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Fort Logan

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Montana, Meagher County, White Sulphur Springs

The discovery of gold, silver, lead and copper in this area brought about the establishment of Camp Baker in 1869 to protect settlers from Indian raids.

Named Fort Logan in 1877, the post was abandoned in 1880. The block house which remains standing was given to the Meagher County Historical Society by Mrs. Sidney Berg.

-20 miles west-

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.

The Odd Fellows Lodge

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Maryland, Howard County, Ellicott City
This building, originally a harness shop, was purchased by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1863 for approximately $2,000. It has been in continuous use by the Order ever since. Architecturally and historically significant, this 3-1/2 story, gabled-roof stone granite building is one of the few detached structures on Main Street.

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Howard House Hotel

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Maryland, Howard County, Ellicott City
Built by J. Shipley then twice auctioned. In 1879 sold to the Eckert's who served such popular food that the hotel was later enlarged. The public was allowed to take a shortcut through the hotel which led them to the upper street and court house. Eckert knew they'd be enticed by the delicious aromas to dine there! Later converted to apartments.

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

Civil War Memorial

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Iowa, Page County, Clarinda

To The Unknown Dead
1861 - 1865

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Forrest's Artillery

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Tennessee, Henderson County, Parker's Crossroads

Forrest's Brilliant and Unconventional Use of Artillery is one of the hallmarks of the Battle of Parker's Crossroads. He placed his artillery in front of his troops, rather than behind them, and used a continuous barrage of fire from his guns to force the Federals into a position of his choosing.

When the Union line withdrew to the split-rail fence, Forrest ordered his artillery to press forward. Those manning the guns pushed and pulled their pieces over the muddy terrain, paused to fire, and on Forrest's orders advanced again, drawing ever closer to Union troops in the woods behind the fence.

When the advance halted, Confederate artillery was positioned west, north, and east of the Union line at a distance of less than 200 yards. Three attempts by the Federals to charge the guns were repulsed. Lieut. Amariah L. Huggins, who stood next to Sergeant Nat Baxter's gun, a 12-pounder howitzer, remembered, "The enemy was so close to us that Dibrell's men were compelled to fire lying down. At this crisis (Sergeant) Baxter did the loading of our gun battery himself, lying upon his back and ramming the charge home." Huggins protecting the artillerist, fired his Navy Colt repeatedly into the Union troops as they advanced.

The artillery having successfully contained the Union line, Forrest pushed his battle line into small arms range and began to execute the flanking maneuver that would split the Union force in two and ultimately bring them to the brink of surrender.

Confederate Artillery Position

Confederate artillery, probably part of Captain Samuel Freeman's battery, occupied a position 500 feet east of the Union line, which extended along the fence to the tree line in front of you. Friction primers, which ignited the cannon's powder charge and caused it to fire, were found by archaeologists on a low rise about 600 feet east of here, confirming that Confederate artillery were present. The mown trail leads to that actual artillery position.

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

Powhatan Beaty / Union Baptist Cemetery

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Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati

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Powhatan Beaty
Born in Richmond, Virginia. Powhatan Beaty moved to Cincinnati in 1849, where he spent the majority of his life. Beaty enlisted as a private in the Union Army in June 1863, and two days later was promoted to first sergeant, Company G, 5th United States Colored Troops (USCT). All the officers of Company G were killed or wounded during an attack on Confederate forces at New Market Heights, Virginia, in September 1864. Beaty took command of his company, and for his valor received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Beaty was one of two African-Americans buried in Ohio to receive the Medal of Honor for service in the Civil War. He died on December 6, 1916, leaving two sons, attorney and state representative A. Lee Beaty and John W. Beaty. He is buried in Union Baptist Cemetery along with nearly 150 USCT veterans.

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Union Baptist Cemetery
Established in 1864, the Union Baptist Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Hamilton County at its original location purchases, maintained, and still used by a black congregation. The Union Baptist Church was organized in 1831 as the Colored Branch of Enon Baptist Church when fourteen black members of predominantly white Enon Baptist congregation withdrew and formed their own congregation. After four years, Reverend David Leroy Nickens was hired as the first minister, and the name changed to African Union Baptist Church and in 1845, the Union Baptist Church of Cincinnati, Ohio. Prominent African Americans, including Reverend Nickens, Honorable George W. Hays, Jr., and Jennie D. Porter, founder and principal of the Harriet Beecher Stowe School, are buried in the cemetery. Many former slaves, ant-slavery advocates, and active members of the Underground Railroad are interred here.

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Union Engine House

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District of Columbia, Washington, Foggy Bottom
This was the site of the Union Engine House, which served as the headquarters of The Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia from July 7, 1911 until July 4, 1956. The building was later dismantled to make room for the International Monetary Fund Building.

This marker was placed by The Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia.

(Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walker-Chandler House

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Maryland, Howard County, Ellicott City
Originally a private residence, this 3-1/2 story granite block structure is built into solid rock and on a slope such that the entire first floor forms the foundation. The building has housed Kinsey's bookmaking shop, a tavern, the American Red Cross, C&P Telephone Offices and Yate's Record Store. Ellicott's Country Store was opened here in 1962 and is credited as the catalyst for the revitalization of the Ellicott City Historic District.

