American Astronaut Wall of Fame

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Arizona, Navajo County, Winslow
NASA On October 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created to promote American civilian interests in space. Established at first to direct the nations efforts toward the scientific exploration of space, the challenge of manned space flight was also embraced and our conquest of the last, the greatest, the most dangerous frontier of all was underway.
Mercury Project Mercury (1959-63) was the first phase of our manned flight effort. Its goals were to construct a vehicle capable of launching an astronaut into orbit; to learn how to navigate and to track objects in space; and to study the effects of weightlessness on the human body. On May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard, Jr. became the first American in space. Three weeks later, then President John F. Kennedy proposed that “this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” We were on our way to the moon.

Gemini The Gemini Project (1965-66) was an intermediate step toward reaching the moon. These flights taught astronauts how to change orbits; how to rendezvous and dock with other spacecraft; and practice performing extra vehicular activities while in orbit. The complexity of these missions required two people to fly the Gemini spacecraft, with some missions lasting up to two weeks without any adverse physiological effects. While the Mercury spacecraft were powered by batteries, the development of fuel cells aided the long term Gemini flights by not only producing electricity for the equipment but also drinking water for the crew.
Apollo The Apollo Program’s (1967-75) first five missions tested new spacecraft, as well as methods of navigation and communication between the earth and moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong announced “Tranquility base here, the Eagle had landed.” The United States had put the first human beings on the moon; thus fulfilling the challenge that President Kennedy set forth some eight years earlier. Five more successful lunar missions yielded hundreds and pounds of lunar rocks, thousands of photographs and a greater understanding of the Earth’s closest neighbor.
Skylab The space station Skylab (1973-74) was built from the third stage of a Saturn 5 rocket and served as an orbital laboratory for various experiments and observations. It was visited on three separate occasions by Apollo spacecrafts carrying crews of three that stayed for up to 84 days in an effort to study the long term effects of weightlessness on the human body.
Apollo-Soyuz The final flight of the Apollo Program was in July of 1975 when an Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet spacecraft for almost two days. The two crews exchanged flags and gifts, visited each other spacecraft and conducted joint scientific experiments.
STS The STS (Space Transportation System) or Space Shuttle has allowed NASA to reach space more affordably by re-using the major components of a spacecraft. Limited to low Earth orbit, the Space Shuttle is launched vertically like a rocket, then returns to Earth gliding like an airplane. While in space the orbiters can deploy, repair or retrieve satellites; conduct scientific experiments; and have helped in the construction of the International Space Station.

Turning our eyes towards the future of space exploration, Mars is our next destination. Wall of Fame First Column from the left:
Alan B. Shepard, Jr. -Mercury 3, Apollo 14 “First American in Space” • Virgil “Gus” L. Grissom -Mercury 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1 • John H. Glenn -Mercury 6, STS -95 “First American in Orbit” • Scott M. Carpenter -Mercury 7 • Walter M. Schirra, Jr. -Mercury 8., Gemini 6A, Apollo 7 • L. Gordon Cooper, J. -Mercury 9, Gemini 5 • John W. Young -Gemini 3, 10, Apollo 10, 16, STS-1, 9 • James A. McDivitt -Gemini 4, Apollo 9 • Edward “Ed” H. White -Gemini 4, Apollo 1 • Charles Conrad, Jr. -Gemini 5, 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 1 • Thomas P. Stafford - Gemini 6A, 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz • Frank Borman -Gemini 7 Apollo 8 • James A. Lovell, Jr. -Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13 • Neil A. Armstrong - Gemini 8, Apollo 11 “First Man on the Moon” • David R. Scott -Gemini 8, Apollo 9, 15 • Eugene A. Cernan -Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, 17 • Michael L. Collins –Gemini 10 Apollo 11 • Richard F. Gordon, Jr. -Gemini 11, Apollo 12 • Edwin “Buzz” E. Aldrin, Jr. -Gemini 12, Apollo 11 • Roger Chaffee – Apollo 1 • Donn Eisele – Apollo 7 • Walter Cunningham -Apollo 7 • William Anders –Apollo 8 • Rusty Schweickart – Apollo 9 • Alan L. Bean –Apollo 12, Skylab 2 • John L. Swigert, Jr. –Apollo 13 • Fred W. Haise, Jr. –Apollo 13 • Stuart A. Roosa –Apollo 14 • Edgar D. Mitchell – Apollo 14 • Alfred M. Worden, Jr. –Apollo15

Second Column from Left:
James B. Irwin – Apollo 15 • Thomas K. Mattingly –Apollo 16, STS-4, 51-C • Charles M. Duke, Jr. –Apollo 16 • Ronald “Ron” B. Evan – Apollo 17 • Harrison H. Schmitt –Apollo 17 • Vance D. Brand –Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, 41-B, 35 • Donald “Deke” K. Slayton –Apollo-Soyuz • Joseph P. Kerwin –Skylab 1 • Paul J. Weitz –Skylab 1, STS-6 • Owen K. Garriott – Skylab 2, STS-9 • Jack R. Lousma – Skylab 2, STS-3 • Gerald P. Carr – Skylab 3 Edward G. Gibson – Skylab 3 • William R. Pogue –Skylab 4 • Robert L. Crippen – STS-1, 7, 41-C, 41-G • John H. Engle – STS-2, 51-I • Richard H. Truly –STS-2, 8 • C. Gordon Fullerton –STS-3, 51-F • Henry W. Hartsfield –STS-4, 41-D, 61 • Robert F. Overmyer –STS-5, 51-B • Joseph P. Allen –STS-5, 51-A • William B. Lenoir –STS-5 Karol J. Bobko – STS-6, 51-D, 51-J • Donald H. Peterson – STS-6 • F. Story Musgrave –STS-6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80 • Frederick H. Hauck – STS-7, 51-G • Sally K. Ride –STS-7, 41-G “First American Woman in Space” • Norman E. Thagard –STS-7, 51-B, 30, 42, 71 • Daniel C. Brandenstein –STS-8, 51-G, 32, 49

