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Cokeville

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Wyoming, Lincoln County, Cokeville
Cokeville is situated at the confluence of the Bear River and Smiths Fork valleys. Between 1812 ad 1865, these valleys were the domain of American Indians, fur trappers and traders; during the 1830s and 1840s, they became a well traveled pathway of emigrant trains traveling to Oregon and California. Known as "Smiths Fork on the Bear River" to fur trappers and pioneers, Cokeville acquired its permanent name after the discovery of near-by coal deposits that produced coke, an intense burning virtually smokeless product.
The Mormon Church sent the first permanent settlers to the area in 1874 to found a community. Sylvanus Collett and Robert Gee arrived with their families at the Smiths Fork River, soon to be followed by the John Bourne family. The men trapped, hunted, and traded hides, fur, and extra meat for supplies in Evanston, Wyoming about 70 miles south. The trip to Evanston was arduous; winter journeys were sometimes made on the frozen Bear River. The launching of the Oregon Shoreline in 1881 made travel easier. The railroad stimulated trade, changing the center of the main settlement to the vicinity of the tracks.
Prior to 1908, Cokeville consisted of two saloons, a hotel, a general store, and boarding houses. In the next nine years it incorporated and added a state bank, a newspaper, a water system, and electric lighting. In 1922, Cokeville made national headlines when Ethel Stoner became mayor and two other females won seats on the town council. The women ran on a law enforcement ticket, although once in office, they found local police disinclined to enforce Prohibition laws then in force. After U.S. Highway 30 was commissioned through the town in 1926 then surfaced with oil in 1935, Cokeville found itself itself on a major cross-country route. The highway continues to play an important role in the town's economy.

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

Oregon Trail 1847

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Wyoming, Lincoln County, near Cokeville
In 1847, The Oregon Trail passed by this point where Highway 30 now crosses the Idaho-Wyoming Statelines. Here lies the northern most bend of Bear River in Wyoming before it crosses into Idaho. Skirting wet lands to the north and the south, ruts left by those thousands of wagon wheels carve a long lazy "S" route through the marshy meadow lands one mile westward to the crossing of Thomas Fork River entering from the valley north. Crossing through what are now cultivated barley fields, those ancient wagon tracks can be seen clearly when the fields are prepared for planting. Those thousands of steel clad wheels churned the naturally red-brown sandy soil to shades of gray.
Coming northward from the town of Cokeville in Wyoming, the original right-of-way of Highway 30 closely followed the Old Oregon Trail keeping to higher ground to avoid wetlands fed by the seasonal high water levels with the melting of the snow. In those days, before the diversion of water for irrigation and the building of the Woodruff Narrows Dam on the Bear River, each springtime, water would rise, flooding river banks, cresting usually in the last days of the month of June with high water continuing to mid-July. In 2010, water crested at its highest about June 22.
Always, the fertile bends of the Bear River have been filled with native grasses and willows, wonderful shelters for nesting Canada Geese, hundreds of ducks, grouse and song birds. Mule deer, elk, moose, coyotes, bob-cats and an occasional black bear frequented the area. Now, since men have chosen to destroy the beautiful willows, few birds and animals are to be found.

(Roads & Vehicles • Environment) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

State Boundary Monument

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Wyoming, Lincoln County, Cokeville
The state boundaries of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming share one corner approximately 7.3 miles southwest from where you're standing.
Two corners were surveyed and marked in the 1870's. U.S. Astronomer and Surveyor Daniel G. Major and a party of 11 men surveyed the Idaho-Utah boundary during the summer of 1871. Using transits, chronometers, a sextant and steel measuring chains, Major projected a line northerly from Evanston to a point near the Bear River where a series of celestial observations were performed. A specified distance was measured westerly to the intersection of the 42nd Parallel of North Latitude with the 34th Degree of Longitude (west of Washington, D.C.), the place for the "Initial Point". The point was marked by a "glazed white earthen bottle" deposited beneath a set pine post and witnessed by inscribed boulders.
Three years later in 1874 while surveying the western boundary of Wyoming, U.S. Astronomer and Surveyor A.V. Richards found the "Major Monument" to be approximately 0.7 mile too far east, thereby creating a new point for there corner common to Idaho and Utah on the Wyoming boundary. Later surveys marked this point that became the accepted corner we recognize today.
A coordinated effort by local and government surveying organizations recently relocated the historic corner sites established more than a century ago. The original survey records were instrumental in relocating these historic sites.

