene 3. Reverend Jonathan Smith (Baptist clergyman)
Josiah Randall,   b. 1782   d. 05/17/13, age 31,
first husband of Patience (Cox) Smith
Elizabeth C. Randall,   d. 12/16/1810, age 6 years, 2 months, 2 days,
daughter of Josiah and Patience (Cox) Randall
Samuel Randall,   d. 10/02/1813, age 1 year, 9 months, 10 days
son of Josiah and Patience (Cox) Randall
Gilbert Smith,   d. 10/31/1821, age 11 days
son of Jonathan and Patience (Cox) Smith
Harris Inman,   d. in New Orleans Louisiana   d. 09/30/1835, age 25,
first husband of Elizabeth Margaret Greene
Elizabeth Margaret Greene,   b. 11/23/1814   d. 12/4/1899, age 85,
daughter of Jacob Varnum Greene, and the last Greene resident of the Homestead. She married: 1. Harris Inman 2. Oliver C. G. Arnold 3. William R. Warner
Oliver C. G. Arnold, d. 07/05/1870, age 57
Almy Cooper Arnold,   d. 05/13/1848, age 6 months, 25 days,
daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold
Emma Jane Arnold,   d. 05/19/1857, age 6 months, 23 days,
daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold
Lavine A. Arnold,   d. 12/07/1859, age 14 years, 6 months, 7 days,
daughter of Oliver C.G. and Elizabeth Margaret (Greene) Arnold-------------------------Theodore A. Foster is buried without a gravestone. He was connected to the Greenville Manufacturing Company, a paper manufacturing company on the Greene property that was leased to Randall and Steadman from 1809-1813. Josiah Randall was the first husband of Patience Cox, who later married Jacob Varnum Greene.

Four unmarked fieldstones may be Revolutionary War soldiers who were taken from Boston to the Homestead by Catherine Greene, in 1775, to recover from smallpox.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

390th Bombardment Group (H)

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Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

This memorial is the configuration of the tail of a B-17 aircraft known as "The Flying Fortress." The 390th Bombardment Group (H) flew 301 combat missions out of England during World War II. In addition to its outstanding bombing record, the 390th was credited with shooting down in one day, 10 October 1943, 62 enemy fighters. This was the highest kill rate in a single day for any bomber or fighter group in the European Theater of Operations. In all the group was credited with destroying 377 enemy aircraft during the war. The 390th attacked enemy targets throughout Europe. Also, the 390th was selected to take part in every shuttle mission flown by the 8th Air Force, including attacks on targets on the Eastern Front, in the Balkans, in southern France, and at the Normandy beachhead.

Two Presidential Citations
Regensburg Mission 17 August 1943 • Schweinfurt Mission 14 October 1943

The Units
390th Headquarters Squadron
568th Bombardment Squadron (H) • 569th Bombardment Squadron (H)
570th Bombardment Squadron (H) • 571th Bombardment Squadron (H)
1143rd Military Police Company • 272nd Medical Dispensary
30th Station Complement Squadron • 458th Sub-Depot
878th Chemical Company • 1689th Ordnance S&M Company
1091st Quartermaster Company • 216th Finance Section
18th Weather Squadron • 563rd Postal Unit
2034th Fire-Fighting Platoon

Dedicated 24 August 1990

To All Our Support Personnel
You achieved the impossible, you scoffed at pressure.
You improvised, modified and ingeniously substituted whenever necessary.
You patched our wings, replaced our engines and healed our battle inflicted wounds.
You worked timelessly to achieve operational readiness for our damaged B-17's.
You, as experts, unfailingly provided fuel, bombs, ammunition and all equipment necessary to sustain every bombing mission.
You truly excelled in maintaining the over-all efficiency of the greatest Air Force ever assembled.
You exemplified your deep concern as you housed and fed us, guarded and protected us with great care and professional skill.
You turned your special civilian skills into a mighty military asset. You were the part of the team which made the next combat mission possible.
Your dedication, commitment and intellect were major contributions to the total war effort.
Together we share the ultimate victory.

The 390th Bombardment Group (H)

(Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Transit Road Church

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New York, Erie County, Amherst

[photo] Church on original site.
This church, originally Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, was constructed in approximately 1854, when the first baptism and marriage were recorded. It was located on Transit Road near Muegel Road, north of the Transit Valley Country Club, until the 1960s, when the congregation constructed a new church south of that site. The church cemetery remains on Transit Road at the original location.

This typical country church served the German-speaking Lutheran residents of East Amherst, Clarence and Swormville. Services were held in German until the early 20th century. The words over the doorway are the German translation for "Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church."

The women of the church held fundraisers for several years to pay for the stained glass windows. All the stained glass windows in this building, except for the altar window, are the original 19th century windows that were made by the Frohe Art Glass Company of Buffalo.

More than 100 years later, this family-owned firm also created the present altar window as a modern adaptation of the original which the congregation removed for use in its new building. The design of the alter window, "Christ Knocking - The Light of the World" was based on a painting by the English artist William Holman Hunt. The cost to duplicate this window was prohibitive. A photo of the original wondow is displayed next to the altar.

Only four front pews are original to the building. Unfortunately the Museum has been unable to acquire the rest of the original pews.

Woodworking details are typical of German churches of this time. The altar railing was replaced in 1996. Earlier photographs and marks on the floor showed the details and placement of the original railing.