Third Column from Left:
Dale A. Gardner –STS-8, 51-A • Guion S. Bluford – STS-8, 61-A, 39, 53 • William E. Thornton –STS-8, 61-A, 39, 53 • Brewster H. Shaw – STS-9, 61-B, 28 • Dr. Robert A. Parker –STS-9, 45 • Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg –STS-9, 45 • Robert L. Gibson – STS-41-B, 61-C, 27, 47, 71 • Bruce McCandless –STS-41-B, 31 • Ronald E. McNair –STS-41-B, 51-L • Robert L. Stewart – STS-41-B, 51-J • Francis R. Scobee –STS-41-C, 51-L • George D. Nelson –STS-41-C, 61-C, 26 • James D. A. van Hoften –STS-41-C, 51-I • Terry J. Hart –STS-41-C • Michael L. Coats –STS-41-D, 51-L • Steven A. Hawley –STS-41-D, 61-C, 31, 82, 93 • Richard M. Mullane – STS-41-D, 27, 36 • Charles D. Walker –STS-41-D, 51-D, 61-B • Jon A. McBride –STS-41-G • Kathryn D. Sullivan –STS-41-G, 31, 45 • David C. Leestma –STS-41-G, 28, 45 • Paul D. Scully-Power –STS-41-G, 28, 45 • David M. Walker –STS-51-A, 30, 53, 69 • Anna L. Fisher –STS-51-A • Loren J. Shriver –STS-51-C, 51-L • Ellison S. Onizuka –STS-51-C, 51-L • James F. Buchli –STS-51-C, 61-A, 29, 48 • Gary E. Payton – STS-51-C • Donald E. Williams – STS-51-D, 34

Fourth Column from Left:
M. Rhea Seddon –STS-51-D, 40, 58 • Jeffrey A. Hoffman –STS-51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75 • S. David Griggs –STS-51-D • Senator E. Jake Garn -STS-51-D • Frederick D. Gregory -STS-51-B, 33, 44 • Don L. Lind -STS-51-B • Lodewijk van den Berg -STS-51-B • Taylor G. Wang -STS-51-B • John O. Creighton -STS-51-G, 36, 48 • Shannon W. Lucid -STS-51-G, 34, 43, 58, 76 • Steven R. Nagel -STS-51-G, 61-A, 37, 55 • Roy D. Bridges -STS-51-F • Anthony W. England -STS-51-F • Karl G. Henize -STS-51-F • Loren W. Acton -STS-51-F • John-David F. Bartoe -STS-51-F • Richard O. Covey -STS-51-I, 26, 38, 61 • John M. Lounge -STS-51-I, 26, 35 • William F. Fisher -STS-51-I • Ronald J. Grabe -STS-51-J, 30, 42, 57 • David C. Hilmers -STS-51-J, 26, 36, 42 • William A. Pailes -STS-51-J • Bonnie J. Dunbar -STS-61-A, 32, 50, 71, 89 • Bryan D. O’Connor -STS-61-B, 40 • Mary L. Cleave -STS-61-B, 30 • Sherwood C. Spring -STS-61-B • Jerry L. Ross -STS-61-B, 27, 37, 55, 74, 88, 110 • Charles F. Bolden -STS-61-C, 31, 45, 60 • Robert J. Cenker -STS-61-D • Congressman Bill Nelson -STS-61-C

Fifth Column from Left: Franklin R. Chang-Diaz –STS-61-C, 34, 46, 60, 75, 91, 111 • Michael J. Smith –STS-51-L • Gregory B. Jarvis –STS-51-L • Sharon Christa McAuliffe –STS-51-L • Guy S. Gardner –STS-27, 35 • William M. Shepherd –STS-27, 41, 52, 102 • John E. Blaha –STS-29, 33, 43, 58, 79 • James P. Bagian –STS-29, 40 • Robert C. Springer –STS-29, 38 • Mark C. Lee –STS-30, 47, 64, 82 • Richard N. Richards –STS-28, 41, 50, 64 • James C. Adamson –STS-28, 43 • Mark N. Brown –STS-28, 48 • Michael J. McCulley –STS-34 • Ellen S. Baker –STS-34, 50, 71 • Manley L. Carter, Jr. –STS-33 • Kathryn D. Wetherbee –STS-32, 52, 63, 86, 102, 113 • Marsha S. Ivins –STS-32, 46, 62, 81, 98 • G. David Low –STS-32, 43, 57 • John H. Casper –STS-36, 54, 62, 77 • Pierre J. Thuot –STS-36, 49, 62 • Robert D. Cabana –STS-41, 53, 65, 88 • Bruce E. Melnick –STS-41, 49 • Thomas D. Akers –STS-41, 49, 61, 79 • Frank L. Culbertson –STS-38, 51, 105, 108 • Carl J. Meade –STS-38, 50, 64 • Charles D. Gemar –STS-38, 48, 61 • Samuel T. Durrance –STS-35, 67 • Ronald A. Parise –STS-35, 67

Sixth Column from Left:
Kenneth D. Cameron –STS-37, 56, 74 • Linda M. Godwin –STS-37, 59, 76, 108 • Jay Apt –STS-37, 47, 59, 79 • L. Blaine Hammond –STS-39, 64 • Gregory J. Harbaugh –STS-39, 54, 71, 82 • Richard J. Hieb –STS-39, 49, 65 • Donald R. McMonagle –STS-39, 54, 66 • Charles L. Veach –STS-39, 52 • Sidney M. Gutierrez –STS-40, 59 • Tamara E. Jernigan –STS-40, 52, 67, 80, 96 • F. Drew Gaffney –STS-40 • Millie-Hughes Fulford –STS-40 • Michael A. Baker –STS-43, 51, 68, 81 • Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. –STS-48, 60 • Terence T. Henricks –STS-44, 55, 70, 78 • James S. Voss –STS-44, 53, 69, 101, 102, 105 • Mario Runco, Jr. –STS-44, 54, 77 • Thomas J. Hennen –STS-44 • Stephen S. Oswald –STS-42, 56, 67 • William F. Readdy –STS-42, 51, 79 • Brian Duffy –STS-45, 57, 72, 92 • C. Michael Foale –STS-45, 56, 63, 84, 103 • Dirk D. Frimout –STS-45 • Kevin P. Chilton –STS-49, 59, 76 • Kenneth D. Bowersox –STS-50, 61, 73, 82, 113 • Lawrence J. DeLucas –STS-50 • Eugene H. Trinh –STS-50 • Andrew M. Allen –STS-46, 62, 75 • Curtis L. Brown –STS-47, 66, 77, 85, 95, 103 • Mae C. Jemison –STS-47