(Political Subdivisions) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Golden Anniversary 1940

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Wyoming, Lincoln County, near Cokeville
Two plaques are mounted on this monument.
Wyoming
Golden Anniversary 1940
Admitted to Statehood July 10, 1890

Idaho
50 Years of Statehood
1940
Admitted July 3, 1890


(Political Subdivisions) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edgewood

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Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick
The success of miller James H. Gambrill became apparent when he built Edgewood, the grand house on the hill. When it was constructed around 1872, the brick, three-story Second Empire style house was one of the largest single-family residences in Frederick County. With 17 rooms and seven fireplaces, the house was richly finished with Italian marble mantles and features a three-story central hall with a grand staircase. Other sophisticated innovations for the time included a coal-burning furnace, a cooking range, gas lamps, and hot and cold running water. Unfortunately, to avoid financial ruin, Gambrill was forced to sell Edgewood and the mill in 1897.

Today the Gambrill House is home to the administrative headquarters of the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Training Center. Founded in 1977, the center is tasked with developing the craft skills of National Park Service employees who preserve and maintain the thousands of historic structures in the National Park System, including Jefferson Memorial, Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home, C&O Canal, Fort McHenry, and the USS Cairo ironclad gunboat .

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lime Hill

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Pennsylvania, Bradford County, Wyalusing
Here Apr. 14, 1782, a party led by Sgt. Thos. Baldwin tried to rescue a woman and her children held as Indian captives. In a four-hour battle, three children were saved but the mother was killed.

(Native Americans • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Limehill Battlefield / Joseph Elliott

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Pennsylvania, Bradford County, Wyalusing

Limehill Battlefield
In attempting to rescue Mrs. Roswell Franklin and her four children who had been captured by Indians Sergeant Thomas Baldwin and his party met the enemy near this spot after four hours of fighting. Three of the children were rescued but Mrs. Franklin was killed. Sergeant Baldwins breastworks were located seventy rods northwest of this marker.

Joseph Elliott
Second in command at the battle of Lime Hill, April 14, 1782. He killed the Indian who shot Mrs. Franklin and rescued three of her four children. He was in the engagement at Trenton, December 25, 1776, and was presented a sword by General George Washington for bravery. He broke from the Indians at Bloody Rock, Wyoming Massacre, and swam the Susquehanna River with a bullet in his shoulder and escaped to Wilkesbarre. Erected by his descendants."

(Native Americans • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Saint Patrick Battalion

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico

En memoria de los soldados irlandeses del heroico Batallon de San Patricio
Martires que dieron su vida por la causa de Mexico durante la injusta invasión norteamericana de 1847

Capitan John O’Reilly ∙ Henry Logenhamer ∙ Francis Rhode ∙ John Kiager ∙ Alfred Fogal ∙ George W. Jackson ∙ William O’Connor ∙ Richard Hanly ∙ John Appleby ∙ George Daiwig ∙ Berney Hart ∙ Thomas Millet ∙ Hezekiah Akies ∙ John Bartely ∙Alexander McKee ∙ F. W. Carretson ∙ John Bowers ∙ M. T. Frantius ∙ Henry Mewer ∙ Henry Octker ∙ Henry Whistler ∙ William H. Keeck ∙ Edward McHerron ∙ Andrew Nolan ∙ Patick Dalton ∙ John Cuttle ∙ John Price ∙ William Oathouse ∙ William A. Wallace ∙ Euzier S. Lusk ∙ Herman Schmidt ∙ Thomas Riley ∙ James Mills ∙ Lawrence Mackey ∙ Francis O’Connor ∙ Peter Neil ∙ Kerr Delaney ∙ Patrick Antison ∙ Harrison Kenny ∙ Roger Hogan ∙ John Sheehan ∙ John A. Myers ∙ Richard Parker ∙ Lemmuel Wheaton ∙ Samuel H. Thomas ∙ David McElroy ∙ Abraham Fitzpatrick ∙ John Benedick ∙ John Rose ∙ Lachiar McLachien ∙ Patrick Casey ∙ John Brooke ∙ Roger Duhan ∙ James Speers ∙ Martin Lydon ∙ Dennis Conahan ∙ Auguste Morsrtaft ∙ James McDowell ∙ Gibson Modowell ∙ Hogh McClelland ∙ John McDonald ∙ John Cavanaugh ∙ Thomas Cassidy ∙ John Daly ∙ Martin Miles ∙ Parian Fritz ∙ James Kelly ∙ John Murphy ∙ John Little ∙ Lewis Preifer

Con la gratitud de Mexico a los 112 años de su sacrificio
Septiembre – de 1959

English translation:
In memory of the Irish soldiers of the heroic Saint Patrick Battalion
Martyrs that gave their life for the cause of Mexico during the unjust invasion of the United States in 1847

Names of the Saint Patrick Battalion

With Mexico’s gratitude, 112 years after their sacrifice
September, 1959

(War, Mexican-American) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple of Santa Rosa de Viterbo

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Mexico, Querétaro, Querétaro

El Tte. Coronel de los Reales Ejércitos, José Velázquez de Lorea, costeó la edificación de este templo y claustros, obra del ingeniero Queretano Ignacio Mariano de las Casas, constructor del primer Reloj de Repetición en America; cuya carátula aún puede verse en la torre.
Año de 1752.
Comisión Local de Turismo – 1942.

