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‘Thermo-Con’ House

In 1948, the Department of Defense worked with Higgins Industries to develop a standard house design to meet the Army’s housing shortage. Higgins Industries designed and mass-produced landing craft during World War II and held the patent for ‘Thermo-Con,’ a ...

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The West Side Milling District

Minneapolis on the west bank of the river quickly overtook St. Anthony on the east side. A major reason was more efficient use of water power. In 1857 the Minneapolis Mill Company started to build a canal along South First ...

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The Tobey Community Cemetery

The Nat Tobey family moved from Indiana to northeast Burnet County in the 1850s. Sons Avery and Samuel bought land here in Backbone Valley in 1868. At the death of N. W. Tobey, aged 12, this cemetery was opened in ...

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Lee County Monument to the Confederate Dead

(West face)

CSA

In Memory

of

Lee County's

Confederate Soldiers

Heros

Confederate Dead

(East Face)

Lest We Forget

Erected by the people

of Lee County

Through the efforts of

Lottie Green Chapter of

U.D.C.

A.D. 1913

Marker is on South Main Street (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling ...

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John De La Howe School Lethe Farm Trail

Lethe Farm was a colonial and early federal period plantation owned by Dr. John de la Howe, founder of John de la Howe School. The farm was operated from about 1770 until 1806.

An archeological survey and limited test excavations were ...

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Sacred to the Memory

Sacred To The Memory

Of All Those

Known And Unknown

Who Served Our Country

Erected 1976 by the Orange Bicentennial Commission

Marker is at the intersection of Orange Center Road and Schoolhouse Lane, on the right when traveling north on Orange Center Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Across the Harbor: Remembering September 11th

 

On September 11, 2001 two hijacked planes were flown into the two towers of the World Trade Center. As the towers collapsed, nearly 3,000 people were killed. Today, this site – less than a mile from where the towers ...

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Early Settlements in the Moapa Valley

During the early 1860's, Brigham Young directed that settlements be built in the area known today as the Moapa Valley. The water from the Muddy River, and the rich soil of the Valley, made the land a prime agricultural area ...

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The Russell-McFarland Homestead

William H. and Mary Russell built this Victorian residence in 1883-84. Russell, a veteran of the Civil War (1861-65), headed the Burnet school system about 15 years. Sold in 1895, the house had such tenants as J. W. Edgar, later ...

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Fallen Men Of The Civil War

From Wallingford

Fallen Men Of The Civil War

From Wallingford

Col. Arthur H. Dutton C. O. 21st C.V. Inf.

Sgt. Oliver S. Munson Co. K 15th C.V. Inf.

Cpl. George N. Bailey Co. A 15th C.V. Inf.

Cpl. John H. Boughton Co. K 2nd C.V. Heavy ...

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