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Kenner White Sox

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Louisiana, Jefferson Parish, Kenner

The Kenner White Sox baseball team was organized in 1932 by Henry "Teddy" Stewart. Many of the players subsequently played in the Negro American League.

A resolution adopted by the city of Kenner on January 17, 2002 recognizing the Kenner White Sox baseball team for their significance in the history of the city of Kenner.

Original Team Players
Names Positions
Henery "Teddy" Stewart - Manager/1st Base
Roger "Speedball" Johnson - Pitcher/1st Base/Outfield
Curtis Johnson - Pitcher/ Center field
Louis Hutchinson - Pitcher/1st Base
James Smith - 1st Base
George Small - 2nd Base/Asst. Manager
Alex Thompson - 3rd. Base/Center field
Jack Johnson - Shortstop/Catcher/3rd base
Toby "Mum" Stewart - Catcher
"Daillo" - Catcher
John Williams - Outfield
Willie Small - Outfield/Cathcer
Louis Hamilton - Center field
Batiste James - Catcher
Cleveland Levy - Right Field
Willie White - Scorekeeper

(African Americans • Sports) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Friends Church / Friends Cemetery

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Ohio, Champaign County, North Lewisburg
Friends Church
Among the earliest settlers to Rush Township were members of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, who emigrated from the eastern states, mostly Pennsylvania and North Carolina. At first religious services were held in the homes of devout Quakers who in turn built a small-framed meeting house on this site in 1842. The present Friends Church replaced the original structure in the 1870s at a cost of $4,245. Although not a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church supported local ardent Abolitionists who helped runaway slaves reach freedom in Canada. An epidemic during the winter of 1850-1851 reduced the Friends' membership and led to several Quaker families relocating to Iowa. The final religious service was held here on October 26, 1997, after which the church was donated to the village of North Lewisburg.

Friends Cemetery The cemetery of the Quaker Church lies to the west of this building and was used from circa 1846 through circa 1885. It was one of the earliest cemeteries in Champaign County with the first recorded burial being Moses Winder on August 5, 1846, and the last recorded burial on May 18, 1885 of Caroline S. Pim. Among those interred here are Civil War veteran William W. Fell, the first marshal of Lewisburg Harmon Limes, and one of the first trustees to serve Lewisburg Abner Winder Jr. As the church membership dwindled, the upkeep of the cemetery proved difficult and fell into neglect and disrepair. As with the Friends Church, the village of North Lewisburg took over owner- ship of the cemetery when it was donated in 1997.

(Abolition & Underground RR • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Belmont

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Nevada, Nye County, Belmont
Once visited by prehistoric man, Shoshone Indians also used this site for jackrabbit drives and for celebrations.

Silver ore discoveries in 1865, the convenience of wood and water and a naturally fine location resulted in the attractive tree-shaded, mining and milling center of Belmont. Once the most flourishing town in eastern Nevada, it was the county seat from 1867-1905.

English-Irish feuds flared frequently and the German-dominated merchant section of town once flew its own flag.

Silver production totaling $4 million was from unusually high grade but shallow ores. Most mines shut down by 1890.

(Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Quigley House

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Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile
Built in 1860 by George Gilmore, owned in 1866 by Dr. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, in 1901 by Mrs. Susan Quigley; this historic house was bought in 1963 by the City of Mobile and restored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Church Street Cemetery - 1819

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Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile
Established 1819 by city of Mobile for yellow fever victims. Buried in raised tombs are Spanish and French citizens of early Mobile, and many pioneer Americans.

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

James W. Roper

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Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile

Owner - Builder
of Oakleigh

Born 1801 in South Carolina
(day and month of birth unknown)

Died Jan. 12, 1856

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Le Marquis de Lafayette visited Mobile

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Alabama, Mobile County, Mobile
On this site stood the home of Mayor Samuel H. Garrow, where the Marquis de Lafayette was entertained on his visit to Mobile, April 7, 1825. Lafayette, French officer, statesman, and hero of the American Revolution, visited the United States as "Guest of the Nation" in 1824-1825. Mobile gave an enthusiastic welcome to the distinguished general.

(Colonial Era • Notable Events • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

USS KIDD - "DD 661"

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Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge

Panel 1:
It is August first, 1945, Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco. The KIDD is just completing repairs following the April 11 Kamikaze hit that killed thirty-eight of her crew off Okinawa. It is before the days of television, plastic, OSHA, and warning labels on everything. It is back when personal safety was a matter of alertness and common sense. The KIDD is a 1945 ship, so exercise caution as you visit. It is six days before the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Most of the crew are ashore enjoying their last stateside liberty. The remainder are readying the ship for the War’s final campaign, the Invasion of Japan. Over three hundred and fifty ships were sunk or damaged at Okinawa, and rumor has it that the Invasion of Japan will make Okinawa look like a Sunday picnic.