Seventh Column from Left:
N. Jan Davis –STS-47, 60, 85 • Steven G. MacLean –STS-52 • Michael R. Clifford –STS-53, 59, 76 • Susan J. Helms –STS-54, 64, 78, 101, 102, 105 • Kenneth D. Cockrell –STS-56, 69, 80, 98, 111 • Ellen Ochoa –STS-56, 66, 96, 110 • Charles J. Precourt –STS-55, 71, 84, 91 • Bernard A. Harris, Jr. –STS-55, 63 • Nancy J. Sherlock –STS-57 • Peter J.K. Wisoff –STS-57, 68, 81, 92 • Janice E. Voss –STS-57, 63, 83, 94, 99 • James H. Newman –STS-51, 69, 88, 109 • Daniel W. Bursch –STS-51, 68, 77, 108, 111 • Carl E. Walz –STS-51, 65, 79, 108, 111 • Richard A. Searfoss –STS-58, 76, 90 • William S. McArthur, Jr. –STS-58, 74, 92 • David A. Wolf –STS-58, 87, 112, 127 • Martin Fettman –STS-58 • Ronald M. Sega –STS-60, 76 • Thomas D. Jones –STS-59, 68, 80, 98 • James D. Halsell –STS-65, 74, 83, 94, 101 • Leroy Chiao –STS-65, 72, 92 • Donald A. Thomas –STS-63, 70, 83, 94 • Jerry M. Linenger –STS-64, 81 • Terrence W. Wilcutt –STS-68, 79, 89, 106 • Steven L. Smith –STS-68, 82, 103, 110 • Scott E. Parazynski –STS-66, 86, 95, 100, 120 • Joseph R. Tanner –STS-66, 82, 97, 115 • Eileen M. Collins –STS-63, 84, 93, 114 • William G. Gregory –STS-67

Eighth Column from Left:
John M. Grunsfeld –STS-67, 81, 103, 109, 125 • Wendy B. Lawrence –STS-67, 86, 91, 114 • Kevin R. Kregel –STS-70, 78, 87, 99 • Mary Ellen Weber –STS-70, 101 • Nancy Jane Currie –STS-70, 88, 109 • Michael L. Gernhardt –STS-69, 83, 94, 104 • Kent V. Rominger –STS-73, 80, 85, 96, 100 • Catherine G. Coleman –STS-73, 93 • Fred W. Leslie –STS-73 • Albert Sacco, Jr. –STS-73 • Brent W. Jett, Jr. –STS-72, 81, 97, 115 • Daniel T. Berry –STS-72, 96, 105 • Winston E. Scott –STS-72, 96, 10 • Scott J. Horowitz –STS-75, 82, 101, 105 • Andrew S.W. Thomas –STS-77, 89, 102, 114 • Richard M. Linnehan –STS-78, 90, 109 • Charles E. Brady, Jr. –STS-78 • Susan L. Still –STS-83, 94 • Roger Crouch –STS-83, 94 • Greg Linteris –STS-83, 94 • Carlos I. Noriega –STS-84, 97 • Edward T. Lu –STS-84, 106 • Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. –STS-85, 98, 116 • Stephen K. Robinson –STS-85, 95, 114, 130 • Michael J. Bloomfield –STS-86, 97, 110 • Steven W. Lindsey –STS-87, 95, 104, 121, 133 • Kalpana Chawla –STS-87, 107 • Joe F. Edwards, Jr. –STS-89 • Michael P. Anderson –STS-89, 107 • James F. Reilly –STS-89, 104, 117

Ninth Column from Left:
Scott D. Altman –STS-90, 106, 109, 125 • Kathryn P. Hire –STS-90, 130 • Jay C. Buckey –STS-90 • James A. Pawelczyk –STS-90 • Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie –STS-91, 99, 108, 123 • Janet L. Kavandi –STS-91, 99, 104 • Frederick W. Sturckow –STS-88, 105, 117, 128 • Rick D. Husband –STS-96, 107 • Jeffrey S. Ashby –STS-93, 100, 112 • Scott J. Kelly –STS-103, 118 • Gerhard P.J. Thiele –STS-99 • Jeffrey N. Williams –STS-101 • Daniel C. Burbank –STS-106, 115 • Richard A. Mastracchio –STS-106, 118, 131 • Pamela A. Melroy –STS-92, 112, 120 • Michael E. Lopez-Alegria –STS-73, 92, 113 • Mark L. Polansky –STS-98, 116, 127 • James M. Kelly –STS-102, 114 • Paul Richards –STS-102 • John L. Phillips –STS-100 • Charles O. Hobaugh –STS-104, 120, 129 • Patrick G. Forrester –STS-105, 117, 128 • Mark E. Kelly –STS-108, 121, 124,134 • Daniel M. Tani –STS-108, 121, 124, 134 • Duane G. Carey –STS-109 • Michael J. Massimino –STS-109, 125 • Stephen N. Frick –STS-110, 122 • Lee M. E. Morin –STS-110 • Rex J. Walheim –STS-110, 122, 135 • Paul S. Lockhart –STS-111, 113

Tenth Column from Left:
Peggy A. Whitson –STS-111, 113 • Peirs J. Sellers –STS-112, 121, 132 • Sandra H. Magnus –STS-112, 126, 135 • John B. Herrington –STS-113 • Donald R. Pettit –STS-113 • William C. McCool –STS-107 • Laurel B. Clark –STS-107 • William A. Oefelein –STS-116 • Joan E. Higginbotham –STS-116 • Nicholas J.M. Patrick –STS-116, 130 • Sunita L. Williams –STS-116, 117 • Christopher J. Ferguson –STS-115, 126, 135 • Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper –STS-115, 126 • Stephanie D. Wilson –STS-121, 120, 131 • Lisa M. Nowak –STS-121 • Michael E. Fossum –STS-121, 124 • Clayton C. Anderson –STS-117, 131 • Steven R. Swanson –STS-117, 119 • Lee J. Archambault –STS-117, 119 • John D. Olivas –STS-117, 128 • George Zamka –STS-120, 130 • Doug Wheelock –STS-120 • Barbara Morgan –STS-118 • Tracy Caldwell –STS-118 • Alvin Drew –STS-118, 133 • Alan Poindexter –STS-122, 131 • Stanley love –STS-122 • Leland Melvin –STS-122, 129 • Leopold Eyharts –STS-122

Eleventh Column from Left:
Garrett Reisman –STS-123, 132 • Gregory H. Johnson –STS-123, 134 • Robert L. Behnken –STS-123, 130 • Michael J. Foreman –STS-123, 129 • Gregory E. Chamitoff –STS-124, 134 • Kenneth T. Ham –STS-124, 132 • Karen L.Nyberg –STS-124 • Ronald J. Garan, Jr. –STS-124 • Toney Antonelli –STS-119, 132 • Joseph Acaba –STS-119 • Richard Arnold –STS-119 • Gregory C. Johnson –STS-125 • K. Megan McArthur –STS-125 • Andrew J. Feustel –STS-125, 134 • Michael T. Good –STS-125, 132 • Steven G. Bowen –STS-126, 132, 133 • Eric A. Boe –STS-126, 133 • Robert S. Kimbrough –STS-126 • Christopher J. Cassidy –STS-127 • Douglas G. Hurley –STS-127, 135 • Thomas H. Marshburn –STS-127 • Timothy L. Kopra –STS-127 • Jose M. Hernandez –STS-128 • Kevin A. Ford –STS-128 • Nicole P. Scott –STS-128, 133 • Robert L. Satcher, Jr. –STS-129 • Barry E. Wilmore –STS-129 • Randolph J. Bresnik –STS-129 • Terry W. Virts, Jr. –STS-130 • James P. Dutton, Jr. –STS-131 • Dorothy Metcalf Lindenburger –STS-131 • Michael R. Barrett –STS-134 • Edward Michael Fincke –STS-134

