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Le Sueur
Minnesota, Le Sueur County, Le SueurNamed for Pierre Charles Le Sueur, French explorer who passed the site in 1700. This town on the old Red River trail includes two towns, Le Sueur and Le Sueur City...
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489th Bomb Group
Georgia, Chatham County, PoolerCommander: Col. Ezekiel W. Napier Dep Commander: Lt. Col. Leon R. Vance Medal Of Honor Dedicated to all who served with the 489th and a memorial to those of the group who...
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A Fine Country...
Kansas, Ford County, near Howell "Long ago the Arapahoes had a fine country of their own. The white man came to see them, and the Indians gave him buffalo meat and a horse to ride on...the country was...
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Santa Fe Trail, 1821 - 1880
Kansas, Ford County, near Howell Eighteen Miles a Day Hundreds of freight wagons laden with trade items once lumbered by here, passing just uphill from where you are standing. Large caravans took six...
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Santa Fe Trail Sites to the East
Kansas, Ford County, near Howell Unlike the emigrant trails that took travelers west to Utah, Oregon, and California, the Santa Fe Trail mainly handled commercial traffic moving east and west. When...
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Meade County
Kansas, Meade County, Meade The original Meade County Courthouse was built in 1888. Although the building was replaced in 1928, this old stone step and "1888" year carved in stone still mark where it...
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Pioneer Arena Club Women and Pioneer Settlers
Kansas, Meade County, Meade "To our pioneer club women and to our pioneer citizens, who builded better than they knew, we dedicate this marker which stands on the site of the old court-house, from...
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Tower Hill
North Carolina, Lenoir County, near Kinston Plantation of Gov. Dobbs, selected as the colonial capital & named George City by act of assembly, 1758. Act was never executed. 1 1/2 mi. S. (Colonial...
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Goodrich Homestead
Illinois, McHenry County, Barrington HillsIn 1843 Ira C. Goodrich purchased this land from the United States Government. As an early settler to McHenry County, Goodrich founded the local school system,...
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First Navy of the Republic of Texas
Texas, Galveston County, GalvestonDedicated to the First Navy of the Republic of Texas Established by Governor Henry Smith November 25th, 1835 The Fleet Brutus • Independence Liberty • Invincible...
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Camp Barracks
Virginia, Shenandoah County, Fort ValleyCamp Roosevelt, NF-1 had six military style barracks where enrollees slept on iron cots. Each barracks held 48 young, poor and previously unemployed men. This is...
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Brigham Young
New York, Cayuga County, Port ByronThe Mormon prophet lived in the house 100 yards east of here in 1831. He was baptized a Mormon in 1831 at Mendon, N.Y. (Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions,...
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Robert Fechner Memorial Forest
Virginia, Shenandoah County, Fort Valley"By virtue of the authority vested in me as president of the United States...the Massanutten Unit of George Washington National Forest is hereby designated as...
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Veterans and War Memorials
Kansas, Meade County, Meade This memorial is dedicated to the men and women of Meade County who entered the Armed Services of our country while residents of Meade County. ————————— Meade County Honor...
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Port Of Bath
North Carolina, Beaufort County, Bath Colony's first town, incorporated March 8, 1705. Home to first port of entry, 1716; exported naval stores. (Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes...
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Brown County Veterans Memorial
Minnesota, Brown County, New UlmDedicated to All Brown County Veterans This memorial is a lasting tribute to past, present and future veterans who served during peacetime and the following conflicts:...
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Seneca Oil Spring
New York, Cattaraugus County, Hinsdale1627 first petroleum discovered in America 1 mi. north 1000 yds east. (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Angelica Cemetery
New York, Allegany County, AngelicaSite gift of Church family, 1801; First burial, 1803; among noted men of Allegany Co. Buried here are; Major M. Van Campen, Capt. P. Church, Judge M. Grover and Rev....
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B.J. Thomas
New York, Allegany County, near AlmaDriller & contractor from PA, who earned nickname of "Dry Hole Ben" by seldom promoting successful oil wells. His continued faith in paying quantities of oil in...
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Triangle No. 1
New York, Allegany County, near WellsvilleFirst oil well drilled in Allegany County drilled by O.P. Taylor 1879 (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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