Panel 2:
In memory of the officers and men of the USS KIDD who gave their lives in the action of 11 April 1945 off Okinawa:

Grieshaber, George P. Lieut.(j.g.), USNR
Berwick, Robert A., Ens.(SC), USN
Bridgewater, Dorsey C. S1/c, USNR
Smith, Addison F., CQM(AA)(T), USN
Hansen, Sylvester W., CWT (AA)(T), USN
Hamilton, John F., CST(AA)(T), USN
Payne, Morgan A., GM1/c (T), USN
Carmody, James C., WT1/c (T), USNR
D’Amico, Felix P., WT1/c (T), USNR
Abernathy, William M., M2/c (T) USNR
Walsh, Jack L., WT2/c (T) USNR
Gothreau, Eugene E., SM2/c (T), USNR
Hyde, Richard W., BKR2/c (T), USN
Thompson, Solomon, STM2/c, USN
Green, Charles E., STM2/c, USN
Gutterman, Bernard, TM3/c (T), USNR
Paufaw, Milford A., SM3/c, USN
Olen, James N., EM3/c, USNR
Holwhite, Charles W., F1/c, USNR

Hoeft, Clifford A., F1/c, USNR
Kemmerer, Clifford E., F1/c, USNR
Walker, Robert F., F1/c, USNR
Canada, John W., Jr., S1/c, USNR
Higginbotham, Louie C., S1/c, USNR
Hodges, Lester B., S1/c, USNR
Kelsey, Harold G., S1/c, USNR
Khaisinger, George R., S1/c, USNR
Wall, William J., S1/c, USNR
Bynog, Lawrence, S1/c, USNR
Heaton, Frederic B., F2/c, USNR
Kornoski, Dennis M., F2/c, USNR
Henson, Virgile A., S2/c, USNR
Jenkins, Charles K., S2/c, USNR
Kostelnik, Bernard V., S2/c, USNR
Lee, Arthur, S2/c (RDM), USNR
Leonard, Russell J., S2/c, USNR
Miller, John, Jr., S2/c, USNR
Lee, Darvin R., AS, USNR

(War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Christian Church of Midland

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Texas, Midland County, Midland
Chartered in 1890, the First Christian Church of Midland was organized by sixteen members who met in private homes until 1892. A tradition of service to the church and community began when charter member S. E. Townsend pledged $300 toward the first of two downtown church buildings. The church grew steadily; by 1950 the congregation had erected a large building on the northwestern edge of Midland, making additions as needed. In 1990, the congregation celebrated its 100th anniversary and continues to serve the community with a variety of outreach programs and religious activities.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

W. B. Anglin

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Texas, Midland County, Midland
A member, Company B, Frontier Battalion of Texas Rangers. Killed near here while trailing Comanche Indian raiding party on July 1, 1879. He was buried on the spot where he fell.

A native of Virginia, member of one of its first families, he joined rangers in 1875 at about age 25. Anglin was last man to be killed by Indians in central west Texas. He was known for his bravery, kindness, good humor and unceasing devotion to duty.

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

Fairview Cemetery

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Texas, Midland County, Midland
In use by May 31, 1885, 10-acre southeast corner of this tract was accepted as gift of Midland Town Co., by commissioners of newly organized Midland County in their first meeting on Aug. 10, 1885. Veterans of the Mexican War and Civil War are among the pioneers who are buried here.

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

Midland's First House

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Texas, Midland County, Midland
Of concrete blocks, 1908. Western Ranch style. Home of Raymond and Edith Lawrence. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark—1965

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

Ford Building

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Michigan, Oakland County, Birmingham
This structure was built in 1896 by Frank Ford, who built the Ford-Peabody House in 1878. The corner was occupied by Levinson's Department Store from 1897 to 1916. Two smaller businesses occupied units at the extreme west and north ends. The First State Savings Bank followed Levinson's in the corner space.

In 1925, the Ford Building was clad in limestone with typical pre-depression bank details. In 1935, after the Birmingham State Savings Bank failed, the Wilson Drug Company moved in and remained there until 1979.

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

Adamsville

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Texas, Lampasas County, Adamsville
The first permanent settlers came to this area shortly before Lampasas County organized in 1856. Oliver Hazzard Perry Townsen bought 640 acres from Samuel Horrell, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth in 1868. Townsen grew wheat and established a flour mill, and in 1876 became postmaster of Townsen Mills southeast of this site near the Lampasas River. An 1884 business directory noted that the community included steam flour and saw mills, three churches and a school, a doctor, wagonmaker, and general store.

After Townsen died in 1891 in a mill accident, a new post office opened at the Smith and Adams General Store. John T. Adams, first postmaster of Adamsville, and the Rev. McCall Smith were business partners at the store. In the late 1880s, Rev. Smith and 19 charter members met in L. Jasper and Mary Ann Townsen's home to organize Pleasant Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now Adamsville Presbyterian Church. Samuel and Fannie Straley platted Adamsville in 1908. A newspaper article the following year mentioned Adamsville's ice house, Ladies' Missionary Society, Literary Society, and Woodmen of the World Camp.

