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    THE MORRIS CANAL

    THE MORRIS CANAL THIS WATERWAY, CONCEIVED IN THE 1820'S, LINKED PENNSYLVANIA'S COAL FIELDS, NEW JERSEY'S IRON INDUSTRY AND NEW YORK'S COMMERCIAL MARKETS FOR 100 YEARS IT FLOWED BETWEEN THE...

    THE MORRIS CANAL THIS WATERWAY, CONCEIVED IN THE 1820'S, LINKED PENNSYLVANIA'S COAL FIELDS, NEW JERSEY'S IRON INDUSTRY AND NEW YORK'S COMMERCIAL MARKETS FOR 100 YEARS IT FLOWED BETWEEN...

      The Poudre River Trail

        Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area

          Josiah Flagg

          IN THIS CHURCHYARD IS BURIED JOSIAH FLAGG 1763-1816   FIRST NATIVE BORN AMERICAN TO MAKE DENTISTRY HIS LIFE'S WORK AND THE FIRST TO CARRY TO ANY FOREIGN LAND EVIDENCE OF AMERICAN DENTAL PROGRESS...

          IN THIS CHURCHYARD IS BURIED JOSIAH FLAGG 1763-1816   FIRST NATIVE BORN AMERICAN TO MAKE DENTISTRY HIS LIFE'S WORK AND THE FIRST TO CARRY TO ANY FOREIGN LAND EVIDENCE OF AMERICAN DENTAL PROGRESS...

          • south carolina
          • charleston
          • josiah flagg
          • grave
          • cemetery
          • dentistry
          • 1763
          • 1816
          • 1955

          The First Fort Des Moines

          This barracks well marks the first Fort Desmoines and was used by a detachment of Dragoons stationed here Sept 25-1834 to June 18-1837

          This barracks well marks the first Fort Desmoines and was used by a detachment of Dragoons stationed here Sept 25-1834 to June 18-1837

          • iowa
          • lee county

          1861-1865 G.A.R.

          1861-1865  G.A.R.  One Country, One Flag, One Language

          1861-1865  G.A.R.  One Country, One Flag, One Language

          • g.a.r.
          • iowa
          • civil war

          Keokuk National Cemetery

          Civil War KeokukKeokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln...

          Civil War KeokukKeokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln...

          • iowa
          • keokuk
          • lee county
          • national cemetery
          • veterans

          Water Route to Indian Territory

          This was a remote stretch of the Mississippi River when steamboats of Cherokee passed by on their way west to Indian Territory on the water route of the Trail of Tears. River traffic in 1838 was...

          This was a remote stretch of the Mississippi River when steamboats of Cherokee passed by on their way west to Indian Territory on the water route of the Trail of Tears. River traffic in 1838 was...

          • missouri
          • trail of tears
          • native american

          COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA.

          THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA. LAWYER PATRIOT SOLDIER BORN 1 SEPT. 1872 AT HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE NEAR AMIENS...

          THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA. LAWYER PATRIOT SOLDIER BORN 1 SEPT. 1872 AT HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE NEAR...

            N.C. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

            Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

            Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

            • ncmarkers
            • north carolina

            Davies Manor

            Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In...

            Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In...

            • shelby county
            • tennessee

            George Louis Crocket

            George Louis Crocket (1861-1936) was born in San Augustine, Texas, the youngest of five children. He attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, an Episcopalian liberal arts...

            George Louis Crocket (1861-1936) was born in San Augustine, Texas, the youngest of five children. He attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, an Episcopalian liberal...

            • texas
            • san augustine
            • art
            • writer

            Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church

            Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church erected in the Republic of Texas. Corner stone laid, January 7, 1838 with the usages of the Masonic Order. The Reverend Littelton Fowler and General...

            Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church erected in the Republic of Texas. Corner stone laid, January 7, 1838 with the usages of the Masonic Order. The Reverend Littelton Fowler and General...

            • texas
            • church
            • religion

            Quarry Operations

             The rock face before you is not the natural bluff face. In 1905, the Union Sand and Material Company of St. Louis operated a lime plant here. Three quarries exist within the park; you are...

             The rock face before you is not the natural bluff face. In 1905, the Union Sand and Material Company of St. Louis operated a lime plant here. Three quarries exist within the park; you are...

            • missouri
            • state park
            • industry
            • fossils

            California Mistakenly Claimed

              Chambers Chapel Cemetery

              Many early Shelby County settlers of the Arlington area and generations of their descendants are interred in the adjoining church cemetery. This cemetery is endowed for continuing use of member...

              Many early Shelby County settlers of the Arlington area and generations of their descendants are interred in the adjoining church cemetery. This cemetery is endowed for continuing use of...

              • shelby county
              • tennessee

              Sylvia

              Sylvia Age: Over 600 years Circumference: 26.3 feet Biggest tree in King County Toppled January 20, 1993 Submitted by @oranv

              Sylvia Age: Over 600 years Circumference: 26.3 feet Biggest tree in King County Toppled January 20, 1993 Submitted by @oranv

                Lorenzo L. Langstroth

                LORENZO L. LANGSTROTH (1810 -1895 ) Born here, Langstroth revolutionized the bee- keeping industry with his 1852 patented move- able frame hive and his manual, The Hive and the Honey-Bee. Both...

                LORENZO L. LANGSTROTH (1810 -1895 ) Born here, Langstroth revolutionized the bee- keeping industry with his 1852 patented move- able frame hive and his manual, The Hive and the Honey-Bee. Both...

                  Perth Point Zero

                  THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE POSITION OF POINT ZERO ADOPTED IN 1925 AS THE ORIGIN OF ALL ROAD DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Submitted by @BenCurranDev

                  THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE POSITION OF POINT ZERO ADOPTED IN 1925 AS THE ORIGIN OF ALL ROAD DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Submitted by @BenCurranDev