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Barcroft Community House
Virginia, Arlington County, ArlingtonThe Barcroft Community house was constructed in 1908 as a branch chapel of the Methodist church. It was sold in 1914 to the neighborhood civic association, the...
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Southwest No. 6 Boundary Marker
Virginia, Arlington County, ArlingtonThe U.S. Government erected 40 sandstone markers on the boundaries of the District of Columbia in 1791 and 1792. The boundary survey was initiated by President...
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Carl Dewey Perkins
Kentucky, Knott County, Hindman Carl D. Perkins was born, reared, and educated in Knott County and never called another place on Earth his home. He served as chairman of the House Committee on...
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County Named, 1884
Kentucky, Knott County, HindmanFor J. Proctor Knott during term as Governor of Kentucky, 1883-87. Knott born Marion Co., Ky., 1830. Missouri Legislature, 1851-59. Att. Gen., 1859-60. Returned Ky.,...
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Dr. Josiah H. Combs, 1886-1960 / Folk Music Scholar
Kentucky, Knott County, Hindman (Side 1) Dr. Josiah H. Combs, 1886-1960 Dr. Combs received Ph.D. degree from the Sorbonne in Paris, 1925. Married Charlotte Benard of France. He was a professor of...
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Pioneer Educator
Kentucky, Knott County, HindmanIn 1889, George Clarke came to Hindman, licensed to practice law. Seeing the need of education, he established a subscription school with the help of the students and...
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Granite Acroterion
Virginia, Arlington County, ArlingtonThis acroterion originally decorated the pediment over the main entrance of the Abbey Mausoleum, which overlooked Arlington National Cemetery. Built in 1926 by the...
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Eagle City, Minnesota
Minnesota, Sibley County, WinthropThis is the approximate site of Eagle City which was settled in 1858 at the halfway point on the Henderson to Fort Ridgely Trail. This was the same year Minnesota...
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Appomattox River Heritage Trail
Virginia, Petersburg Trail Sites 1. Pocahontas: In 1784, four small towns at the convergence of three counties (Pocahontas in Chesterfield, Blandford in Prince George, and Petersburg and Ravenscroft in...
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Canal Junction
Indiana, Dearborn County, West Harrison (Side 1) The Whitewater Canal and the Cincinnati and Whitewater Canal joined in Harrison to provide better access to Cincinnati markets and Ohio River. Indiana...
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1935
Massachusetts, Suffolk County, ChelseaErected by the City of Chelsea to commemorate the service of her citizens in the World War and to hereby inscribe forever the names of these, her honored dead...
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Iuka Normal
Mississippi, Tishomingo County, IukaH.A. Dean & John Newhardt continuing work begun in 1857, opened Iuka Normal Institute in 1882. Their reputations brought students from throughout the South....
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When the Civil War Came to Indiana
Indiana, Dearborn County, West Harrison By July 1863, the American Civil War had entered its third brutal summer. In the East, Confederate forces commanded by Robert E. Lee successfully turned back...
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Morgan's Great Raid
Indiana, Dearborn County, West Harrison July 8, 1863. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and 2,000 cavalrymen crossed the Ohio River into Indiana. They were transported from Brandenburg, Kentucky, on...
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Copenhagen Civil War Memorial
New York, Lewis County, CopenhagenThey need no monument those who fought and died for their country, but their country ever needs the memory and inspiration of their example. In honor of the boys in...
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Morgan's Raiders Enter Ohio
Indiana, Dearborn County, near West Harrison During the afternoon of July 13, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan crossed the Whitewater River a few hundred yards north of this point. His exhausted men were...
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Patriot William Gray
Mississippi, Tishomingo County, IukaRevolutionary War soldier who enlisted at Laurens County, SC, in 1778. Served three years. Fought at Kings Mountain, SC, the turning point battle of the...
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Martin's Tavern or Center House
Pennsylvania, West Bradford Township, Chester County, near West ChesterFor over 250 years, a building has stood on this site. First a house, probably built in 1750 for William and Abigail Clayton. In...
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Martins Tavern and The Battle of Brandywine
Pennsylvania, Marshallton, Chester County, near West ChesterMajor General John Sullivan sent a message to George Washington, stating that reports of a British attempt to cross the Brandywine north of...
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Tavern Fare
Pennsylvania, Chester County, near West ChesterTavern Fare... What sort of food was served at the Center House? To date, no specific food has been linked to this particular tavern, but Joseph Martin...
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