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Early Exploration across Kansas

Kansas, Logan County, Oakley For over 300 years -- from 1541 to 1853 -- the role of the military in Kansas was one of discovery. The first Europeans in what is now Kansas were Spanish soldiers led in...

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Murphys Grammar School

California, Calaveras County, MurphysBuilt in 1860, second oldest building in California used continuously for school purposes. Cost four thousand dollars for two rooms as at present. Called "Pine...

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Buena Vista Cemetery

California, Calaveras County, MurphysBuena Vista Cemetery's oldest grave marker, for a six year old boy, has the date of death of June 26, 1855. Older graves may exist that have no markers on them....

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Dundurn Castle

Ontario, HamiltonThis villa was completed in 1835 for Allan Napier MacNab. Incorporating an existing farmhouse, it was designed by the local architect, Robert Wetherell, as a statement of its owner's...

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Dundurn Castle

Ontario, HamiltonThis mansion was built 1832-35 by Allan Napier MacNab (1798-1862) and named after the family ancestral seat in Scotland. Enlisting at fifteen, MacNab distinguished himself by his...

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Site of the First Flour Mill

California, Butte County, Oroville“Site of first flour mill in Ophir City now Oroville, built in 1858. Erected and dedicated by Argonaut Parlor No. 8 Native Sons and Gold of Ophir Parlor No. 190 Native...

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Liberty Pole

California, Butte County, OrovilleIn 1767, when our yet to be united nation felt the stirrings of revolution, freedom-loving colonists carved and erected the first “Liberty Pole”. It served as a...

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County Community Well

California, Butte County, Oroville 1856 Renovated Oroville Rotary 1980 (Seal of the American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976) (Natural Resources) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...

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Butte County Courthouse Bricks

California, Butte County, OrovilleThese bricks are from the first Butte County Courthouse erected at this site, in Oroville, in 1856. (Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...

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1879 Site of Messilla Valley School

California, Butte County, OrovilleThe Oregon School District was formed in 1856 and the schoolhouse stood near Dry Creek behind the old Pence Hotel. In 1872 the schoolhouse was relocated and rebuilt...

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Marysville City Cemetery

California, Yuba County, MarysvilleThe Marysville Cemetery was founded in 1850 and is the final resting place for numerous personages of national, state and local historical significance. On May 19,...

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Marysville Hebrew Cemetery

California, Yuba County, MarysvilleFounded by the Marysville Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1853 to provide “...relief to the poor, needy, sick and the burial of the Jewish persuasion in Marysville and...

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Historical Marysville City Cemetery

California, Yuba County, MarysvilleFirst city-owned cemetery West of the Rockies (Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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Sir Allan Napier MacNab

Ontario, HamiltonPolitician, businessman, land speculator and soldier, Allan MacNab enjoyed a very public life. He was a successful lawyer and was appointed Upper Canada's first Queen's Counsel. In...

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"CCC Boy" Statue

Florida, Columbia County, near Mikesville This "CCC Boy" Statue was erected by Chapter 143, NACCCA, Gainsville, Florida In 2007. Chapter 143 was organized by CCC veterans of the area on October 1,...

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United Empire Loyalists

Ontario, HamiltonIn Lasting Memory of the United Empire Loyalists Who preferred to remain loyal British subjects and came to canada in large numbers immediately following the American Revolution of...

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Middleton's Beginning

Wisconsin, Dane County, MadisonThis immediate area was the site of the first Middleton, settled shortly after Dane County was formed. Early settlers Harry Barnes and his father, Joe, were captains in...

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Edgeworth Ussher, Esq.

Ontario, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Niagara FallsEdgeworth Ussher, Esq. November 16, 1838 Here rests, in the hope of a joyful resurrection, the mortal remains of Edgeworth Ussher, Esq., whose...

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Henness Pass Road

California, Sierra County, near AlleghanyThe main emigrant trail leading from Virginia City to Marysville, California. Traveled by pioneers as early as 1849. (Roads & Vehicles) Includes location,...

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Cornish Ranch House

California, Sierra County, near AlleghanyBuilt by N.O. Cornish to serve traffic on the Henness Pass Road “a large and commodious house for the accomodation (sic) of the public provided smithing and hay...

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