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

Old Stone Tavern House

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Maryland, Howard County, Ellicott City
This building has had many important uses, such as Old Patapsco Hotel, Granite Manufacturing Co., Town Hall/Opera House, Provost Marshall's Office (Civil War), Patapsco Enterprise Office/Howard Gazette, Oddfellows Lodge, Rodey's Amusea/Emporium. Amuzu Theater. Since 1985 occupied by Forget-Me-Not-Factory, whose owners performed much restoration.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Shooting of Riley Luffsey

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North Dakota, Billings County, Medora

William Riley Luffsey was born in Wayne County, Missouri, around 1859. He died in a gun battle along the Little Missouri River on June 26, 1883, about a mile west of the twin towns of Little Missouri and Medora.

Riley Luffsey was a popular young man. He and his partners, Frank O’Donald and John Reuter (Dutch Wannigan), were hunters, who supplied the military cantonment and the settlement with fresh game. They also guided visiting sportsmen.

The arrival of the Marquis de Mores in April 1883 brought conflict. The Marquis accumulated title to many acres of formerly public land, and ordered much of his land fenced. Where the fences crossed game trails used by the hunters, the hunters cut the wires.

Drunken threats were made against the Marquis, who reported them to the sheriff at Mandan, 130 miles east. Before the sheriff arrived, a gunfight erupted between Luffsey, O’Donald and Reuter and several men led by the Marquis. O’Donald and Reuter testified it was an ambush. The Marquis’ party testified it was self defense.

In 1885, the Marquis de Mores and his foreman, E. G. Paddock, were indicted for Luffsey’s murder. The Marquis was acquitted at trial, and the charges against Paddock were dropped.

Although no one was held accountable for Riley Luffsey’s death, a stone marker in Medora’s cemetery overlooking the town and the site of the fatal gunfight commemorates him.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Maud Noble Cabin

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Wyoming, Teton County, Moose

      This cabin, erected on its present site in 1917 by Miss Maud Noble, has been preserved and renovated to commemorate a meeting held here on the evening of July 26, 1923, at which Mr. Struthers Burt, Dr. Horace Carncross, Mr. John L. Eynon, Mr. J. R. Jones and Mr. Richard Winger, all resident of Jackson Hole, presented to Mr. Horace M. Albright, then Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park, a plan for setting aside a portion of Jackson Hole as a National Recreation Area for the use and enjoyment of the people of the United States. The purpose of that plan has been accomplished by the establishment and enlargement of the Grand Teton National Park.

      The broad vision and patriotic foresight of those who met here that July evening in 1923 will be increasingly appreciated by our country with the passing years.

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

Old Cody City & Buffalo Bill Cody’s Town in the Rockies

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Wyoming, Park County, Cody

Buffalo Bill Cody and some business partners established the Shoshone Irrigation Co. in 1894. Work began on the Cody Canal to bring water for crop irrigation from the South Fork of the Shoshone River, around the south side of Cedar Mountain. The area north of this marker, to the Shoshone River and beyond, was surveyed to become Cody City on October 5, 1895. The spot was chosen by Buffalo Bill Cody and associates. H.P. Arnold began a general store, a blacksmith shop was built, and before winter had passed a dozen businesses were operating, including two saloons. They were built at about the same location as today’s Trail Town buildings, with their main streets in about the same location. The streets for Cody City were named after Civil War generals, with a park named for Buffalo Bill’s daughter, Irma. Cody envisioned his namesake town as a resort community, centered around DeMaris hot mineral springs on its western edge. Charles DeMaris had settled there in 1882 and began development of the springs. However, the new town’s main attraction was the future entryway to the east gate of Yellowstone National Park. Buffalo Bill encouraged the Burlington Railroad to build a spur line to the area, which would assure the future of the town and his many business interests in this locale. Cody City was short-lived and became history when a new townsite, called Cody, was located a few miles east by George Beck in 1896. That town became today’s Cody, Wyoming, with Sheridan Avenue as its main street.

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

Indian Names for Land Features

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Wyoming, Park County, Cody

Looking west is the Shoshone Canyon, named for the Shoshoni Indians, who hunted in the region. However, most of the Big Horn Basin had been Crow territory until the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. West of the canyon, the north and the south forks of the Shoshone (Stinking Water) Rivers meet. Indians called the North Fork the “Grass House River” and the South Fork the “Rock in the Valley River.” South of the canyon, is Cedar or Spirit Mountain, called “Mountain of Spirits” by the Crow Indians. When the first white settlers arrived in the Cody area in the 1880s, there were Indian burials in trees on the slopes of this mountain. The large peak to the north of the canyon is Rattlesnake Mountain. The red butte along its northern slope is the site of the Arland and Corbett Indian trading post, the first in the area, built in 1880. The long blue mountain to the northwest was called “Blue Bead Mountain” on George Drouillard’s 1809 map. Later, it was named Pat O’Hara Mountain for a well-known trapper, who came into the region in 1853. Looking directly north, standing alone, is Heart Mountain. The name was shortened from the Crow Indian phrase “Buffalo Heart Mountain.” It is shown on early maps, drawn from information supplied in 1807 and 1809 by John Colter and George Drouillard. Looking to the extreme east are big badland hills, the McCullough Peaks, named for Scotsman Pete McCulloch, who trailed one of the first cattle herds into the Big Horn Basin for the Carter Ranch in 1879.