(Air & Space) Includes location, directions, 13 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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World Wars Memorial

March 1, 2014, 8:29 pm

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Kansas, Allen County, Iola


1917 - 1918
The American Legion

In memory of those whose final resting place
is known to God alone

U.S. Army
James E. Cook 1944 • Rex L. Johnson 1944
A. W. Redding Jr. 1943 • Joseph H. Wood 1942

U.S. Navy
Howard N. Belvoir 1942 • Loren W. Flack 1943
Victor W. Foster 1944 • W. C. Shaffer 1943

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Memorial

March 1, 2014, 8:50 pm

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Kansas, Anderson County, Garnett


In memory of
our soldiers
who fought in
the Great Rebellion
of 1861 and 1865

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Town That Coal Built

March 1, 2014, 9:36 pm

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Missouri, Bates County, Rich Hill


Marion 8200-5 Walking Dragline
"Midway Princess"
Total Working Weight • 6,800,000 Pounds
Boom Length • 275 Feet
Boom Angle • 35 [degrees]
Maximum Digging Depth • 125 Feet
Operation Radius • 251 Feet
Bucket Capacity • 73 Cubic Yards
Bucket Weight • 40 to 44 Tons
Average Length of Step • 7.0 Feet
Electrical Requirements • 800,000 KWH/Month (normal)

We would like to thank P&M Coal Company for their generous donation of this 73 cubic yard bucket from the "Princess" coal shovel to the city of Rich Hill, Missouri.

"Big Mouth" was moved here from Amoret, Missouri on June 21, 1993. This bucket could not have been moved without generous donations of time and labor of P&M Employees, P&E Erection Company and S-Corts Service.

(Environment • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Galloway Methodist Church

March 2, 2014, 6:44 am

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Virginia, Falls Church
In 1867, African Americans built Galloway United Methodist Church and established the historic cemetery you are facing. According to local tradition, before and during the Civil War enslaved people on the Dulany plantation secretly worshiped in the grove of trees at the center of the cemetery. Those buried here include the following.

George and Harriet Brice, church founders, lie beside each other. Harriet’s marker simply says “Mother.” Her husband, George Brice, escaped from slavery and joined the 6th Regiment, United States Colored Troops (USCT). The regiment was organized near Philadelphia in July-September 1863. If fought around Richmond and Petersburg until December 1864, when it embarked for North Carolina. It was at Bennett Place when Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army on April 26, 1865.

Charles Lee, a free man of color, served in the 10th USCT. The regiment was raised in Virginia in November 1863 and fought around Richmond and Petersburg.

Charles Tinner and Isaac Peyton were members of the interracial Home Guard, which protected town residents and their property.

Eliza Hicks Henderson escaped bondage after the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863 and walked from Vicksburg to Washington, D.C. to rejoin her family. She concealed her young son, William Henderson, in a trunk.

Lula Mars rests under a stone marked “Born in Williamsburg.” Her owner was the father of her daughter Louisa Mars, who married William Henderson. Both are buried here.

Harriet Foote Turner escaped from the nearby Cook-Fitzhugh plantation late in the 1850s and used forged passes to lead newly purchased slaves to freedom in Canada. She later returned frequently to visit relatives and is buried here.

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc. • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ship Brooklyn

March 2, 2014, 2:13 pm

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
Commemorating the landing at this point of the ship Brooklyn, July 31, 1846. A 370 ton vessel, carrying Mormon Colonists and crew of nearly 300 under the leadership of Samuel Brannan.

In the hold was a printing press, 179 books for education purposes , two complete flour mills, plows, harrows and a supply of implements for settling the new country.

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clark’s Point

March 2, 2014, 2:14 pm

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
At this point of rocks called
Clark’s Point
in the year of 1847
William Squire Clark
drove piles and built the first wharf
in the
Bay of San Francisco

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

Site of J.C. Ainsley Packing Company

March 2, 2014, 2:16 pm

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California, Santa Clara County, Campbell
Established 1888
A pioneer industrialist
And public benefactor
Park dedicated February 20, 1978

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

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The Abraham Lincoln Brigade

March 2, 2014, 2:22 pm

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California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Memorial is part historical marker, part veterans memorial and entirely a work of art. It consists of a number of panels. The panels are in 15 columns of three rows each. Not all panels contain text, and some panels of this much vandalized marker are missing. The columns are presented left to right with each column’s rows presented top to bottom unless otherwise noted.

Column 1

The artist must take sides.
He must elect to fight for
freedom or for slavery.
I have made my choice.
I had no alternative.
- Paul Robeson, Singer and Actor

While the International Brigades were only a small portion of the total Republican armed forces, the played a crucial role, especially at the early stages of the war. Our values went beyond our numbers because our presence showed that the Spanish people had many supporters, even though the Western nations refused to help the Republic. We were a volunteer army inspired by conviction and became a powerful symbolic force. – Steve Nelson, Volunteer

Column 2

You are history. You are legend.
You are the heroic example of
democracy’s solidarity and
universality...We shall not forget
you, and when the olive tree of
peace puts forth its leaves again
entwined with the laurels of the
Spanish Republic’s victory –
come back!
- Dolores Ibarruri, La Pasionaria

The middle panel is missing and the text of this panel is part of the text included in the bottom panel of column 2 and the middle and bottom panels of column 3.

... story of ordinary... people who, for the... traveled outside... their lives for the...demonstrate that... the preserve of those we call “intellectuals,” that assembly line workers, nurses, and sharecroppers are capable of seeing their won struggles tied to working people throughout the world. – Robin D.G. Kelley, Historian

Column 3, top panel

There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life. – Harry Bridges, Labor Organizer

Column 4

If you look out the window and see a hungry emaciated child and do not feel a desire to do something to make the world a little better – then you’re not a complete human being. – Abe Osheroff, Volunteer

os he visto
y mis ojos están hasta ahora llenos de orgullo
porque os vi a través de la mannana de meblla llegar frente pura de Castilla
silenciosos y firmes
como campanas antes del alba
llenos de solemnida y de ojos azules venir de lejos y lejos,
venir de vuestros rincones, de vuestras patrias perdidas, de vuestros suños
llenos de dulzura quemada y de fusiles
a defender la ciudad española en que la libertad acorralada
pudo caer y morir nordida por las bestias
- Pablo Neruda, Poet

The bottom panel is an English translation of the poem above. Half the panel is missing.

