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Meamber School

California, Siskiyou County, near Fort JonesThe Meamber School District was formed in May, 1870. Land for the schoolhouse and grounds was donated by what was then the Goodale Ranch. For the next 87...

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Gus Meamber Pack Train Trail

California, Siskiyou County, near Fort JonesOriginated in 1851 Hudson Bay Trappers Trail Originated in 1836 Marker erected April 26, 1979 By Siskiyou Co Historical Society and E Clampus Vitus Humbug...

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Fort Jones

California, Siskiyou County, Fort JonesThe discovery of gold in the early 1850’s brought miners, businessmen and the army to this valley, with the army establishing a post in 1852. Improvements to the...

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Site of the First Church in Scott Valley

California, Siskiyou County, near EtnaCrystal Creek Methodist Church was organized July 1, 1854. Among the dearest memories of the Old Log Church are those of the pioneers of Crystal Creek Sanitary...

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Nuclear Reactors

Idaho, Butte County, near ArcoSince 1949, more nuclear reactors – over 50 of them – have been built on this plain than anywhere else in the world. This 900-square-mile Idaho National Laboratory is the...

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Lost River

Idaho, Butte County, near ArcoWhen its water is not diverted for upstream irrigation, Lost River flows past here into a sink 14 miles to the northeast. Lava flows in the Snake River plains buried old...

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Rattlesnake Station

Idaho, Elmore County, near Mountain HomeAt the junction of the Rocky Bar Road with the Oregon Trail, this was a major stage line stop for 20 years. Stage service commenced in 1864, and a road to the...

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Balanced Rock

Idaho, Twin Falls County, near Buhl 48 ft. high & 40 ft. wide Base is only 3 ft. x 175 in. wide A rhyolite monolith shaped by differential weathering (Notable Places) Includes location, directions,...

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The Center of the Confederate Line

North Carolina, Lenoir County, KinstonHarriet’s Chapel stood in the center of the Confederate line. A heavily wooded wetland stood in front of the line. Behind it was the Neuse River. Three regiments...

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The Action in the Swamp

North Carolina, Lenoir County, KinstonA large swamp separated the advancing Union army and the Confederate defenders one-half mile north. Described by one Union soldier as, “difficult to cross, and...

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Dassel Area Veterans Memorial

Minnesota, Meeker County, DasselTo Honor and Remember All Veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America seals of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans...

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The Union Artillery

North Carolina, Lenoir County, KinstonTwenty-four guns of the 3rd New York Artillery supported Gen. Wessells’ infantry as they advanced through the swamp toward the Confederate line. The overwhelming...

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Starr's Battery

North Carolina, Lenoir County, KinstonIn front of you is the position held by Capt. Joseph B. Starr’s Battery. Starr’s Battery defended this position against the Union advance on December 14. Finally,...

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CSS Neuse

North Carolina, Lenoir County, KinstonConfederate ironclad, built at Whitehall and floated down the Neuse. Grounded and burned by Confederates in 1865. Remains one block N. (War, US Civil • Waterways...

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The Woodlands

Maryland, Montgomery County, GaithersburgThe Land Francis Cassatt Clopper began assembling The Woodlands in 1812 by purchasing a patchwork of neighboring farms. An assessment of Montgomery County...

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Fort Fisher Hero

North Carolina, Pitt County, AydenA hero of the fight for Fort Fisher is buried here in the churchyard. Pvt. Christopher C. “Kit” Bland, Battery K, 2nd North Carolina Artillery, was serving at the...

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Fort Mellon Park

Florida, Seminole County, SanfordTo commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the first settlement on the shores of Lake Monroe named Fort Mellon in memory of Captain Charles Mellon who died in...

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Audrain County Veterans Memorial

Missouri, Audrain County, Mexico [Honor Rolls] Spanish-American War World War I World War II Korea Vietnam POW's - MIA's Remembered (Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World...

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The Missouri Exercise Tiger Army & Navy Anchor Memorial

Missouri, Audrain County, Mexico Thomas Creed, Jr. • Garland Donaldson Ralph T. Earnest • D. Dean Ferguson Harry Mettler • Lowell Renner Wallace W. Smith • James Spurling [Additional Honor Roll of...

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Canadian Pacific Railway Stone Monument

Alberta, Lake LouiseErected in honor of Sir James Hector K. C. M. C. Geologist and explorer to the Palliser Expedition of 1857 - 1860 by his friends in Canada, the United States & England. One of...

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