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36th Indiana Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the lower front side of the monument: 36th Regiment Indiana Infantry Text on the upper front side of the monument: 3rd Brigade - Grose. 2nd Division - Palmer. 21st Corps - Crittenden. Text on the back side of . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General "Stovepipe" Johnson

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Henderson, Kentucky.
General Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson was born in Henderson on February 8, 1834. His boyhood home was located at 100 North Main Street. In 1862, Adam Rankin Johnson was commissioned a Colonel in the 10th Kentucky Cavalry . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Military Execution of Guerillas

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Henderson, Kentucky.
”A very large part of the state is completely overrun with guerrillas, who plunder farm-house, and fields, and villages at will, and often murder the helpless victims of their robberies.” -Letter from Adjutant-General J. . . .

(African Americans • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henderson's Governors

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Henderson, Kentucky.
Henderson County has been the home of four men who have distinguished themselves as governor of Kentucky. Lazarus Powell (1851-55) Powell's opponent in the gubernatorial race was his former law partner and fellow . . .

(Politics • Sports • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cooke County

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Gainsville, Texas.
Created March 20, 1848. Organized March 10, 1849. Named in honor of William G. Cooke 1808-1847 Captain of the "New Orleans Greys," 1835 Assistant Inspector General at San Jacinto, 1836 Member of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841 . . .

(Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tehachapi Depot

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Tehachapi, California.
Erected in 1904 to replace a former depot destroyed by fire, the Tehachapi Depot served the community until its use as a station was discontinued in 1971. In 2004, a local group began the process of obtaining the depot from . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kiowa Raid of 1868

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near Valley View, Texas.
On Jan. 5-6, 1868, Chief Big Tree and 150 to 200 Kiowas raided Willa Walla Valley, Clear Creek and Blocker Creek. Burned homes; killed 13 people; scalped one woman alive. Captured 10 women and children; 3 escaped, 2 were . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

6th Ohio Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the front side of the monument: 6th Ohio Infantry, Grose's Brigade, Palmer's Division, 21st Corps. Text on the back side of the monument: This Regiment was organized at Cincinnati, April 19, 1861, for three . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carnes' Tennessee Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee Carnes' Battery Wright's Brigade Cheatham's Division 1:30 P.M. September 19, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carnes' Tennessee Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
CSA Carnes' Battery. Wright's Brigade. Cheatham's Division. Polk's Corps. Captain William W. Carnes. 1st Lieutenant L.G. Marshall. 2nd Lieutenant J.M. Cockrill. 2nd Lieutenant A. Van Vleck,killed. Casualties. 38 Men. 49 . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carnes' Tennessee Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Carnes' Tennessee Battery. 2 6 Pounders, 2 12 Pounder Howitzers. Wright's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Polk's Corps. September 19, 1863. captain William W. Carnes, commanding. 1st Lieutenant L.G. Marshall. 2d Lieutenant . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carlotta Thompkins Thurmond

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near Deming, New Mexico.
This is a two-sided marker Front Side: Immortalized in literature and film, Kentucky native Carlotta Thurmond was the inspiration for Miss Kitty on television’s “Gunsmoke.” Having toured Europe’s best gambling houses as a . . .

(Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bayard

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near Bayard, New Mexico.
Bayard Station was first called Hall’s Station, a depot on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, serving a tuberculosis sanatorium at nearby Fort Bayard, which was named after Brigadier General George Dashiell Bayard. A . . .

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

The Serpon Sugar Mill

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, Belize.
This exhibit is made up of multiple markers inside of an open air information kiosk at the Serpon Sugar Mill. Sugar Cane Sugar cane generally is believed to have originated in northern India, the earliest mention of it being . . .

(Agriculture • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 24 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Round Bottom Schoolhouse / Round Bottom Cemetery

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near Coal Run, Ohio.
Round Bottom Schoolhouse. Settlement came to Round Bottom in early 1795 following the end of the Indians Wars in what would become Ohio (1791-1795). Pioneers Allen Devol, David Wilson, Nathaniel Cushing, Peter Shaw, and . . .

(Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Water Power on the Muskingum River

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near Beverly, Ohio.
Luke Chute is the site of an early mill that harnessed river power. About 1815, Luke Emerson and Samuel White built a dam part way across the river. This created a rapid between the shore and the end of the dam, the chute. . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Denton County Courthouse

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Denton, Texas.
Built 1896-97. Fifth courthouse for Denton County. First was at Alton, second at Pinckneyville. Third (in Denton) was burned in crime charged to a member of the Sam Bass Gang of outlaws. Walls are native limestone; columns, . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tuleta

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Tuleta, Texas.
The Rev. Peter Unzicker led a group of Illinois settlers here in 1906. Buying 53.4 acres of land of the original Uranga Grant and later Chittim-Miller Ranch, he founded Tuleta, named for the daughter of J. M. Chittim. A rail . . .

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

Tarrant County Courthouse

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Fort Worth, Texas.
Designed by firm of Gunn & Curtis and built by the Probst Construction Company of Chicago, 1893-1895. This red Texas granite building, in Renaissance Revival style, closely resembles the Texas State Capitol with the . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Community of Normanna

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Normanna, Texas.
Settlement dates from about 1850. First town, 2 miles west, was called San Domingo for its location near junction of San Domingo and dry Medio Creeks. After railroad was built, 1886, citizens moved to Walton (new flag . . .

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