(Exploration • Native Americans • Natural Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Garlow Cody

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Wyoming, Park County, Cody
Jan. 4, 1913           Sept. 18, 1992
Grandson of the World-Famous
Colonel William F. Cody
“Buffalo Bill”

Bill Cody was born at Buffalo Bill’s
“Scouts Rest Ranch” in North Platte,
Nebraska. He died in Cody, Wyoming.
He was a graduate of the University
of Nebraska and Harvard Law School.
His career included: WWII Army Officer,
Lawyer, Cody City Attorney, and
Business man.
Bill lectured on the subject of “Our
American Heritage” to more than 1172
school assemblies in 41 states.

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

Col. Matthew Smith

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Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, McEwensville
Captain of Lancaster Co. militia with Col. Benedict Arnold on 1775 midwinter march to Quebec. In 1779, served as Vice-President of Pennsylvania Council. Died in 1794; buried here in an unmarked grave.

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

London Wall

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United Kingdom, England, London

This is one of the most impressive surviving section of London's former city wall.

The lower part, with its characteristic tile bonding courses, was built by the Romans around 200 AD. Its purpose may have been as much to control passage of goods and people as for defence. Against its inner face on this side, the wall was reinforced by a substantial earth rampart. Outside was a wide ditch. In the far right hand corner, evidence of an internal turret was found in excavation. This probably contained a staircase giving access to the sentry walk. Complete with its battlements, the Roman wall would have been about 6.4 metres high.

During the medieval period, the wall was repaired and heightened. From the 17th century it fell into disuse and parts were demolished. Several sections, including this one, were preserved by being incorporated into later buildings.

For Your Safety
Please take care as historic sites can be hazardous.
Children should be kept under close control.

Wilfull damage to the monument is an offense.
Unauthorised use of metal detectors is prohibited.

For more information on this site, and how to join English Heritage, please contact: 0171 973 3479

Statue believed to be of the Roman Emperor Trajan, A.D. 98-117. 'Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajanus Augustus' Presented by the Tower Hill improvement trust at the request of the Reverend P.B. Clayton, CH, MC, DD. Founder Padre of TOC H.

(Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Warrior Run Church

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Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, McEwensville
Named for Indian occupation of the region. Presbyterian landmark. A log church was here in 1789. The present building erected in 1835. Restored in 1947 by Warrior Run Chapter D.A.R., aided by descendants and friends.

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

Trail to Old Cody City

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Wyoming, Park County, Cody

Here on the prairie there are still visible remnants of several old wagon trails dating back to Cody City in the late 1800’s. The first buildings of Cody City were constructed on the nearby plain to the west, although the town was supposed to be built on both sides of the river. The original town plat map shows that the streets were to be named after Civil War generals. One of the visible trails just north of here is Lee Street, named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

The settlement had a general store operated by H. P. Arnold, a livery barn and two saloons that were usually open. There were several residential cabins built in the vicinity, as well as a number of horse corrals and wagon sheds scattered on the sagebrush prairie.

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

The Battle of Britain Memorial

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United Kingdom, England, London

Front:
The Battle of Britain

Back:
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few
Winston Churchill

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Railroads and the Wabash Trace

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Iowa, Page County, Shenandoah

The railroad was king, and southwest Iowa became part of the realm when the Burlington Railroad crossed the landscape from Mount Pleasant to Red Oak in 1867.

Chartered as a land grant railroad, the Burlington advertised and promoted the sale of sections along its route, attracting large numbers of eastern settlers and Swedish immigrants to southwest Iowa. Towns emerged along the route and, as the people of Manti learned, the future of the area depended on the railroad. Many of them moved their homes and businesses to a small settlement along the tracks, originally called Fair Oaks. This community was named Shenandoah when it was incorporated in 1871.

The Wabash Railroad from St. Louis reached the area in 1878, and many Irish railroad workers settled around Imogene. With the addition of the Humeston line from the east in 1882, Shenandoah became a railroad center. This railroad network set the stage for economical transportation of nursery and agricultural products all over the nation.

While railroad tracks still intersect Shenandoah, one of the old rail lines has become a path for people rather than a trail for trains. Volunteers converted the Wabash Railroad right-of-way into the Wabash Trace Nature Trail.

This 62-mile, multi-use trail from Council Bluffs to Blanchard features the beautiful Loess Hills, a land formation found only in southwest Iowa and northern China. People walk, jog, and bicycle along the Trace which includes the original Wabash Depot, located in Sportsman Park and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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

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