... full of raging gentleness and rifles
to defend the Spanish city in which the corralled liberty
might fall and die, devoured by the beasts.
- Pablo Neruda, Poet

Column 5

If there are men who are composed of a soul without frontiers,
a forehead scattered with universal tresses,
covered with horizons, ships and mountain ranges,
with sand and with snow, then you are one of them.

The olive groves will set about piercing you bones,
unfolding their most ferrous of roots in the earth,
embracing men universally, faithfully.
-Miguel Hernandez, Poet

The middle panel is a map of the conflict.

Spain changed my whole life. I saw a country struggling – ordinary people, peasants, poor people. They couldn’t even read or write, but when these young people came up to the front, we became an integrated army, the people struggling against the oppressing group of fascists. It left an indelible impression on my mind. So when I got back, I decided that I was going to be committed to furthering the cause of people, whatever I did. – Dave Smith, Volunteer

Column 6

Spain has been etched in the hearts of our generation... and carried around like a terrible wound. Spain gave us our first taste of defeat, and because of her we discovered with and enduring shock that one can be right and still be defeated, that sheer force can trample the human spirit underfoot, and that there are times when courage goes unrewarded. Without a doubt, this explains why so many people the world over have experienced the Spanish drama as there own personal tragedy. – Albert Camus, Author

For never before in the history of the world had there been such a body of men – a spontaneously gathered international volunteer army, drawn from every stratum of human life and every human occupation, handworkers and professionals, intellectuals and farmers. The very existence of this army, that had played so crucial a role in the Spanish war, was guarantee of international working-class brotherhood; the final proof that those who perform the work of the world possess a common interest and an identical obligation... These men had fought and died with and for each other, their roster was the roster of mankind. – Alvah Bessie, Volunteer

Column 7

Top panel, map of the conflict area

Center panel missing

I... told myself over and over again that as long as the sirens sounded the planes had not yet arrived... I went through the square quickly and towards my hotel and when I first heard the noise of the motors I didn’t want to turn to see where they were. I thought: in that hotel room is a toothbrush, a clean nightgown, a cake of soap, and old coat and a box of lousy candy. Yet I am hurrying to it, it is where I am trying to go, it is the place where I have what belongs to me. And I knew suddenly why even the poorest women in Madrid wanted to stay with what was theirs. – Lillian Hellman, Author

Column 8

Top row, columns 8, 9, 10 & 11; The Abraham Lincoln Brigade title

All night, all night
flared in my city the bright
cruel explosion of bombs.
All night, all night,
there, where the soil and stone
spilled like brains from the sandbag’s head,
the bodiless head lay staring;
while the anti-aircraft barked,
barked at the droning plane,
and the dogs of war, awakened
howled at the hidden moon.
And a star fell, omen of ill,
and a man fell, lifeless
and, friendless, my friend.
And I stumbled away from them, crying
from eyeless lids, blinded.
Trees became torches
lighting the avenues
where lovers huddled in terror
who would be lovers no longer.
- Edwin Rolfe, Volunteer

Column 9, center panel

... the first American volunteers in Spain entered into battle at Jarsma Valley in defense of Madrid. Many of the American volunteers who went to support the Spanish Republic in 1937 and 1938 were actively involved in the efforts to “organize the unorganized,” from the factories of Pittsburg to the coal mines of

Column 9, bottom panel missing

Column 10, center & bottom panels

I have praised the Causa of the Republic of Spain on the slightest provocation for twenty years, and I am tired of explaining that the Spanish Republic was neither a collection of blood-slathering Reds nor a cat’s-paw of Russia. Long ago I also gave up repeating that men who fought and those who died for the Republic, whatever their nationality and whether they were Communists, anarchists, Socialists, poets, plumbers, middle-class professional men, or the on Abyssinian prince, were brave and disinterested, as there were no rewards in Spain. They were fighting for us all, against the combined force of European fascism. The deserved our thanks and our respect and got neither. – Martha Gellhorn, Author

Column 11, center panel missing

Column 11, bottom panel

... Salvador, Nicaragua, South Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq... After fifty, sixty, even seventy years of commitment to radical dissent, Lincoln veterans had come to view political agitation as the surest measure of personal fulfillment and the value of a life’s work. – Peter N. Carroll, Historian

Column 12

... you may wonder why I write as if we had been here for years when we came here three weeks ago today. Well, a day seems ten weeks, sometimes a year. It seems as if we had been here for months as New York is a faint and unreal dream. All our lives we seem to have been running back and forth along these cold corridors, all our lives we have hated white moonlight because it means the birds of death are busy nearby... – Frederick Martin, Volunteer

Poet
On the battle front of the world,
What does your heart hear,
What poems unfurl
Their flags made of blood
To flame in our sky –
Bright banners
Made of words
With red wings to fly
Over the trenches
And over frontiers,
And over all barriers of time
Through the years
To sing this story
Of Spain
On the ramparts of the world –
What does your heart hear,
Poet,
What songs unfurl?
- Langston Hughes, Poet

Column 13

I think going to Spain made me feel that I was part of the world, that I could play a role no matter how small, and that it was significant. And I think that I lost a lot of my fear...what can be worse than dying? There’s really very little worse. And once we didn’t die, and we survived it, and we came back, other things were never that frightening again. - Ruth Davidow, Volunteer

Column 13, center and bottom panels are missing

Column 14, top panel

If you have tears to shed for the million dead of the Spanish Republic, save them. Shed them for the million dead of Vietnam. And if you feel moved to praise the courage of the defenders of Madrid, save that praise too. Save it for the young men of you own generation who share with you the agony of Vietnam and who resist the war. - Robert Colodny, Volunteer

The poem below fills the center and bottom panels of columns 14 and 15.

Brothers, from now on
may your purity and your strength, your solemn history
be known by the child and the man, by the woman and the old man,
may it reach all beings without hope, descend into the mines corroded by sulphuric (sic) air,
climb the inhuman staircases of the slave,
may all the stars, may all the wheat shoots of Castile and the world
write down you name and your bitter struggle
and you victory, strong and terrestrial like a red oak.

Because of you sacrifice you have made lost faith,
absent soul, confidence in the earth, be reborn,
and through your abundance, through your nobleness, through you dead,
as if through a valley of hard rocks made of blood,
flows an immense river with doves of steel and hope.
- Pablo Neruda, Poet

(Arts, Letters, Music • War, Spanish-American • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Santa Barbara Veterans' Memorial Building

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California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara
This memorial honors the residents of Santa Barbara County, who as members of the United States Armed Forces, died in the service of their country in peace and in war.

