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Porcupine Flat Dredge
Australia, Victoria, Mount Alexander (Shire), near MaldonThis bucket dredge was operated here by George Heywood, Eric Baumann and others, for about 30 years, until it was abandoned in 1984. It was one...
View ArticleFamous Firsts in Aeronautics at Fort Myer
Virginia, Arlington County, Fort MyerHere for the first time in the world, an airplane flew over an hour. That was on September 9, 1908, when a Wright Brothers’ “Flyer”, piloted by Orville Wright took...
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Buena Vista
Alabama, Autauga County, near PrattvilleThis antebellum plantation house was completed by Capt. William Montgomery, a contemporary of Prattville's founder, Daniel Pratt. This “Deep South” architecture...
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Indian Springs Post Office/Thomas Hill House/Union Baptist Meeting House
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleIndian Springs Post Office Location of considerable Community activity in the early nineteenth-century Autauga County Thomas Hill House Site of first Court after...
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Pratt Gin Factory
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleOnce the world's largest plant manufacturing cotton gins. Founded 1833 by Daniel Pratt, the greatest industrialist of Alabama prior to 1860. Pratt's many industries...
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Happy Hollow
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleKnown as Fair Road, Sixth Street from Northington Street to the big curve was called “Happy Hollow”. The road went to the Fair home place but also curved right, into...
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Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleSaint Mark's was organized in 1859 as a mission of the Diocese of Alabama. Services were first held at the Presbyterian Church and in the old Court House. In December...
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Sidney Lanier/Prattville Male and Female Academy Site
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleSide 1 Sidney Lanier 1842-1881 The poet and musician, born in Macon, Georgia, was Academy principal in 1867-68. He married Mary H. Day of Macon in December 1867. In...
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Wilson Pickett, Jr.
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleA native of Prattville, Wilson Pickett was raised singing gospel in local churches. Upon moving to Detroit as a teenager, he began to blend gospel-style with rhythm...
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Doster Road Artesian Well House
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvillePrattville is often referred to as “The Fountain City” for the numerous free-flowing artesian wells found here. A 1933 edition of the Prattville Progress noted that...
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First Presbyterian Church of Prattville, Alabama
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleOrganized 1846 by Pastor Wm. H. Mitchell, this congregation succeeded Millenium Hope Presbyterian, 2 mi. E. of town. Pastor Jas. K. Hazen (1861-77) married Mary...
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Daniel Pratt/First United Methodist Church
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleSide 1 Daniel Pratt Founder of Prattville Daniel Pratt, a native of New Hampshire, became an industrialist, statesman and philanthropist in Alabama. He was a...
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Old Autauga County Courthouse
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleThe county's third courthouse was used until 1906. George Littlefield Smith, an early citizen of Prattville, designed and built the Italianate-style structure....
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A. H. Longino
Mississippi, Lawrence County, MonticelloFormer home of Governor Andrew H. Longino, who served as legislator, judge, and county official. New capitol building erected and primary election law passed...
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Autauga Creek
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleSide 1 Water has always played a significant role in the history of Prattville. Daniel Pratt chose the location for his new town because of the proximity to Autauga...
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Foundations of Freedom
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry Harpers Ferry, including Anthony Hall (behind you to the right), played host to large and small scenes in the epic human struggle for freedom and...
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The Stone House / Robert W. Akin
Minnesota, Anoka County, AnokaThe Stone House Three stone houses were built during the 1920's by Thaddeus P. Giddings (1969-1954). Giddings was the Supervisor of Music for the Minneapolis Schools and...
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Autauga County Viet Nam Memorial
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleIn Memory of Veterans of the Viet Nam Conflict (War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Autauga County World War II Memorial
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleDedicated to the Veterans of Autauga County who served their country during WWII (War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Autauga County Korean War Memorial
Alabama, Autauga County, PrattvilleDedicated to the Korean War Veterans of Autauga County (War, Korean) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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