Olvera St.
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The Centenial Tree
Dorothy A. Walker
Lieutenant-Colonel Benedict Arnold
NEAR THIS SPOT LIEUTENANT-COLONEL BENEDICT ARNOLD WAS WOUNDED ON DECEMBER 31, 1775, AFTER HAVING TAKEN THE FIRST BARRICADE WHICH PROTECTED THE ENTRANCE TO SAULT AU MATELOT STREET AND TO THE LOWER...
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La Butte
This Indian mound was constructed around AD 1000. It is 7 feet tall with a square~shaped base. It was once part of a larger complex made up of up to five mounds. The oak tree on the northwest...
- louisiana
- native american
- cemetery
Mississippi Rural Center
The Mississippi Rural Center was dedicated on February 9, 1949, and established with a $100,000 gift from the Women's Society of Christian Services of the Methodist Church. Created to provide...
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- church
Conerly's P.O. and Lampton's Store
In June 1848, Benjamin Lampton and his brother-in- law Cullen Conerly established a post office here in Lampton's mercantile business. Situated on Dry Creek between Conerly's Mill and Tyler's...
- mississippi
Hanging of Will Purvis
On February 7, 1894, crowds gathered near this site to witness the hanging of Will Purvis, who had been convicted of the murder of local farmer Will Buckley. When the trap door was released Purvis...
- mississippi
Cambridge
Cambridge Originally part of the Choptank Indian Reservation laid out for them in 1669, Cambridge was made a port of entry by the assembly in 1684. It is one of the few towns authorized at...
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- slavery
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- astern shore
- choptank
- nanticoke na...
Harriet Tubman Brodess Farm
Harriet Tubman 1820-1913 The “Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman of the Bucktown District found freedom for herself and some three hundred other slaves whom she led north. In the Civil War, she...
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- african american
- underground railroad
- slavery
- eastern shore