Battle Hill
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Jan 10, 2012 | hmdb.org
J. P. Caldwell
North Carolina, Iredell County, Statesville Editor of Statesville "Landmark" (1890-92), Charlotte "Observer" (1892-1909). His home was two blocks north. (Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS... Read more...
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Jan 10, 2012 | hmdb.org
Vance House
North Carolina, Iredell County, Statesville Now historical museum, was temporary home of Gov. Zebulon B. Vance after Sherman's capture of Raleigh. April 1865. Is 350 yards southwest. (Politics • War, US Civil) Includes... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
El Desembarcadero
California, San Diego County, San Diego A landing near this point was used on May 1, 1769, by men from the San Antonio and San Carlos to bring fresh water from the San Diego River close by to the anchorage in the bay. For... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Old La Playa
California, San Diego County, San Diego From 1770 to 1870, this was San Diego's port. Over the Brookline hide house, Americans unofficially raised a U.S. flag in 1829. At that time La Playa was a thriving trading and shipping... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
La Punta De Los Muertos
California, San Diego County, San Diego Burial site of Sailors and Marines in 1782 when San Diego Bay was surveyed & charted by Don Juan Pantoja y Arriaga, pilot, and Don José Tovar, mate, of the Royal frigate "La Pincesa" and... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Mission Dam and Flume
California, San Diego County, San Diego After many attempts dated back to 1774 to provide a reliable source of water for crops and livestock for Mission San Diego de Alcala, a dam and flume system was finished between 1813 and... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Ventura County Courthouse
California, Ventura County, Ventura The courthouse was designed in 1910 by one of the early pioneers of architecture in Southern California--Albert C. Martin, Sr. Dedicated in July 1913, the structure is an outstanding example... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Sycamore Tree
California, Ventura County, near Santa Paula In 1846 General John C. Fremont passed this site of the sycamore tree on his way to sign a treaty with General Andres Pico to secure California for future annexation to the United... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
The Big Spring
Nebraska, Deuel County, Big Springs Pioneers traveling west on the Oregon Trail discovered this spring that Plains Indians had frequented for centuries. It provided an oasis for man and beast alike in the “Great American... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
The Lone Tree
Nebraska, Deuel County, Big Springs A replica of [the] cottonwood tree known as the Lone Tree Station ½ mile from this point. 18 feet in diameter over 100 years old. Said to be the largest from Omaha to Denver. Landmark for... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Phelps Hotel
Nebraska, Deuel County, Big Springs The Phelps Hotel was built in 1885 by the Edwin A. Phelps family, who were among the first settlers in the Big Springs area. Also known as the “House of Three Chimneys,” the hotel was the... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Waterman Sod House
Nebraska, Deuel County, Big Springs The Wallace W. and Libby King Waterman sod house, located nine miles north of here on the Day Road, was built about 1886. The original dwelling had three rooms. In 1925 it was enlarged and... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Sam Bass and the Big Springs Robbery
Nebraska, Deuel County, Big Springs The first and greatest robbery of a Union Pacific train took place near here on the night of September 18, 1877. The legendary Sam Bass and five companions, after capturing John Barnhart,... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Oregon Trail
Nebraska, Keith County, Brule Marked by the State of Nebraska 1912 Old California River Crossing South 14 Degrees East (Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map. Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Diamond Springs Station
Nebraska, Keith County, Brule [Pony Express medallion on the top] 0.8 miles to southward Erected to the intrepid riders and operators 1962 by Keith Co. (Communications) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates,... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Samuel David “Lep” Sanders
Nebraska, Keith County, Ogallala One of the earliest cowboys of the many who rode the long trail north from Texas to Ogallala behind a herd of longhorns. Sanders first arrived here about 1869. He rode for William Paxton during... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
The Trail Boss
Nebraska, Keith County, Ogallala This statue pays tribute to those courageous men who came up the Texas Trail and recognizes the role of the trail drives played in establishing the beef industry in the northern plains. Boot... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Boot Hill
Nebraska, Keith County, Ogallala Boot Hill was the final resting place for many early westerners who helped make Ogallala a booming cowtown in the 1870’s and 1880’s. These people, the cowboys, settlers, and drifters, came to... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Historical Marker
Massachusetts, Barnstable County, Orleans Here, Dec. 19, 1814 Orleans Militia repulsed British landing from H.M.S. Newcastle, - intent; burning village and vessels, War of 1812. Town's early commercial and maritime center.... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Portolá Expedition
California, Ventura County, Piru On August 11, 1769, the explorers and priests accompanying Portolá found a populous village of Piru Indians near this point. Carrying their bowstrings loose, the Indians offered necklaces of... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Rancho Camulos
California, Ventura County, near Piru Rancho Camulos has been designated a National Historic Landmark This residential complex possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America Ygnacio... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Governor Juan Alvarado
California, Ventura County, Piru Granted the Rancho San Francisco on January 22, 1839, to Antonio del Valle, including 48,815 square acres. Jacoba Felz filed a claim against this grant, which was dismissed June 8, 1857. The Del... Read more...
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Jan 9, 2012 | hmdb.org
Airborne Forces Memorial Bridge
Wisconsin, Portage County, Stevens Point Parachutes • Air Assault Gliders • Glider Pilots Airborne Forces Memorial To Their Perpetual Honor Presented By The Citizens Of Wisconsin and The Badger State Chapter of the 82nd... Read more...
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Jan 8, 2012 | hmdb.org
Industry
Named For Early Coal And Lumber Industries Founded Location. 40° 38.726′ N, 80° 24.85′ W. Marker is in Industry, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. Marker is at the intersection of Midland Beaver Road (Pennsylvania Route 68) and... Read more...
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Jan 8, 2012 | hmdb.org
The Sandy and Beaver Canal
Pennsylvania, Beaver County, near Glasgow This waterway was completed in 1848 to connect the Ohio Canal System with the Ohio River at Glasgow. Neither financially or technically successful, the canal saw little thru traffic and... Read more...
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Jan 8, 2012 | hmdb.org
Junction Park
Pennsylvania, Beaver County, near Rochester Built by Beaver Valley Traction Co. to increase trolley ridership. 2 roller coasters, carousel, diner theatre, dance hall, dark ride, and grandstands with a racetrack and ballfields.... Read more...
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Jan 8, 2012 | hmdb.org
Cooks Ferry
Pennsylvania, Beaver County, Industry Established in 1859 by George Washington Cook. Operated by the Cook family until 1918. Then sold to the Flemings. Bought by Christy and Morrow in 1919. Known as Shippingport Ferry until... Read more...
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Jan 8, 2012 | hmdb.org
Cowboy Capital
Nebraska, Keith County, Ogallala Named for the Oglala band of Dakota Sioux and located on the Union Pacific Railroad, Ogallala was a lusty cowtown of the Old West. From 1875 to 1886 it was a wild and woolly cowboy capital where... Read more...
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Jan 8, 2012 | hmdb.org
Fishing Industry Memorial
California, Los Angeles County, San Pedro In 1892 Southern California Fish Corp. was the first cannery in Los Angeles Harbor. In 1903 a technique of preparing and canning was developed to can sardines, mackerel, bluefin tuna,... Read more...
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Jan 8, 2012 | hmdb.org
Sterling’s First Public School
Colorado, Logan County, Sterling This tablet commemorates the establishment of the first public school in the Sterling settlement, October, 1875. It was taught by Carrie G. Ayres, later Mrs. J. N. Hall of Denver. The sod... Read more...