José Maria Reina Barrios

August 10, 2015, 6:02 pm

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Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala City

General de Division
Jose Maria Reina Barrios
Presidente de Guatemala
1892-1898
Nacio: San Marcos el 24 de diciembre de 1854
Murio: En Guatemala el 8 de febrero de 1898
Impulsor y Realizador de Muchas
Obras de
Engrandecimiento patrio
entre ellas el
Paseo “La Reforma”

English translation:
Divisional General
Jose Maria Reina Barrios
President of Guatemala
1892-1898
Born: San Marcos, December 24, 1854
Died: Guatemala City, February 8, 1898
Creator of many public works that strengthened the country
including
The “La Reforma” Avenue

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Henry A. Wallace Birthplace

August 10, 2015, 6:03 pm

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Iowa, Adair County, near Orient

Renovated in 1996
Under The Guidance Of
Architect William Wagner

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The “Government Workhouse”

August 11, 2015, 12:19 pm

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Wyoming, Goshen County, Fort Laramie

“I am beginning to think the soldiers . . . know better how to handle pick and shovel than they do a gun . . .”Private George W. McAnulty,
Fort Laramie, W.T., 1878
“ . . . nothing worries a soldier more than doing the dirty [work] about the post.”Private Paul Lindsley Mulford,
7th U.S. Cavalry
The daily routine of the frontier army enlisted man was a highly regimented, never-ending cycle of drills, guard duty, roll calls, inspections, and fatigue details. Isolation, boredom, and monotony most often defined his existence.

Fatigue details were a major source of discontent among the troops. Complaining that they were used more frequently as cheap labor than as soldiers, they derisively referred to military posts as “government workhouses.”

Typical fatigue details included constructing and maintaining roads, telegraph lines, and buildings, lime-making, cutting and milling wood, garbage and night soil disposal, water-hauling, and putting-up hay. Especially unpopular was cutting and storing ice. Ice cutting work was heavy, hard, and invariably performed during the coldest part of the winter. The soldiers’ clothing often got wet and froze in contact with the chill air, making it nearly unbearable to wear.
Ice HousesThe depressions you see are the remains of an icehouse, one of which is highlighted in the photograph to the left. Soldiers cut blocks of ice from the Laramie River and hauled them by wagon to the icehouses. The ice was stored between layers of straw or sawdust insulation.

Constructed partially underground with thick, solid walls and no ventilation, these structures held up to 150 tons of ice. If carefully rationed by the commanding officer, this ice supply could last until September.

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George Chaffey

August 11, 2015, 12:44 pm

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Ontario, Leeds & Grenville Counties, Brockville

Born at Brockville, Canada West, Chaffey became a shipbuilder on the Great Lakes and the inventor of a new type of propeller. Subsequently he went to California where, in partnership with his brother, he built a model irrigation project and founded the city of Ontario. At the request of Alfred Deakin, later Prime Minister of Australia, Chaffey went to that continent in 1886 where he began irrigated fruit production in the Murray Valley. By proving that irrigation was practical, Chaffey was largely responsible for the successful development of the fruit industry in Australia.

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Refinement at Fort Laramie

August 11, 2015, 12:51 pm

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Wyoming, Goshen County, Fort Laramie

Fort Laramie began as a dusty, drab frontier outpost as pictured above in the 1868 photograph. However, by the 1880’s, the Army had embarked upon a major cleanup and improvement campaign. The delightful results are evident in the 1887 view – trees and grass, gaslights, boardwalks, picket fences and vine-covered verandas, modern, comfortable quarters . . . even birdbaths!

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C.O.’s Chicken Coop

August 11, 2015, 1:30 pm

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Wyoming, Goshen County, Fort Laramie

High ranking officers commonly kept chickens for their own use. The consumption of chickens and eggs provided a welcome change from meals of wild game and tough army beef. Individual soldiers and cooks utilizing company funds could purchase chickens and eggs from civilians. However, such items were a luxury which seldom appeared on the enlisted man’s table.

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Officers Quarters

August 11, 2015, 1:56 pm

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Wyoming, Goshen County, Fort Laramie

This 1885 photograph shows the buildings constructed on this site in 1881. Previous adobe structures, built in 1855, were left standing as rear wings. On the far left was the Commanding Officer’s residence. Between 1881 and 1890 it was successively occupied by the families of Colonels Meritt, Gibbon and Merriam and the only one equipped with inside plumbing, with a full bathroom upstairs and water piped into the kitchen. The other two buildings were customarily occupied by Lieutenants or Captains and their families.
RIGHT: Officer Quarters, 1887, looking southwest from the flagpole.