English translation:
The Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Armies, José Velázquez de Lorea, paid for the construction of this temple and residence halls, work of Ignacio Mariano de las Casas from Querétaro, builder of the first Repeating Clock in the Americas; whose face can still be seen in the tower of the temple.
Year 1752.
Local Tourism Commission – 1942.

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Convent and Temple of Santo Domingo de Guzman

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Mexico, Querétaro, Querétaro

En 1692, a solicitud del padre fray Felipe Galindo y Chávez, fue fundado este Convento por Cédula Real, dedicado a San Pedro y San Pablo y dependiente de la provincia dominica de Santiago de México. Juan Caballero y Osio sufragó la construcción del Templo, que fue concluida en 1697. Al costado del Templo está la Capilla del Virgen del Rosario, construida, según refiere Manuel Septién y Septién, por el arquitecto queretano Ignacio Mariano de las Casas.
El queretano fray Antonio de Monroy, miembro del al Orden de los Predicadores destacó por sus talentos excepcionales, de manera que llegó a ser Generalísimo de la Orden en Roma y Arzobispo de Santiago de Compostela.

English:
In 1692, at the request of Father Felipe Galindo y Chavez, a monastery, dedicated to San Pedro y San Pablo and subject to the Dominican Province of Santiago de Mexico, was founded by royal charter. Juan Caballero y Osio patronized the construction of the church which was completed in 1697. At the side of the church is the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, constructed for Manuel Septien y Septien by the architect Ignacio Mariano de las Casas.
Another Queretano, friar Antonio Monroy, a member of the Order of Preachers, displayed such exceptional talents that he became Head of the Order in Rome and Arzobispo de Santiago de Compostela.

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lander Cut-off of the Oregon Trail

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Wyoming, Lincoln County, near Smoot
Dedicated to all Pioneers who passed this way to win and hold the West.

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bluefield State Teacher’s College

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West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield
Established as the Bluefield Colored Institute by act of the Legislature in 1895. Later the school became an institution of higher learning for Negroes. Renamed and given its present title in 1929.

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

Woodman of the World Supreme Sacrifice Monument

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South Carolina, Warren County, Warrenton
Woodman of the World Seal
In sacred memory of the
men of Warren County
who made the supreme
sacrifice.

World War I
Bacon, Edmond B.
Duckworth, Thomas W.
Farr, William L.
Hyman, Samuel M.
Langford, Robert W.
Reece, Cummings, S.
Woodruff, George W.

Red Cross Nurses
Atwell, Florence
O'Brien, Camille

World War II
Bradshaw, Cecil T. Jr.
Cosby, James A.
Cosby, Robert L.
Gheesling Vernon W.
Hendrick, Gtover G.
Hobbs, John D.
Jones, James R.
Kato, Juddie H.N.
Kitchens, Elmer G.
Morris, Louie F.
McCoy, Frank E.
Neal, Roy
Norris, Ether T., Jr.
Norris, Jack
Reese, James C.
Walden, Llewellyn
Allen, Dorvis
Bray, Leroy
Harris, Willie
Moore, Garner W.

The Glory of Their Deeds Shall Never Die.

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

Bluefield State College

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West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield
Established, 1895, by WV Legislature as Bluefield Colored Institute; 1929 became Bluefield State Teachers College. Renamed in 1943, Bluefield State College has continued providing quality higher education for all citizens of the area.

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

Friendship Clinic

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Mississippi, Bolivar County, Mound Bayou

United Order of Friendship of America
opened Friendship Clinic under the
leadership of Dr. T. R. M. Howard

Second medical facility in Mound Bayou

Renamed Sarah Brown Hospital

Renamed Mound Bayou Community Hospital

Hospital closed in 1983

(Science & Medicine • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Mound Bayou Oil Mill & Manufacturing Company

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Mississippi, Bolivar County, Mound Bayou

Organized by Charles Bank

Building dedication led by Booker T. Washington
More than 15,000 attended dedicatory event

Constructing Architect: Thomas W. Cook
Construction Foreman: W. H. Cook

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Warren County Veterans Monument

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Georgia, Warren County, Warrenton
In Honor and Memory of all the brave
men and women who have served
our country with dignity and honor
Thank You For Your Service
We salute you
the
Citizens of Warren County

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

Delta Health Center

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Mississippi, Bolivar County, Mound Bayou

First rural community health center
in the United States

Opened by Tufts University
as Tufts Delta Health Center

Third health care facility in Mound Bayou

Serves as a much needed health resource for the
poor and disenfranchised in the Mississippi Delta

(Education • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Warren County Revolutionary War Monument

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Georgia, Warren County, Warrenton
D.A.R. Seal

To the soldiers found to date
buried in Warren County,
who fought in
The War for American Independence
1776-1783

List of names

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

Jackson - Weller House

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Michigan, Gratiot County, Ithaca


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