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Boston Post Road

BOSTON POST ROAD 67 Miles From Boston THIS ROAD IS THE FIRST MAIL ROUTE IN NORTH AMERICA, ESTABLISHED IN 1673 BY KING CHARLES II OF ENGLAND.  IN 1767, WHICH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS POSTMASTER...

• brookfield
• ma
• ben franklin
• post
• 1767

First Construction in Metric Units in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON REGION PROVINCIAL CENTER FIRST CONSTRUCTION IN METRIC UNITS IN NEW BRUNSWICK Submitted by @ColliniusRex

• fredericton
• new brunswick
• metric units
• canada

Church Park Auditorium

Established in 1899 Church's Park and Auditorium was the only such facility in the United States owned entirely by a Black man and conducted in the interests of Black people. Standard admission...

• shelby county
• tennessee

Martian Landing Site

  The plaque was dedicated in 1988, for the 50th anniversary of the "War Of The Worlds" radio broadcast. MARTIAN LANDING SITE OCTOBER 30 1938 GROVER'S MILL, NJ [Location approximate]Submitted by @RobMerica

• mars
• martians
• war of the worlds
• orson wells
• grover's mill
• new jersey

Annisquam Cotton Mill

1848      1883 MACHINE SHOP ANNISQUAM COTTON MILL  THE SHOP SURVIVED THE FIRE WHICH LEFT THE MILL A RUIN FOR 18 YEARS WITH RENOVATION THE SHOP BECAME  GEORGE J. TARR  1907    SCHOOL     1989 

• school
• machine shop
• cottom mill
• tarr
• rockport
• massachusetts

Pioneer Cemetery

PIONEER CEMETERY Saskatoon's first cemetery was established in 1884, a year after the community was established. It remained in use until 1909 and thereafter only for those who had...

• nutana
• pioneer cemetery
• saskatchewan
• saskatoon
• meewasin

Fort Adair

1E 24FORT ADAIREstablished in 1788, this fort wasused as a depot of supplies forthe Cumberland Guard, the militiaorganization which supplied armedprotection for parties of emigrantsto...

• fort adair
• fountain city
• knoxville
• tennessee
• nashville
• nashborough

Ball Camp

1E 32BALL CAMPAbout 3 miles NW, on Plumb Creek,Nicholas Ball, trapper and LongHunter, established a camp which wasused by westbound emigrants.Several years after founding thiscamp he was killed by...

• nicholas ball
• plumb creek
• 1793
• wells station
• knoxville
• tennessee

Loveville

1E 37LOVEVILLERobertus Love, a companion of Gen.James White, who founded Knoxville,established the village in thisarea in 1797 where he had built afulling mill in 1792. Several ofthe...

• lovell
• knoxville
• tennessee
• 1797
• james white

David Glasgow Farragut

1E 97DAVID GLASGOWFARRAGUT1801-1870A native of Stony Point (Low's Ferry) DavidFarragut moved to New Orleans at the age ofthree. At the age of ten, he began a careerwith the U.S. Navy; ca....

• farragut
• admiral
• navy
• knoxville
• tennessee
• new orleans
• civil war

Fort Dickerson 1E 79

1E 79FORT DICKERSONThis Federal work was a majorfactor in the defense of Knoxvilleagainst Lt. Gen. Longstreet's assaultin November, 1863. The fort andneighboring hills were manned bythe...

• fort dickerson
• civil war
• 1863
• knoxville
• tennessee
• longstreet

Battle of Campbell's Station

1E 73BATTLE OF CAMPBELL'S STATIONThe Federal Gen. Ambrose Burnside,pursued by Gen. James Longstreetfrom Lenoir's Station via Concord,eluded an attempt by Gen. LafayetteMcLaws, C.S.A., coming from...

• civil war
• burnside
• campbell's station
• longstreet
• mclaws
• tennessee
• concord
• knoxville
• 1863

Longstreet's Headquarters

1E 66LONGSTREET'SHEADQUARTERS"Bleak House," the home of RobertHouston Armstrong, was used asthe headquarters of Lt. Gen. JamesLongstreet and Maj. Gen. LafayetteMcLaws, C.S.A., during the...

• civil war
• bleak house
• knoxville
• tennessee
• longstreet
• 1863
• mclaws

Battery Wiltsie

1E 83BATTERY WILTSIEA large Federal earthwork was located backof Vine Avenue between Gay and Walnut Streetswhen General James Longstreet besiegedKnoxville, Nov. 17- Dec. 4, 1863....

• civil war
• 1863
• knoxville
• tennessee
• longstreet
• fort sanders
• fort hill

First Presbyterian Church

1E 38FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHFounded in 1792, with James White,John Adair and George McNuttfounding elders. White, who gavethe ground for the Church, isburied here, as are Samuel Carrick,first...

• presbyterian
• church
• samuel carrick
• william blount
• james white
• knoxville
• tennessee
• john adair
• george mcnutt
• blount college
• university o...

John Sevier Farmstead

1E 80JOHN SEVIER FARMSTEADMarble Springs was the farmsteadof John Sevier, Tennessee's firstgovernor (1796-1801 and 1803-1809).While Sevier used the farm as aretreat where he entertained...

• john sevier
• tennessee
• governor
• knoxville
• marble springs

James Rufus Agee

1E 101JAMES RUFUS AGEEBorn in Knoxville November 27, 1909,Agee was well-known and respectedin the fields of journalism, poetry,fiction, non-fiction and film. Hewon a Pulitzer Prize...

• james agee
• pulitzer prize
• author
• fort sanders
• knoxville
• tennessee

Spectacular Way Bandstand

SPECTACULAR WAY BANDSTAND DEDICATED  BY FRIENDS IN MEMORY OF LOU ALEXANDER MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION 1955 - 1982  16 JUNE 1983 Submitted by Sheila Paske

• pleasanton
• california
• bay area
• barn
• fairground
• bandstand

Blue Star Memorial Highway

Submitted by Jenny Heard

• cle elum
• washington
• garden club
• blue star

Edward A. Brakenridge House

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 Edward A. Brakenridge House Ira A. Boynton, Designer & Builder (attributed), 1892 Arriving in Berkeley from Massachusetts, Edward Brakenridge bought...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• mental health care
• massachusetts
• carpenter esthetic