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William G. McGowan
Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-BarreFounder of MCI Communications. MCI challenged AT&T's monopoly of the telephone industry and went on to become one of the nation's leaders in that field....
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Dueling Cannons
New York, Niagara County, YoungstownStrategic Importance When European explorers reached the Great Lakes, they realized that passage up the Niagara River would unlock routes to the west. Traveling by...
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Marking Time
Nevada, Elko County, near Elko California Trail ruts and swales wind across Northern Nevada some touched only by the forces of nature since they were made by emigrant wagon trains on their way west in...
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The End of the Hastings Cutoff
Nevada, Elko County, near Elko Across the valley you can see the canyon of the South Fork River, a major tributary to the Humboldt River. This portal is also the western end of the infamous Hastings...
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About Your Journey ...
Nevada, Elko County, near Elko Whichever direction your travels take you, you're going to have a similar experience to what the California-bound emigrants had. You're going to see the same country,...
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The Humboldt River Highway
Nevada, Elko County, near Elko The California Emigrant Trail extended approximately 2,000 miles from the Missouri River to California. Today you are standing on a segment of the trail that followed the...
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The California Emigrant Trail Interpretive Center
Nevada, Elko County, near Elko You are at the entrance to The National California Emigrant Trail Interpretive Center. The purpose of the center is to gather and display historical knowledge about the...
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The Battle of Savannah
Georgia, Chatham County, SavannahThe 1779 Battle of Savannah was one of the deadliest of the entire American Revolution. The overwhelming defeat of French and American forces resulted in an allied...
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Northampton County Courthouse
North Carolina, Northampton County, JacksonNorthampton County, formed in 1741, was served by other courthouses on this site prior to construction of this building in 1858. At the time Samuel Calvert...
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Roanoke River
North Carolina, Bertie County, near WindsorEarly channel of trade, its valley long an area of plantations. Frequent floods until 1952; since controlled by Kerr Dam. Old name was "Moratuck". (Waterways...
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Fort Hamilton
Wisconsin, Lafayette County, WiotaBuilt by Col. Wm. Hamilton, youngest son of the renowned American statesman, Alexander Hamilton. Col. Hamilton was the founder of Hamilton Diggings, now Wiota. He was...
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Helen Steiner Rice
Ohio, Lorain County, LorainHelen Steiner Rice was born on May 19, 1900, in Lorain, the daughter of Anna and John Steiner. Demonstrating an early propensity for writing, Helen planned for college, but...
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Jay Terrell and his "Terrible Fish"
Ohio, Lorain County, Sheffield LakeAround 1867, along the shale cliffs of the lakeshore of Sheffield Lake, Jay Terrell found fossils of a "terrible fish" later named in his honor as Dinichthys...
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Burrell Homestead
Ohio, Lorain County, Sheffield LakeIn June 1815, Captain Jabez Burrell settled this land after coming from Sheffield, Massachusetts. Five years later the brick homestead was constructed. Five...
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103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Ohio, Lorain County, Sheffield LakeThe 103rd O.V.I. was recruited for Civil War service from Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Medina counties. The Regiment was organized at Cleveland in August, 1862, and served...
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The Sultana Tragedy
Ohio, Stark County, AllianceSoldiers from Company F of the 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry died in the explosion of the steamboat Sutana seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi River on April 27,...
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The Deceased of Co. F. 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Ohio, Stark County, AllianceThis marker preserves the names carved in stone on the Civil War memorial adjacent. South elevation; “Erected in Memory of the deceased of Co. F. 115th O.V.I. by the Company...
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Shipbuilding
Ohio, Lorain County, LorainSide One Lorain's shipbuilding industry began when Augustus Jones and William Murdock began constructing wooden sailing vessels on the west side near the mouth of the Black...
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The Lorain Tornado, 1924
Ohio, Lorain County, LorainJust after 5:00 P.M on June 28, 1924, a tornado swept off Lake Erie directly into downtown Lorain. Within five minutes, seventy-eight people lost their lives. Fifteen died in...
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"Newton" Strike
Michigan, Monroe County, MonroeIn spring 1937, the eyes of the nation were on Monroe. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee had organized a handful of workers at Republic’s Newton facility. On June...
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