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Major General William Riddell Birdwood

    Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower

    This is the only fire tower still standing in all of Indiana. Submitted by rpatrickdelaney

    This is the only fire tower still standing in all of Indiana. Submitted by rpatrickdelaney

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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