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The Old Courthouse
Rockport, TX
Clear Lake School
New Ulm, MN
Lake Pepin
Maiden Rock, WI
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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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Is All Barbed Wire the Same?
Beatrice, NE
Barbed wire proved invaluable for marking boundaries on the open prairie. Soon after its invention in 1874 there were over 570 different patents and thousands of variations. You can examine dozens of them on the fence nearby. Why so many… more »
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Bordentown Female College
Bordentown, NJ
Dedicated to the Memory ofThe Bordentown Female College 1850 — 1900 Presented by the B.F.C. Association… more »
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Historical Marker DedicationFebruary 18th 2019 10:34AMPreserving the legacy of African-Americans who settled along the White Bluff/Coffee Bluff Public Waterways. Crusader Center, 81 Coffee Bluff Villa ... |
Longview woman uses art to tell story of historical Preachers HillFebruary 18th 2019 9:22AMâShe was a black woman who bought land in the 1880s, when white women didn't do that,â Fortner said in February 2017 when the historical marker ... |
Kentucky Historical Marker dedicated to architect Samuel PlatoFebruary 17th 2019 11:45PMSamuel Plato was an African American architect who practiced and had a highly successful career in the early 1900s. His marker now sits at ... |
Kentucky Historical Marker dedicated to architect Samuel PlatoFebruary 17th 2019 11:14PMLOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A trailblazing architect was honored Sunday, decades after the construction of his initial designs. Samuel Plato was an ... |
Prominent African-American architect receives historical marker for work on local churches, schoolsFebruary 17th 2019 10:49PMSamuel Plato received a historical marker in front of the Broadway Temple AME Zion Church on 13th and Broadway near downtown Louisville. |