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On the Ashes of My Campfire This City is Built
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City Modeled by O.H. Simpson, D.D.S. Pioneer Dentist The model for this statue was Joe Sughrue A Cowboy and later Dodge City Chief of Police from 1933 to 1936 (Man-Made...
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Boot Hill
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City Boot Hill Cemetery 1872 - 1878 Second Public School 1878 - 1927 Municipal Building 1929 (Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work • Education • Man-Made...
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Wyatt Earp
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City Called to Dodge City in 1876 and established law and order in a few years. He did the same thing for other cities and became known as the best law officer in the West....
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George M. Hoover
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City Dodge City's most famous early settler started Dodge City's first business on Front Street in 1871. Was mayor four terms. He also hired Wyatt Earp to come and get law...
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The Boot Hill Cemetery Site
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City This site became known as Boot Hill due to the custom of burying gunfighters with their boots on or behind their heads. It is estimated that 32 men and one woman were...
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Veterans Memorial
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City [Honor Roll of Veterans] Almighty God, we ask Thy blessings upon these our comrades That Others May Live in Freedom To the American Soldiers, veterans who served, fought...
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The Forum Café - Union Hotel - United States Trio Hall - The Forum Café - The...
California, El Dorado County, PlacervilleUnion Hotel United States Trio HallThe Forum Café The Blue Bell Café The Bookery Saloons and gambling halls provided the main form of entertainment for miners...
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California, Humboldt County, SamoaThis is the last lumber camp style in operation in North America. This cookhouse was originally opened as part of Samoa, one of the last company owned towns in the...
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Ferndale Palace Saloon
California, Humboldt County, FerndaleCirca 1890. Furthest westernly bar in the continental United States. Dedicated February 13, 1993 by the Native Sons of the Golden West. Harley M. Harty, Grand...
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"The Victorian Inn"
California, Humboldt County, FerndaleThe Victorian Inn was built in 1890 with completion in 1891, and known as the Russ Building. The structure was originally built to house the Ferndale Bank with the...
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J. Wonderly House / N.C. Fassett Groceries & Provisions / Burn &...
California, El Dorado County, PlacervilleBoarders and guests of the Cedar Ravine House that once stood two doors up the street purchased groceries and provisions here from 1853 to 1856. Proprietor N.C....
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Davis and Roy News Depot / Shelley Inch Building / Placerville News Company
California, El Dorado County, PlacervilleFisher’s Oasis Coffee House and Wadsworth’s Chicago Dining Saloon occupied this site from 1851- 1855. In 1853 F.A. Bee, founder of the Placerville Herald,...
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Randolph Jewelers
California, El Dorado County, PlacervilleThe oldest jewelry store In the West Established 1852 (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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James D. Rinehart
California, El Dorado County, PlacervilleIn Memory of James D. Rinehart Viet Nam – 1968 (War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Site of Blossom Rock Navigation Trees
California, Alameda County, OaklandUntil at least 1851, redwood trees on this site were used as landmarks to avoid striking the treacherous submerged Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay west of Yerba...
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The Parrish Family Cemetery
California, Mendocino County, Fort BraggIn 1893 David Franklin Parrish, his wife, Sarah Linebough Parrish, six daughters and four sons, “set out for Fort Bragg...to raise potatoes and peas on the...
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Dr. William W. Mayo House
Minnesota, Le Sueur County, Le SueurThe accomplishments of the Mayo family in the field of medicine have brought fame to both its members and to Minnesota, for it was Dr. William W. Mayo and his two...
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Fort Dodge
Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge In the fall of 1867, the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road was developed to transport merchandise, mail and passengers from the newly founded railhead at Hays City to Fort Dodge...
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Enlisted Men's Barracks
Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge Three barracks were completed in 1867, two built of stone and one of adobe. For about eighteen months, until the permanent buildings were finished, the men lived in...
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Old Stagecoach Inn / Historic Palmyra Center
Ohio, Portage County, Palmyra Old Stagecoach Inn This historic inn began serving travelers on the old Portage-Columbiana stage road (now Tallmadge Road) in 1832. Two major stage lines, one from...
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