473 Santa Barbara County residents are known to have made the ultimate sacrifice.

“We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain.” Address by President Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863

Civil War (1861-1865)
Dionisio Fones • Pablo Olivas

Spanish-American War (1898)
Stanley Hollister

World War I (1914-1918)
Thomas M. Aadland • Matteo Adamoli • John M. Ambler • Theodore Arnold • Elbridge L. Badger • David M. Barry • J.L. Beckingsole • Sorren Bedasci • Bert Bowser • Marshall N. Braden • M.H. Brown • Frank Burrel • Joseph E. Carr • Nicholas Castes • Marco Cavalli • Dennison L. Christensen • Roy F. Clary • Jesse Clifton • William D. Compton • Bert Cragg • Leon Darling • Louis Dell • Walter M. Duffey • William Fasoli • Charles Flores • Andre Guevarra • Paul Guley • John T. Hall • Stacy L. Harding • Clifford C. Harter • Michael Hoban • Ernest R. Hodgins • Charles A. Hon • William C. Hosmer • Wesley M. Houx • Guy Jamison • Henry J. Kremer • Samuel Landis • Aurdell J. Lewis • Lester F. Libbey • Ernest Luttrell • Domingo C. Mesa • Frank C. Miller • Joseph Miller • George S. Oliphant • Michael Ontiveros • William Ordaz • E. Padoris • Dolores Parada • George S. Peddie • Manuel J. Pico • John Pimintel • Simeon A. Polites • Albert R. Pratt • Hans Quist • Dennis Randall • Longino M. Rios • Jack Risdon • Howland S. Russell • Laurie G. Rutherford • George E. Sangster • Gerard O.Seymour • Howard Shoaf • John W. Spud • Albert Stafford • Benjamin F. Stewart • Clay W. Vaughn • Daniel L. Venzor •
Harold J. Webster

World War II (1939-1945)
Robert R. Acosta • Clyde M. Adams • Johnny J. Agnelli • Martin J. Anchordoquy • Charles S. Anderson • John S. Anderson • Louis H. Araujo, Jr. • Dean A. Arnold • Glenn R. Baker • W. Franklin Baker • Querobin B. Bargo • Leon L. Barnes • Jean A. Bastanchury • Charles Beaucond • Lloyd Beaudette • Reinhold P. Becker • Wallace Becknell • Harold E. Begg • Roy E. Benjamin • William W. Bergren • Santos B. Bisquera • Glenn E. Blake • Jack W. Booth • Francis L. Botello • Harold Bovee • William H. Bowen • Howard Brady • Leo J. Bregante • Eugene B. Brown, Jr. • Patrick H. Bruce • Woodrow W. Bunfill • James E. Burns • John J. Burton • Elery L. Bush • Clovis C. Cailliez • Leonard R. Calderon • Arthur M. Calvert • George E. Canfield • Joe Carlotti • Earnest Carmen • Charles L. Carpenter, Jr. • Casey Carter • Jose A. Castaneda • Mado P. Castro • Henry B. Cherry, Jr. • Jack W. Christian • Calvin W. Cloer • Clarence R. Coates • Roger W. Conant • Carroll F. Cook • Cecil P. Cook, Jr. • Clarence E. Cooper • Kenneth E. Cooper • Adolph Cordero, Jr. • Bernard B. Cordero • James W. Corner • William Cottle • Earl A. Courville • Robert E. Coverstone • Augistine Cruz • Roger Cruz • Thomas E. Dean, Jr. • Clarence E. Decker • Manuel Delgado • Bryant C. Deloach • Francis R. Dibblee • Warren Dinnocenzo • John L. Donaldson • George T. Downs • Robert N. Duren • Raymond A. Dwyer • Jack Dykes • Rex A. Eckles • George Elvidge, Jr. • Deane E. Erickson • Augustin N. Escalante • Jimmie C. Escobar • Samuel C. Escobar • Louis S. Estrada • Wallace W. Ewing • Benedetto Falzone • G.A. Windell Findley • Norman S. Firestone • Ruben Flores • Buford E. Foster • Horace G. Foster, Jr. • James L. Fowler • Peter Franco • Warham Franklin • Stewart A Fullerton • Q. Fuqua • Philip Garcia • Lloyd F. Gehr • Howard E. Gilbert • Charles G. Glotzbach • Frank J. Golden • Tony Goux • Louis R. Granaman • Peter S. Greene • Augustus M. Griggs, Jr. • Felipe T. Guerrero • Ernest J. Gutierrez • James P. Hagan • Frank J. Hannacker • Dale Harris • W.M. Harshbarger • Cyril O. Hartley • John W. Hays • Francis F. Hebel • John D. Hench • Leslie W. Herman • Joaquin Hernandez • John E. Hodgins • Edwin H. House, Jr. • F. Robert Ireland • Robert Jensen • Sigvald H. Jensen • Leonard Jimenez • Leroy E. Johnson • Roy C. Jones • William Jones • Frank C. Juarez • Isaac C. Kahn • Owen H. Keiper • Robert L. Keister • William Kirkpatrick • Robert J. Kirsis • Edwin F. Klein, Jr. • William J. Knapp, Jr. • John J. Kriger • Ben Kurokawa • Theodore Kusler • Joseph L. La Combe • Hubert Leffew • Daniel Logan • James M. Long • Robert W. Longmire • Frederick P. Lopez • David C. Love • Andrew R. MacFarland • Manuel Maldonado • Maurice L. Malone • F.J. Martinez • Robert K. Marxmiller • Earl A McAllister • Fred C. McCloskey • Thorn O. McGee • J. Cornelius McGinley • Wm. Raymond McGinley • David F. McGraw • William J. McGregor • David H. McKee, Jr. • John Mecono • Nick J. Mesa • John E. Miller • William G. Moffett • Arthur P. Mollenhauer • John Molloy • Arthur P. Mongoy • Steve J. Morales • Henry Morrow • Percy D. Moulton • James Muranelli • Maurice R. Muxen • Ralph W. Neatherlin • Carmen J. Nelson • Robert W. Newman • Jack A. Nichols • Stephens V. Nicolia • Jose M Nuñez • Richard W. Oeschler, Jr. • Abraham G. Ohama • Roy L. O’Neal • Abdon T. Ontiveros, Jr. • Bernard C. O’Reilly • William T. Owens • Jesus Pasillas • Charles A. Patton • Gino J. Pauletto • Clifford J. Peck • John Pedercini • William C. Pendleton • Jack Peres • James E. Peterson • Kenneth L. Philp • Warren C. Price • Robert W. Purvis • Henry Razo • Lawrence K. Reade • Robert B. Renald • Frederick T. Rice • Maxwell R. Richardson • Jack B. Rickard • J. Robert O. Rickard • Patrick W. Riley • George Ritchie • Fortino E. Rivas • Quentin K. Rizor • Kenneth E. Roberts • Charles J. Rodriquez • Charles C. Rowan • Donald S. Runels • Charles O. Saling • Edward E. Salzman • Daniel E. Samano • William G. Sampson • Andrew Sanchez • Grant B. Schley • Gerald D. Scott • Walter Secrest • Harland S. Severson • Bernard E. Shealy • Clarence Silva • James W. Simpson • Samuel Skillman • Albert L. Smith, Jr. • John D. Smith • C. Raymond Smith • Stanley S. Smyth • John C. Snow • Bertram Solomon • Bernard Soto • Walter A. Spangler • George Steinhauer • Betty P. Stine • Harry D. Stock, Jr. • Joseph L. Stout • Robert E. Sturgeon • Francis C. Sullivan • Gerald H. Swatzberg • Clement R. Temple • Roy E. Tennison • Cecil A. Tognazzini • Parker G. Toms • Nicholas Topete • Burdette L. Treloar • Hubert F. Tritschler • John R. Troup • Clyde W. Trusty • Robert R. Twitchell • Oscar D. Urbom • W.H. Van DaGriff • John R. Van Fleet • Adrian J. Vasquez • Edward G. Verhelle • Alan L. Wade • William C. Wallace • Rawson Warren • George C. Watson, Jr. • Lloyd P. Weber • Keith W. Webster • William H. Wenstrom • Gerald W. Whisler • Clarence H. White • James L. White, Jr. • Millard R. Whitt • Dean K. Wilber • Carter D. Wilkinson • Charles W. Wilson • Harold L. Withrow • Sam M. Yee • Makoto Yoshihara • William A. Zvolanek

