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Patriot William Gray
Iuka, MS
Fort McClure
Bloomsburg, PA
St. Paul's Lutheran Church (LCA)
Upperco, MD
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Bullard Company #2
Scranton, PA
This oil-burning steam engine was designed to be operated by a single engineer-fireman and was among the smallest standard-gauge locomotives ever built. Locomotive #2 operated up and down the railroad sidings and loading tracks outside t… more »
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Filed Quarter Trail
Nashville, TN
This path leads to the Field Quarter, an area that was once home to at least eighty enslaved African-Americans. A series of illustrated signs near expose building foundations at the site help you to "see" what life was like for this part of… more »
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Bernadotte Co-op Creamery
Lafayette, MN
Creamery, organized as "Riverside" in 1895 - changed to "Bernadotte" in 1944 - New creamery built 1936 - cost $10,518. It handled whole milk at all times. Patorns delivered cream over 40 years. Co-Op dissolved in 1959. Building sold and use… more »
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Historian speaks at February Quest Club meetingFebruary 20th 2019 2:26PMThere is a stone historical marker indicating the first lead mine opened about 1700 which was named for Antoine De LaMotte Cadillac who was the ... |
Dr. Emma Wheeler: Chattanooga's Pioneer DoctorFebruary 20th 2019 1:52PMIn 1990 the Chattanooga African American Museum in conjunction with the Tennessee Historical Commission placed a state historical marker at the ... |
Smothers was pioneer in Henderson County education systemFebruary 19th 2019 11:26PMA historical marker stands in Caney City â a reminder of a school where generations of black students learned skills they could use to support their ... |
Bob Marley's former home base in London to get commemorative plaqueFebruary 19th 2019 11:03PM... public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a historical marker. |
Proposed Civil War memorial featuring bust of John Wilkes Booth sparks debate in small Maryland ...February 19th 2019 9:12PM... continued, citing the 13,000 monuments, statues and markers memorializing the Civil War nationwide, according to the Historical Marker Database. |