Baxter's Curve Train Robbery
BAXTER'S CURVE TRAIN ROBBERY IN THE EARLY HOURS OF MARCH 13, 1912, BEN KILPATRICK, A FORMER SIDEKICK OF BUTCH CASSIDY AND SUNDANCE KID, AND OLE HOBEK ATTEMPTED ONE OF THE LAST MAJOR...
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Uphams Corner Health Center
Submitted by Ben Becker
The Earth Scientist J. Tuzo Wilson
The Earth scientist J. Tuzo Wilson (1908-1993), a key contributor to the theory of plate tectonics, was director general of the Ontario Science Centre from 1974 to 1985. Le spécialiste des...
Hendrix House
Submitted by nealjennings
To the memory of Trim
This is a companion plaque to the one beside Trim, Matthew Flinders' Intrepid Cat (https://readtheplaque.com/plaque/trim-matthew- flinders-intrepid-cat ), outside the State Gallery of New South...
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A Bronzed Aussie and his Blue Heeler Dog
Submitted by @_marty_k
The Federals Occupy Port Gibson
About dark on May 1, 1863, Gen. W. E. Baldwin's Confederates retreated through Port Gibson. After crossing the suspension bridge over Little Bayou Pierre, the Confederates set it afire. On...
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Bayou Pierre Presbyterian Church
Following the arrival of Presbyterian missionaries in 1801, Joseph Bullen and James Smylie organized the Bayou Pierre Church at this site in 1807. After part of the congregation formed the...
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- civil war
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Battle of Port Gibson - A.K. Shaifer House
Confederate Gen. Martin E. Green on the afternoon of April 30, 1863, posted his brigade near Magnolia Church, with an outpost here. Shortly after midnight. Green rode forward to check on...
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- civil war battle
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Leon Olson
Leon Olson loved to walk here.https://oaklandwiki.org/Leon_Olson
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Al Capp Amphitheater
Submitted by @beckerben
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Abigail Adams Birthplace
ABIGAIL ADAMS BIRTHPLACE ABIGAIL SMITH ADAMS, THE WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS, 2ND PRESIDENT, AND MOTHER OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 6TH PRESIDENT, WAS BORN HERE IN 1744. Submitted by @MaryAnnHogan525
Trinity Church - Mackinac Island
TRINITY CHURCH Episcopal services on Mackinac Island date from 1837, when a Bishop preached in the Mission Church. For many years the congregation met in the post Chapel at Fort Mackinac and in...
MIAMI AND ERIE CANAL – FOOTPRINT OF LOCK 12
MIAMI AND ERIE CANAL – FOOTPRINT OF LOCK 12 Construction of the Miami Extension of the Miami and Erie Canal, which included Troy, began around 1834. Lock 12 was built in 1836. General...
GEN. BASIL W. DUKE, C.S.A.
GEN. BASIL W. DUKE, C.S.A. A close associate of brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan, Duke provided tactics, discipline, and spirit, major elements of success of famous 2nd Ky. Cavalry. Wounded...
Remember the Raisin!
REMEMBER THE RAISIN! Rendezvous of Kentucky Volunteers Aug. 15, 1812 ordered to relieve Gen. Hull at Detroit. Kentuckians took Frenchtown (Monroe) on Raisin River Jan. 18, 1813. Four...
Scott County Courthouse
SCOTT COUNTY COURTHOUSE Present structure, 4th courthouse of Scott County, erected in 1877 at a cost of $34,600. It is an outstanding example of the French “Second Empire Style,” known in U.S....
Scott County 1792
SCOTT COUNTY, 1792 Formed out of a part of Woodford County, it was the second created after Kentucky became a state. Named for Gen. Charles Scott, 1739-1813, Va. native. Officer in Revolution,...
GOEBEL TRIAL HERE
GOEBEL TRIAL HERE Scott County courthouse chosen by Judge J.E. Cantrill for trials of the 20 persons accused of being involved in the assassination of Governor William Goebel. Although the murder...
Elmwood Manor
Located here was a two-story, French Creole house, with two-tiered galleries. Although construction may have begun prior to the War of 1812, the house was not completed until 1828. Situated on a...
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- hurricane katrina