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Lafayette McLaws

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Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah

Lafayette McLaws
Major General
Confederate States Army
Born Augusta Ga.
January 15th, 1821.
Died Savannah Ga.
July 24th 1897.

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

Route of El Camino Real

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Texas, Brazos County, near Bryan
Great thoroughfare of pioneer Texas, stretching 1,000 miles from Saltillo, Mexico, to present Louisiana. The general route followed ancient Indian and buffalo trails, but the oldest marked portion, known as "Trail of the Padres", was blazed in 1691 under Domingo Teran de los Rios, first Governor of Texas. This part joined Monclova, then capital of the province, to the Spanish missions of East Texas. San Antonio, military nerve center of the region, was a major stop.

Over the centuries, explorers, traders, smugglers, armed men, and civilians traversed this road. In 1820 Moses Austin traveled it to San Antonio to request a land grant from Spanish officials. The colonizing venture he started later brought thousands of Anglo-Americans over the road to help settle Texas.

In 1915 the Texas Legislature appropriated $5,000 to survey and mark the route. The Daughters of the American Revolution and other patriotic groups sponsored and endorsed the project, and V.N. Zivley was commissioned to make the survey. In 1918 the state and D.A.R. placed granite markers approximately every five miles along the Texas section of the road.

Today many modern highways, particularly State 21, follow the original route of El Camino Real.

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

Elite Cafe

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Texas, McLennan County, Waco
The first Elite cafe opened in downtown Waco in 1919 and was acquired by the Greek immigrant Colias family in 1920. The Colias brothers opened this Elite cafe in 1941 on "The Circle," a traffic hub built on Waco's suburban edge in the early 1930's. A highly recognized local landmark, and one of the best remaining regional examples of mid-20th century roadside architecture, the building exhibits a distinctive Spanish Colonial style popular in the southwest. Recorded Texas Historic Landamrk - 1995

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

Moseley's Ferry

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Texas, Burleson County, near Caldwell
Situated where the Old San Antonio Road crossed the Brazos River, this public ferry was begun by Michael Boren (1806-75) about 1846. The ferry and a settlement nearby were named for Daniel Moseley (1787-1856), who took over the service in 1849 and whose family ran it until 1868. Other ferrymen continued to transport travelers, livestock, and freight across the river until 1912, when the Houston & Texas Central (now the Southern Pacific) constructed a railroad bridge at this location. Today a highway bridge spans the Brazos where Moseley's Ferry once operated.

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

Cathcart Cemetery

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Indiana, Elkhart County, Bristol


Cathcart Cemetery

Established circa 1834


A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Installed 2005 Indiana Historical Bureau and William Tuffs Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution and Elkhart County Historical Society, Inc.

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

Bonneyville Cemetery

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Indiana, Elkhart County, near Bristol


Bonneyville Cemetery

Established 1848


A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Installed 2005 Indiana Historical Bureau and William Tuffs Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

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

Pioneer Monument

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Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm

east side
In memory of our honored brave who fell in defence of The Union.

north side
In memory of those who fell in defence of New Ulm 1862.

west side
In memory of those massacred by the Indians in Brown Co. 1862.

south side
Erected by the citizens of Brown Co. 1866.

(War, US Civil • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Tuffs Memorial

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Indiana, Elkhart County, near Bristol


(Metal Tablet)
In Memory of
William Tuffs
A member of
The Boston Tea Party

Erected by
Improved Order of Redmen

(Stone Tablet)
William Tuffs

Born June 11, 1750
Died September 5, 1847
Aged 97 Years

His life was marked by the feats of a revolutionary character by being present at the battles of White Plains, Germantown, Lundies Lane, Monmouth and Bunker Hill and also being present at the time of throwing overboard the tea at Boston.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cathcart Memorial / Nicholson Memorial

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Indiana, Elkhart County, Bristol

(Side One)
Buried in this cemetery were two soldiers. Befitting the honor due and so that future generations will always know this marker was dedicated July 4th 1956 by Charles W. Harker Post 143, American Legion, Bristol, Indiana.

Robert Cathcart
Revolutionary War Solider
Died after 31 March 1834
Age 86

James Cathcart
Died April 1839
Prenina Leonard Cathcart
1791 - 1877

(Side Two)
Nicholson

Buried in this cemetery were many persons, including James Nicholson, 5/11/1768 - 11/7/1835, Elizabeth Jane Thompson, his wife, 1/26/1777 - 8/26/1850, Sarah Jane, a daughter, Elizabeth Basset Nicholson, wife of George, 10/16/1810 - 2/16/1838.

James came with three brothers from north Ireland. Two lost their lives in the early part of the War of 1776. James settled in Virginia, thence joining Daniel Boone in his trips to Kentucky, where he married Boone's first cousin Elizabeth Jane Thompson; thence to Logan County, Ohio, thence to here in 1828, being the first white settler in the township.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Old Town Armory/Barracks

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Austria, Tyrol, Innsbruck
Gleichzeitig mit der Anlage der Innsbucker Altstadt um 1180/1204 als Stadtburg der Grafen von Andechs, Herzoge von Meranien errichtet und vom 15. bis 18. Jh. als “inneres” oder Stadt – Zeughaus bzw. ab 1780 als Kaserne verwendet, musste der Altbau um 1851/54 weitgehend dem bestehenden Kasernen-Neubau weichen, welcher seit 1986/88 als Verwaltungsgebäude etc. adaptiert worden ist.

German-English translation:

Simultaneous with the construction of the Innsbruck old town as a fortified city 1180-1204 under the Count of Andechs and the Duke of Merania, an inner- or city arsenal was constructed and from the 15th to the 18th Century (to 1780) was used as a barracks. The old barracks were thoroughly renovated in 1851-54, making way for newly constructed barracks, which in 1986-88, etc. was adapted as an administrative building.

(Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jacques Weil Company

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Louisiana, Acadia Parish, Rayne
Jacques Weil and brothers, Edmond and Gontran, came to Rayne from Paris in 1901 and established a mercantile business that shipped frogs to restaurants and universities across the country. The business became a landmark in the area, expanding the unique frogging industry into gigantic proportions - exporting as much as 10,000 pounds of frog legs in a week.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

John Siney

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Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, St. Clair
Pioneering labor organizer and leader of the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association (WBA) of Schuylkill County, a union of anthracite mineworkers. Formed nearby in 1868, WBA had 20,000 members in 22 districts; secured state mine safety laws and the first labor contract in the industry. Siney was president of the Miners National Association and was active in the Greenback Labor Party.

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Industry & Commerce • Labor Unions • Politics) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Joe

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Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine


John M. Anderson, elephant trainer with the Great Wallace Circus Show, died in Racine on June 3, 1898 at the age of 54 when he was killed by his elephant.

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

416th Bomb Group

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Missouri, Ozark County, Gainesville

416th Bombardment Group (L)
World War II • European Theater

1943 - 1945

A26 Invader - First Group in the World
A20 Havoc - First 9th Air Force Group in ETO

Squadrons
668th - 669th - HQ - 670th - 671st

- Support Units -

4th Ser. Gro. - 79th Sta. Comp. - 199 Med. Det. - Red Cross - 21st Weather - 1297 Mil. Police

Dedicated in Memory of the Galland 416th Airmen and
Diligent Support Personnel Whose Supreme Sacrifices
Aided in Preserving Freedom throughout the World.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Cooper Cabin

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California, Monterey County, near Big Sur
Anderw Molera State Park was once part of a Mexican land grant known as the Rancho El Sur. Though granted in 1834 to Juan Bautista Alvarado, later governor of the province, it was soon acquired by his uncle, J.B.R. Cooper, Cooper was a Monterey sea captain and merchant who came to California in 1823.

Beginning in 1834, the industrious Cooper had a number of buildings constructed on the ranch. The cabin you see before you was built in the spring of 1861, and is the oldest surviving ranch structure, as well as the oldest building on the Big Sur Coast.

The cabin’s actual builder was one George Austin, a native of Massachusetts who worked for Cooper in various capacities. The two signed a contract on February 23, 1861, calling for Austin to build a three room “block” house. The construction date was recently verified by means of tree-ring analysis, which showed the cabin’s logs were cut in the spring of 1861.

The cabin was built of broad-axed and adzed redwood logs, and was covered with hand-split redwood shingles. The Massachusetts origins of the builder are revealed in the lap-jointed and pegged corners of the cabin. This building technique is common to the New England states, but virtually unknown west of the Rockies.

The structure originally served as a dwelling for Cooper’s ranch hands, who were employed in stockraising and dairying. The ranch provided cattle and horses for Cooper’s other land holdings, and produced beef and cheese for sale in Monterey.

The cabin has been modified only slightly over the years. The wood floor in the central room is an addition, and the doors and windows are recent restorations. Most of the current shakes are replacements. The large opening on the cabin’s southwest end dates to sometime after the 1930’s, when the building was used as a barn.

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

Home of Capt. James Cass

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California, San Luis Obispo County, Cayucos
Built of lumber shipped from San Francisco 1867-1875. Capt. Cass, an Englishman, came to California in 1849, settling in Cayucos in 1867 he built the wharf & warehouse in 1875. He was responsible for the early growth of Cayucos. He is recognized & honored as it’s first citizen.

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

Sacramento Pioneers Society

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California, Sacramento County, Sacramento
The Pioneer Hall was built in 1868 as headquarters of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, which was organized February 6, 1853. It has been owned and cared for since its construction by the California Pioneer Association, descendants of the original organizers who were among those who arrived in California prior to January 1, 1850.
Nathaniel Goodell was the architect for many significant local buildings, most notably the Governor's Mansion on H Street. The Pioneer Hall was constructed by J.G. Plummer for the sum of $6,550 in gold coin. The Native Sons of the Golden West was originally organized from sons of those early pioneers in 1875. Sacramento Parlor No.3 first met in this building when the parlor was organized in 1878.

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pioneer Hall

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California, Sacramento County, Sacramento
Constructed in 1868. Headquarters of Sacramento Society of California Pioneers
Founded 1854
Sacramento Pioneer Foundation
Incorporated 1966

Plaque dedicated April 19, 1967 by Sacramento Historic Landmarks Commission
Rededicated June 30, 1988


(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Geneseo School

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California, San Luis Obispo County, Paso Robles
Built by local families and named after their hometown of Geneseo, Illinois.

Purchased in the mid-1960s by Linden Chandler and moved to his Creston ranch.

Donated by his family to the Pioneer Museum in 2004 for all to appreciate and enjoy.

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

In Memory Of

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California, San Luis Obispo County, Paso Robles
The boys of the Paso Robles
War Memorial Hospital
District
who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
Thomas C. Calvert • William O. Cottle • Joseph G. Crettol • Raymond O. Dauth • Raymond J. Farnell Jr. • Roy A Gruwell Jr. • Lester W. Hambly • Richard E. Harris • Glenn Harris • Edward R. Johnson • Dale C. Jones • Troy C. Lancaster • Richard M. Ojeda • Louis F. Patriquin • James L. Pearson • Peter F. Pesenti • George M. Quintana • Robert L. Rogers • Benjamin F. Sauret • Don Smith • Donald S. Steiner • Lee E. Tucker • Abraham L. Van Horn • Wylie Wolfe

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