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Sherman's Army

Invading North Carolina,

Sherman's army occupied

Fayetteville, Mar. 11-14,

1865, destroying the

Confederate Arsenal,

which stood 1 mile W.

Marker is on Hay Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Chanute Announces Wright Brothers' Flight

Chanute - Wright Memorial

The Wright Brothers received their copy of Mr. Chanute's book personally from the author, who became both their friend and advisor.

Mr. Chanute visited the Wrights at Dayton, Oh. and Kitty Hawk, N.C.. Illness caused Mr. Chanute to ...

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Thoughts on a Successful Flying Machine

Chanute - Wright Memorial

"Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but good into the world, that it shall abridge distance, make all parts ...

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County Hospital Cemetery

This publicly-owned cemetery contains the burials of 162 patients from the Manitowoc County Asylum for the Insane and the Manitowoc County Hospital who died between the years 1917 and 1974. The names of all, but two, are known.

The Manitowoc County ...

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John Warwick Daniel

(west face)

John Warwick Daniel • Born in Lynchburg, September 5, 1842 • Died in Lynchburg, June 29, 1910 • Foremost and best loved Virginian of his time.

(north face)

Major in the Army of Northern Virginia, and for twenty-four years a Senator ...

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Mather Air Force Base Navigators Monument

[Marker 1:]

In Dedication to the Men and Women

of Mather AFB

For 75 years of service to the

nation and the community.

[Marker 2:]

In Tribute to the Navigators

Who Trained at Mather AFB

To their skill to set the course

to their duty to complete the ...

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Warrenton Cemetery

Notable Confederate Resting Place

The gate to your right opens to Warrenton

Cemetery, the final resting place of 986 Confederate soldiers, of every Southern state, about

650 casualties of the Civil War. Many wounded

Confederates were evacuated to Warrenton and

vicinity after the First and ...

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Base Headquarters

Building No. 1

Headquarters has long been the heart of the installation. In the 1940s, civilian visitors and military dignitaries arrived at the Sacramento Air Depot through Gate 2, which was located at the end of the landscaped mall you see ...

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Taylor Farm

Known Historically as Taylor Farm.

Typical Federal addition to older structure.

Circa 1810

Marker is on Perryville Road 0.6 miles north of Pittstown Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Normandale

1868-1896

Normandale was named for Norman W. Dodge, one of seven sons of William E. Dodge, for whom Dodge County was named in 1870. The home of over 500 people, Normandale was headquarters of the Dodge Land & Lumber Company which ...

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