Korean War (1950-1953)
Richard C. Aguirre • Melvin C. Arthur • Malcolm J. Brown • George A. Cecchel • Herbert W. Chipman • Victor G. Corona • Wallace J. Dawson • William G. Epps • Albert A. Ferraris • Gregorio Garnica • Scott G. Gier • William Grigsby • Peter M. Herardo • Edward L. Herrera • Edgar A. Hollister • Donald J. Hovatter • Robert G. Kelley • Efrem G. Martinez • David A. Maynez • Richard T. McCoy • Ramon R. Moreno • Rudolph Moreno • David L. Murphy • Roy R. Nelson • Albert R. Olivas • Wyatt H. Pomeroy • Augustin Quintero • John S. Rivas • Adam Romero • Martin Z. Romero • Jose Torres • Joe D. Uribe • Robert L. Viles • William Warner • Robert G. Wensley •
Wilbur S. Wing

Vietnam War (1957-1975)
Kenneth S. Adams • Robert L. Aday • Billie L. Beard • Larry M. Beaudette • Marc B. Belon • Joseph F. Biber • Robert L. Bouchet • David B. Brandown, Jr. • Gary A. Breck • Raymond D. Bretches • Thomas H.C. Briggs • John Carey, Jr. • William J. Cariveau • Gregory V. Carr • Arturo Carrasco • Thomas Castillo • Thorne M. Clark, III • John J. Contreras • Dennis P. Cook • Richard R. Coomer • William E. Cordero • Michael N. Coryell • Robert B. Cowell • Timothy A. Crandall • Anthony Dal Pozzo, Jr. • William S. Davis • Patrick M. Derig • Michael C. Dominguez • Manuel A. Fernandez • David A. Fielding • Albert R. Fogg, III • Eddie D. Foster • Jerry H. Georges • Robert W. Gilliam • Richard A. Giovanacci • Jim R. Gonzales • Donald E. Gore • Donald C. Graney • Toby R. Gritz • Charles E. Hancock • Murvyn E. Hargraves • Greg E. Hart • Richard D. Henrey • Philip Hernandez • Roger A. Hickok • James G. Hilliard • Bruce L. Holderman • John P. Hyland • John Imbach, III • Roy L. Johnson • William J. Johnson • Cleatus P. Kimble • Richard R. Landers • Larry C. Lara • Edward L. Lowe • Thomas W. Mallon • James A. Mardis, Jr. • James H. McDonald • Louis H. McFarland • Dale P. Meehan • Jerry B. Menane • Tommy Mezzles • Thomas C. Michehl • Masashi Nakashimo • Stephen B. Neal • Richard C. O’Brien • Thomas J. Ontiveros • Robert L. Pacheco • Fred W. Pack • Michael Pagaling • Raymond J. Palacio • Walter J. Panamaroff • Nicholas C. Petanovich • Donald M. Peterson • Clarence R. Pritchard, Jr. • Richard L. Sanders • Alfred R. Sapinosa • Anton J. Schoepke • David A. Schultz • Lawrence K. Sepulveda • Terry W. Shalhoob • Jacob F. Siratt, III • Charles F. Sorrow, Jr. • Ira J. Spittler, III • Richard D. Swayze • David R. Tibbetts • Milford M. Tognazzini • Thomas L. Twyford • Robert J. Uyesaka • Daniel J. Vaughan • Antonio Velasquez • Alexander Vigil • Charles Walker • James D. Walker • Mark H. Ward • Mitchell A. Wentz • Dennis L. Williams • Eldon W. Willingham

Yokosuka, Japan (1960)
William R. Simpson

Beirut, Lebanon (1983)
James F. Surch, Jr.

Ft. Campbell, Kentucky (1988)
Jeffrey L. Rivas

World War II Additions
Andrew P. Lorigo

Harlem, Montana (1990)
Peter L. Osterfeld

Fort Hood, Texas (2002)
Gerardo M. Chavez

Dai Chupan, Afghanistan (2003)
Mitchell A. Lane • Joshua R. Townsend

Iraq (2003-
Joseph Menusa • Adam W. Estep • Andre D. Tyson • Joseph J. Heredia • Garry Wesley T. Rimes • Derek Argel • Shawn E. Dressler • Jaime Rodriguez, Jr. • Aaron M. Allen

The veterans of this county ask that names be added in the tragic event it becomes necessary.

(Military) Includes location, directions, 14 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lincoln

March 2, 2014, 2:24 pm

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Maryland, Prince George's County, Lanham
A suburb established by progressive African Americans who worked in the District of Columbia. Platted in 1908 along a stop of the WB&A Electric Railway. Developed by Lawyer Educator, Civil Servant and activist Thomas Junius Calloway. Vice President and General Manager of the Lincoln Land Improvement Company. Most of the earliest houses were designed by Isaiah T. Hatton. Calloway obtained a grant from the Rosenwald fund to build a new school. opened in 1921, and served as first principal.

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

Discovering Kaloko-Honokohau

March 2, 2014, 2:30 pm

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Hawaii, Hawaii County, Kailua-Kona
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park celebrates the indigenous people of Hawaii. It penetrates deep into Hawaiian antiquity by preserving evidence of a thousand years of society. It links the touched with the heartfelt, transcending the physical into the spiritual by preserving values, ideas, beliefs and legends.