Straley's School (c. 1885) was also the church for Baptist and Presbyterian congregations. County commissioners created Adamsville School District No. 15 in 1908 and trustees built a new schoolhouse; a larger 1922 schoolhouse was destroyed by fire in 1942. Adamsville consolidated with Lampasas Schools in 1964. The Adamsville community building was originally a G.I. vocational school for veterans of World War II. J.W. Mitchell organized the Adamsville volunteer fire department about 1967. Adamsville has evolved from a frontier settlement to an active rural community with ongoing events such as church activities, twice-monthly fiddling jam sessions, and community barbecues to welcome hunters during deer season. 175 Years of Texas Independence * 1836-2011
Marker is Property of the State of Texas


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

The National Bank Building

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Michigan, Oakland County, Birmingham
In 1919, on the former site of the old National Hotel, George Mitchell and Almeron Whitehead erected this building to house the First National Bank and various shops. Throughout the decades, different banks have occupied this building, including the Birmingham National Bank, Detroit Bank and Trust, and Comerica Bank. The attractive second floor brick facade has not been changed since it was first put in place.

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

The Erity-Nixon Building

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Michigan, Oakland County, Birmingham
This red brick building was erected in the 1880's by William Erity and his son-in-law, Chauncy Nixon. The Erity family and later the Nixon family owned and operated a mill near the corner of Evergreen Road and Riverside Drive in Beverly Hills. The two men also kept a seed and feed store in the north half of the first floor of the Woodward building.

The facade has lost its cornice and roof balustrade, but the handsome second floor windows remain unchanged, and the original cast iron column between the two street level shops still supports the front wall of the second floor. The original fieldstone walls and brick floor can still be seen in the basement.

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

Entrance to Site of Townsen's Mill

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Texas, Lampasas County, Adamsville
Built on Mill Branch in 1872, Perry and Jasper Townsen's steam mill cut "rawhide" lumber and ground wheat and corn.

Post office established 1881 moved in 1891 to Adamsville store of John Adams and The Rev. McCall Smith. Mr. Smith built, and was pastor of, earliest Presbyterian church there.

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

United Presbyterian Church of Adamsville

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Texas, Lampasas County, Adamsville
In late 1880, The Rev. McCall Smith and 19 charter members met in the home of L. Jasper and Mary Ann Townsen. They organized the Pleasant Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church and held services in a schoolhouse or under a brush arbor. In 1903 "the tabernacle" was erected on camp grounds west of Adamsville. This meetinghouse was built in 1917 and the tabernacle was moved here in 1946 and used for several years. After a 1958 merger, this congregation became part of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. (1979)

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Denham Springs

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Louisiana, Livingston Parish, Denham Springs
Mineral spring area near here owned by William Denham 1829-1855. Hotel near the springs built prior to the Civil War. Hill’s Springs post office renamed Denham Springs in 1898. The village was incorporated in 1903.

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

Early Life on the Moland Farm

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Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Hartsville
Unfortunately, there are few contemporary descriptions of the area at that time. The local “Scotch-Irish” of the 18th century were not as concerned with keeping records of their daily activities as they were with keeping records of their financial matters.

The Moland House
W.W.H. Davis in his second edition of The History of Bucks County (1905) includes a description of the Moland House:
“Washington quartered in the farmhouse of John Moland, then lately deceased”
“a substantial stone dwelling…in good preservation.”
“As when Washington occupied it, the first floor of the main building is divided into two rooms with entry near the kitchen; the larger room being on the south (west) side and entered from the porch the smaller back. The latter is thought to have been used by Washington as an office, the larger a reception room. In each there was a open fireplace and then as now a door opened into the kitchen.

The historian William J. Buck writing about the Moland House in the first article that was published on the Neshaminy Encampment claims, it was the “Best finished house in the neighborhood” at the time of the Revolution.

The Moland Farm
In the late colonial period (1750-80) the average family farm in the settled rural areas covered 125 acres with three acres containing the house, barn, and other out-building; 44% of the remaining land in plowed fields, meadows and orchards; 16% in pasture and the final 40% in woodlots.

Seventy-five percent of Bucks County farmsteads were above fifty acres-the minimum acreage considered sufficient for sustaining a family.

The April 1761 inventory of goods and chattel in the estate of John Moland provides us with some interesting insight regarding his country farm. The following items were listed in the inventory: *Slaves, cattle and farm implements-support an assumption that the Moland properties were actively being farmed. *Four spinning wheels-suggest that either flax as grown, sheep herded, or both. *A still-which suggests the making of distilled spirits.

The Well House
The little 1850 house southeast of the Moland House, features a very unusual cove shape at the roofline. The well house was probably used for food preparation and canning, with shelves on the walls, a stove chimney in the rear and a ladder leading up to a loft.

The well itself was protected by a roof structure open on two sides and supported by the stone wall extension on the south wall.

The basement, accessible through the large padlocked door to the right, was used as a root cellar and features a very attractive vaulted stone ceiling. Of special note are the ventilation shafts that rise from the basement with their openings visible just under the eaves. Using this ventilation technique the homeowner was better able to keep the food from spoiling.

(Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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