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He laid the foundation of the National Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.
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Here, Feb 11, 1861, Abraham Lincoln, on his way to Washington to assume the Presidency, in an address said "I appeal to you to constantly bear in mind that not with politicians, not with presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you is the question: Sha…
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One of the principal mining communities in Calaveras County, named for the discoverer of gold on the flat in 1849. The objective of many immigrants coming over the Sierras by Ebbetts Pass, Murphys Flat and surrounding mines produced 20,000,000 dollars in go…
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-1863- ? ? ? -1943-Quartermaster General of New Jerseyand a founder of this memorial
Good citizen and good friendwhose generosity to every worthycause made him beloved
Dedicated by his friend Walter Evans EdgeGovernor of the State of New Jersey
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-1873-? ? ? ? ? -1934-Appointed Director of American Committee on Public Information in France during the World Warby President Woodrow WilsonPatriot Journalist Juristwhose pen defended his nationcounseled her citizenssought her peace
Erected by Trenton …
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-1856-? ? ? ? ? -1938-First President and Chairman of the Boardof the Soldiers and Sailors' War MemorialBuilding Commission
Industrialist Banker Philanthropistwhose kindly wisdom made his a happier generation
Erected by his associates from all walks o…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM23Y_john-e-curry-jr_Trenton-NJ.html
-1899-? ? ? ? ? -1990-A President and the longest servingmember of this commission 1949 - 1988Patron of the Arts - Public Servant -Musician - ImpresarioHe made a notable contribution tothe cultural life of the region
Dedicated by his friend Richard J. Hu…
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Send me men to match my mountains. These are words a great poet said speaking for the brave young nation that needed strong and brave men's aid.
In memory ofJohn (Snowshoe) Thompsonwho, for twenty successive winters, 1856-1876, carried the mail on skis, …
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The Luse Ditch Flume. (1900-1924) On this site stood the Luse Ditch Flume carrying water from Placerville to the ranching and mining operations in the eastern Gold Hill area. The ditch and flume system was managed by George and John Luse from 1920 to 1924. …
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Here in the presence of Washington and Lincoln, one the Eighteenth Century father and the other the Nineteenth Century preserver of our nation, we honor those Twentieth Century Americans who took up the struggle during the Second World War and made the sacr…