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Leeds-Grenville County Court House

August 11, 2015, 2:05 pm

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Ontario, Leeds & Grenville Counties, Brockville

Symbols of law and authority to a new and changing society, the district court houses of Upper Canada were architecturally prominent buildings in the colony. Of these, one of the most grandiose is the former Johnstown District court house which was erected in the early 1840s and at present houses the county courts for Leeds-Grenville. Planned by the noted Toronto architect, John Howard, the building easily incorporates the diverse facilities of a court room, offices and jail while presenting an exterior of classical and monumental proportions.

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Sir William Buell Richards

August 11, 2015, 2:25 pm

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Ontario, Leeds & Grenville Counties, Brockville

Born at Brockville and called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1837, Richards represented Leeds in the Legislative Assembly (1848–53) and served as Attorney General for Canada West in the Hincks-Morin administration (1851–3). Appointed puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1853, he became Chief Justice of that Court in 1863 and Chief Justice of the Ontario Queen's Bench in 1868. When the Supreme Court of Canada was formed in 1875, Richards became its first Chief Justice and continued in that position until his retirement in 1879. He died at Ottawa.

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Infantry Barracks

August 11, 2015, 2:31 pm

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Wyoming, Goshen County, Fort Laramie

In answer to the perpetual need for housing, construction of an enlisted men’s barracks commenced at the opposite end of these foundation ruins. The barracks were extended in this direction as more men were assigned. Kitchens, mess halls, laundress’ quarters and latrines were built behind (to your left).
Home to about 150 men, the two-story barracks were sparsely furnished. Bunks, made of wood by the quartermaster, were two tiers high with each tier accommodating two men. The Indian wars term “Bunkie,” referring to a soldier’s closest comrade, derived from this sleeping arrangement.
The two-story barracks were replaced in 1868 by a one-story barracks.

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“Officers Row”

August 11, 2015, 2:56 pm

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Wyoming, Goshen County, Fort Laramie

This 1889 winter scene shows buildings along the west side of the Parade Ground which housed Fort Laramie’s officer complement – hence, “Officers Row”.
RIGHT TO LEFT, the “Burt” House, the “Surgeon’s” quarters, two adobe quarters and “Old Bedlam”. The surgeon’s eminent position in the social life of Fort Laramie is reflected in this 1888 view (left).

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Magazine

August 11, 2015, 3:28 pm

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Wyoming, Goshen County, Fort Laramie

Restored here to the 1850-1862 period, the magazine is among the oldest surviving structures at Fort Laramie. It was during this early period that George Balch, 1st Lieutenant, Ordinance Corp, sent the following report to the Assistant Adjutant General:
“I find all the ordnance property with the exception of the field guns and their carriages stored in the magazine arranged with much order and preserved with great care. The different kinds of ammunition piled together in such positions as to be easily reached, and the artillery implements and equipments, the small arms and their equipments properly disposed of on shelves and in boxes . . . ”

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Bedford Public Library

August 11, 2015, 4:19 pm

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Iowa, Taylor County, Bedford

This property is listed in
the National Register of Historic Places

Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historical Preservation

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Civil War Memorial

August 11, 2015, 4:45 pm

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Iowa, Taylor County, Bedford

In memory of
the defenders
of our Union
1861 - 1865

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Shawnee-Minisink Archaeological Site

August 11, 2015, 4:57 pm

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Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Minisink Hills

Nearly 13,000 years old, this location, near the confluence of the Delaware River and Brodhead Creek, is one of the earliest dated Native American sites in the northeastern US. Archaeological investigations uncovered hundreds of stone tools left by the early inhabitants around a series of campfires. Remains of fish and fruit provided evidence of a more diverse diet than expected for the late Ice Age.

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Daniel Brodhead

August 11, 2015, 4:59 pm

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Pennsylvania, Monroe County, East Stroudsburg

Settled here about 1738. Founder of the town, first called Dansbury. Lived here until 1755. His son Daniel became a Revolutionary War leader and later the State Surveyor General.

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Dutch Settlers

August 11, 2015, 5:01 pm

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Pennsylvania, Monroe County, East Stroudsburg

First European settlers in this region were Dutch who came over the "Old Mine Road," traveling from the Hudson to the Delaware. Crossing at Walpack Bend, they then used this road, oldest in Monroe County.

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Fort Hyndshaw

August 11, 2015, 5:03 pm

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Pennsylvania, Monroe County, East Stroudsburg

Built in 1756 by order of the Province of Pennsylvania. Northernmost of a line of defenses erected during the French and Indian War.

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Smithfield Church

August 11, 2015, 5:05 pm

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Pennsylvania, Monroe County, East Stroudsburg

Believed to be the first of four early churches built by Dutch Settlers, it stood below the road toward the river. The log structure housed the Dutch Reformed congregation until it moved to the Old Stone Church in Shawnee ca. in 1752.

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Sullivan's March

August 11, 2015, 5:07 pm

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Pennsylvania, Monroe County, Sciota

Brinker's Mill was the storehouse and advance post for the Sullivan Expedition, which left Easton June 18, 1779, to attack the hostile Iroquois Indians.

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