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Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
Florida, Brevard County, near Cape CanaveralOn May 21, 1838, Florida territorial delegate Charles Downing requested a lighthouse be built on Cape Canaveral. The first lighthouse completed in Jan. 1848...
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Complex 14
Florida, Brevard County, near Cape CanaveralVc = Ro SQRT(g/Ro+h) "… one of the most complex tasks ever presented to man in this country -- the achievement of manned flight in orbit around the earth." -...
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John Bethune
North Carolina, Moore County, near RobbinsEarly pastor for Scots in N.C.; chaplain for Loyalists at Battle of Moores Creek Bridge, 1776. First Presbyterian minister in Ontario. Lived 4 mi. S....
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The Block House/River Port - Fort - Ferry
Alabama, Dale County, near Midland City(Front):The Block House1814 The first public structure in what later became Dale County was erected one mile east of this marker at the confluence of the East and...
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Cowarts Baptist Church/Cowarts School
Alabama, Houston County, Cowarts(Front):Cowarts Baptist Church Cowarts Baptist Church was founded in 1885 when dissension arose in the Congregation of Smyrna. Originally located beside the cemetery,...
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Incorporation of Ashford/Ashford - a Unique Name
Alabama, Houston County, Ashford(Front):Incorporation of Ashford Wishing to incorporate their small town of “Pine-Woods,” a group of men set off to Abbeville, Alabama to go before Probate Judge Dan...
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Ashford United Methodist Church
Alabama, Houston County, AshfordThis building site was purchased March 9, 1899 by trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Gordon Circuit. Services were held in a three-walled wood...
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Snyder's Bluff
Mississippi, Warren County, near RedwoodThroughout the winter of 1862-63, Union Major General Ulysses S. grant orchestrated a series of Bayou Expeditions aimed at capturing Vicksburg. The Steele's...
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Medical Miracle
Virginia, Rappahannock County, SperryvilleThis building housed the medical office of Dr. William Amiss, whose brother Dr. Thomas Amiss practiced in Slate Mills and later in Page County. Together, the...
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Pohick Church
Virginia, Fairfax County, LortonDuring the Civil War, the prominent hilltop location of Pohick Church made it a target for occupation and vandalism, but it also served as an aeronautical center. On...
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Extra! Extra!
Maryland, Carroll County, TaneytownWhitelaw Reid, a Civil War correspondent, began reporting for The Cincinnati Gazette in 1862. On June 30, 1863, Reid took the train from Washington, D.C, and traveled...
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Union Infantry Winter Camp
Virginia, Stafford County, StaffordThese woods contain remains of hut sites, chimneys and defenses of a large Army of the Potomac winter camp, soldiers of the 11th Corps 1st and 3rd Divisions moved to...
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Eleventh Corps Encampment Area
Virginia, StaffordIn 1863, over 135,000 Union Army of the Potomac soldiers established winter camps throughout Stafford County - the largest encampment of any Army during the Civil War. Two-thirds of...
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Frederick Douglass Home Site
New York, Monroe County, RochesterUnderground Railroad Sites Rochester's proximity to Lake Ontario afforded runaway slaves a direct route to freedom in Canada. Hundreds of runaway slaves were...
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Camp Allen 1861-64
Indiana, Allen County, Fort WayneColonel Hugh B. Reed served as first Commandant. Here the 30th, 44th, 74th, 88th, and 100th Indiana Regiments and the 11th Indiana Battery were organized. (War, US...
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Mayor Emery and the Union Army
District of Columbia, Washington, NorthwestThe City Park across the street was once Emery Place, the summer estate of Matthew Gault Emery. A prominent builder, Emery was Washington City's last elected...
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Birthplace of Abner Doubleday
New York, Saratoga County, Ballston Spa Birthplace Major-Gen Abner Doubleday Ballston Spa June 26 1819 Founder of Baseball 1839 A Civil War Hero at Battle of Gettysburg 1863 (Sports • War, US Civil)...
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Early Ozark/Ozark's Role in the Origin of Fort Rucker
Alabama, Dale County, Ozark(Front):Early Ozark From 1824, when Dale County was created by an act of the Alabama Legislature, until 1870, the area now comprising the “City of Ozark” was gradually...
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Gordon's Flank Attack
Virginia, Orange County, Lake of the WoodsBefore Sunset on May 6, 1864From this site, you would have seen Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon quietly assembled ten regiments between here and the...
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Battle of the Wilderness
Virginia, Orange County, Lake of the Woods1st NC Cavalry and Ewell's lead infantry regiments fought Sedgwick's three divisions throughout Lake of teh Woods Golf Course.Regiments from Nine States in...
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