The park is a window into which you glimpse the lives of generations of Hawaiians, on the land where they lived. It is also a door to creating a future where traditional values of Hawaiian people can flourish. (Inscription below the photo on the far left) The Hawaiian people are the real treasures of Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. Not only will traditional ideas, values, skills, and art forms be preserved, but here they can thrive.

(Inscription below the photo in the center left)
The fishpond walls are tangible..evidence of the connection between people, land, and the sea. Made of stone, built in the ocean; providing for commoner, and chief alike, the fishponds embody the spirit of Hawaii and Hawaiians.

(Inscription below the photo in center right)
Honu (Hawaiian green sea-turtles) rest and feed in the same shallow waters that ancient Hawaiians modified to attract and keep fish. The homi link the ancient Hawaiian concept of machoma-aina (care of the land) to today.

Hanau ka aina, hanau ke alii, hanau ke kanaka Born was the land, born were the chiefs, born were the common people. This Hawaiian proverb speaks of the connection between the land and people. At Kaloko-Honakonau, the land was of special importance to the alii. Perhaps more vividly than anywhere else in Hawaii, here you can see evidence of the lives of both the alii and kanaker, and how they worked, played and interacted on the rugged land they shared.

(Landmarks) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Whale Fossil

March 2, 2014, 2:30 pm

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California, Orange County, Mission Viejo

Originally dedicated on June 4, 1977 by the Mission Viejo Cultural and Heritage Association.

The Fossil was unearthed in the southern part of the city in 1976, and is a partial skull of a Baleen whale belonging to the Bowhead or right whale family.

Alive over 3.5 to 5 million years ago, this whale would have been over 58 feet long and weighed 50 tons with a skull 9 feet across and 14.5 feet long. This is the only fossil skull of this type on scientifically display in California.

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

A Sanctuary for Humpback Whales

March 2, 2014, 2:40 pm

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Hawaii, Hawaii County, Kailua-Kona
The sanctuary lies within the shallow, warm waters surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands and is one of the world’s most important humpback whale habitats. Most of the North Pacific humpback whale population migrates nearly 3,000 miles to Hawaiian waters each winter to mate, calve, and nurse. During the spring and summer, they return to feed in cool, nutrient-rich waters near Alaska and other northern areas.

(Inscription below the photo in the left side)
The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary protects humpback whales and their habitat in Hawaii through education, outreach, research and cultural activities. Humpback whales (kohola) can be seen in Hawaiian waters from December to May. Mothers and calves can often be seen resting near shore. The acrobatic displays of humpbacks are visible from miles away.

Other Marine Life
Hawaiian Monk Seals “Ilio holo i ka uaua”
Hawaiian monk seals are the most endangered seal species in the U.S. with less than 1,300 remaining. They often haul out on sandy beaches.

Turtles “honu”
Five species of sea turtles are found in Hawaiian waters. The green sea turtle is the most commonly seen.

Spinner Dolphins “nai’a”
Hawaiian spinner dolphins are found close to shore during the day, where they rest and care for their young. They feed at night in the open ocean.

(Animals) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fossil

March 2, 2014, 2:42 pm

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California, Orange County, Mission Viejo
The main exhibit displays a fossil right whale skull in profile. It was recovered from the marine siltstone member of the Capistrano Formation (3.5 to 5 million years old) in the 1970's right here in Mission Viejo. It is a fossil skull from the family Balaenidea (Bowhead Whales and Right Whales).

The vertebral column on exhibit behind the whale skull although not associated with the skull, was also discovered in the city of Mission Viejo.

This fossil, which unearthed by the Mission Viejo Company durning grading operations in the souther part of Mission Viejo in 1976, is a partial skull of a Baleen Whale. A Baleen Whale is a member of the Bowhead Whale Family.

When alive, this particular whale would have been 58 feet long and weighed about 50 tons or the wight of 575 men. This skull would have measured nine feet across and about 14.5 feet long.

The fossil is owned by the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum and is on permanent loan to the City of Mission Viejo.
It is the only fossil skull of this to be on scientific display in California.

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

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Ala Mauka Makai

March 2, 2014, 2:43 pm

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Hawaii, Hawaii County, Kailua-Kona
This trail cuts across Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, passing sites that represent many of the values for which this park was created, such as a malama ka aina, caring for the land. This was a place where Hawaiian families lived, values and traditions were promoted, and the importance of family and caring for one another were taught. As you walk to the shore keep your senses alert for things to see, feel, and smell, and keep your mind open to the spirit of those who lived here long ago.

(Inscription under the photos at the top right)
Remnants of the more recent past, like this animal pen wall, and more distant past, like a temple platform, are both found along this trail. (Second Photo) On Ala Mauk Makai you will pass areas where park managers are restoring native plants like this naio (Myoporum sandwicense).

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

Railroad and Transportation Museum

March 2, 2014, 2:46 pm

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California, Nevada County, Nevada City
The Nevada County Historical Society founded the Transportation Museum Division in 1983 to acquire, document, restore and preserve information and artifacts pertaining to Nevada County’s railroad and transportation history. Best known is the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad that operated from 1876 until 1942. The museum opened for public enjoyment on March 17, 2003

(Education • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

endeavor to make yourself acquainted...with...the nations

March 2, 2014, 2:48 pm

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Nebraska, Douglas County, Omaha


In August 1804, members of the Expedition visited villages like this one, homes to the Otoe and Missouria who lived in what is today Omaha. Planning to invite these tribes to a council, or meeting, the explorers found the villages deserted. The tribes had left to hunt buffalo.

Through their journeys, the men of the Expedition held formal councils with the tribes they met. Jefferson instructed the explorers to make themselves "acquainted...with...the nations," to note the "articles of commerce [the Indians] may need or furnish," and to prepare descriptions of "food, clothing, & domestic accommodations."

The explorers met with tribes for reasons of trade, ethnography, and diplomacy. They also relied on American Indians for information, food, and clothing.

(Exploration • Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sloat Monument

March 2, 2014, 2:50 pm

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California, Monterey County, Monterey
To commemorate the taking possession of California
by
Commodore John Drake Sloat
United States Navy
July 7 1846

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

Price Building

March 2, 2014, 3:29 pm

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Arizona, Maricopa County, Chandler
Price Building, 1914
Chandler Historic Commercial District on the National Register of Historic Places
Chandler's first elected Mayor, David Jacobson, built this structure. It is named for Arthur E. Price, Chandler's first attorney and Justice of the Peace, who later purchased it. The building was known as the Chandler Pharmacy, which opened in 1937 and operated for almost fifty years. Photo courtesy of Chandler Historical Society

Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.