The 1870s pump organ was made by the Ann Arbor Organ Co. of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The steeple bell, a replacement of the original, could be heard for miles and was rung before services and to alert the surrounding community to emergencies. Note the gold crown at the top of the steeple.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Headquarters Squadron, Air Service Command

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Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Dedicated to members of the
Headquarters Squadron
Air Service Command
U.S. Army Air Corps
Patterson Field, Ohio
who served here
April 1942 - December 1945

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


68th Fighter Squadron

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Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Campaigns
China Defensive / Guadalcanal / New Guinea
Northern Solomons / Bismarck Archipelago
Western Pacific / Leyte

Operations
Air defense of Tongatabu, June-October 1942.
Combat in South and Southwest Pacific,
November 1942 - August 1945.
The last 13th Air Force mission of World War II was flown by 68th pilots against Singapore Harbor, 13 August 1945.

Dedicated by 68th Fighter Association,
16 July 1988.

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

Nathanael Greene Memorial

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Rhode Island, Kent County, Coventry
Coventry High School
and the
National Student Council
honor
Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene

Rhode Island           Delaware
New Hampshire           Maryland
Massachusetts           Virginia
New York           North Carolina
Connecticut           South Carolina
New Jersey           Georgia
Pennsylvania

★★ ★      ★ ★ ★     ★     ★ ★ ★       ★ ★ ★
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(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Adair County Courthouse

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Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia
On June 28, 1802, court ordered permanent seat of justice on the public square. First courthouse built in 1806. Present structure was designed by McDonald Bros., Louisville, and built by Wm. H. Hudson and Columbus Stone in 1887. A unique architectural feature is the carving of faces on the south columns. Listed on National Register of Historic Places, 1974.

(Government • Landmarks) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Col. Frank L. Wolford

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Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia
A foremost champion of the Union, a staunch friend of the stricken South, defender of constitutional freedom. Born Columbia 1817, died 1895 and buried in city cemetery. Veteran Mexican War, leader famed First Kentucky Union Cavalry, hero of many battles, eight times wounded. Bold warrior, chivalrous foe. Renowned lawyer and orator. Member Legislature and Congress.

(Politics • War, Mexican-American • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Confederate Raids

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Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia

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General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry, returning from second Kentucky raid, passed here on way back to Tennessee, Jan. 1, 1863. On raid, Union's rail supply line wrecked and $2,000,000 property destroyed. July 3, 1863, Morgan here again drove out small USA force. On July 8, at Brandenburg, crossed river into Indiana. Captured in NE Ohio, July 26. See map over.

Rear Map
Confederate Raids and Invasions
and a Federal Retreat, in Kentucky.

(Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jane Lampton Home

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Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia
Girlhood home of Jane Lampton (1803-1891). Wife of John Marshall Clemens. Mother of "Mark Twain." Granddaughter of Colonel William Casey, original Adair County settler.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Daniel Trabue (1760-1840)

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Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia
A founder of Columbia, Trabue built original house (SW corner of this structure) ca. 1823. He served as trustee, sheriff, and justice of peace; operated grist mill, inn and retail store. Here Trabue wrote memoirs, 1827, of pioneer era, which included events at Logan's Station, Boonesborough, and service under Anthony Wayne. These accounts part of famous Draper Manuscripts.

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

Columbia-Union Presbyterian Church

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Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia

Side 1
Active Presbyterian congregations formed early in the county’s settlement:1803 on Col. Casey’s farm & 1827 in Columbia. Church was built in 1857 and has had continuous services ever since. County and city congregations merged in 1912. Columbia-Union Presbyterian Church became the official name in 1925. Over

Side 2
The original sanctuary’s slave balcony was removed in 1885. Civil War involvement includes bullet molds found in the attic, a steeple/ lookout to watch for rebel raiders, and doors that were used as stretchers for the wounded in a skirmish with John Hunt Morgan’s troops in 1863. Limestone steps are original.
  Sponsored by the City of Columbia

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

Male and Female School Site / Student Parking in the 1850s

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Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia

Male and Female School Site The Columbia College Joint Stock Company formed in 1853 to build the M&F School. It was conveyed to trustees appointed by Transylvania Presbytery and opened in 1855. The building was a Union Camp during the Civil War. Classes resumed after the war. In 1908 a public grade and high school replaced the M&F School on the same site.
Sponsored by the City of Columbia

Student Parking in the 1850s This horse-mounting block is a survivor from many that were along this road and in the field beyond. Houses built in the early 1900s now occupy former pastures where horses grazed while their riders attended the M&F School on the hill. This subscription school provided both boys and girls a quality high school education.
  Sponsored by the City of Columbia

(Animals • Churches, Etc. • Education • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Robert Aitken (1734-1802)

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
An influential revolutionary-era printer, he operated a shop on this block. In 1782, Aitken printed the nation’s first complete English Bible. It received endorsement from Congress, and was the only new Bible available to colonists due to printing restrictions and import embargoes. He also published the Journals of Congress, its official proceedings, and The Pennsylvania Magazine which introduced the writings of Thomas Paine to America.

(Industry & Commerce • Politics • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Union Fire Company,

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
This first truly volunteer fire company in the US served as a model for others across the nation. Members, including Ben Franklin, purchased tools stored here in Grindstone Alley, helped provide a fire bell, buckets, and an engine for the city, and developed the idea of fire insurance.

(Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Academy of Natural Sciences

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Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia
Founded nearby in 1812, it is the oldest natural science institution in the Americas. It remains an invaluable resource for the study of life on Earth, with outstanding exhibits and scientific collections. Relocated to Logan Square in 1876, part of Drexel University since 2011.

(Education • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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