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Hemp in Kentucky side of the marker image, Touch for more information
By Frank Profitt, April 1, 2021
Hemp in Kentucky side of the marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE, THEN GEOGRAPHICALLY
1 Kentucky, Clark County, Winchester — 1319 — Clark County Hemp / Hemp in Kentucky
Clark County Hemp. One of the ten Bluegrass counties which produced over 90 percent of the entire country's yield in late 1800s. Production increased from 155 tons in 1869 to over 1,000 tons in 1889, valued at about $125 per ton. In 1942, . . . Map (db m170047) HM
2 Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort — 1164 — Franklin County Hemp / Hemp in Kentucky
Side A Kentucky River Mills began making hemp yarns for backs of Brussels carpets in 1878, and started producing binder twine in 1879. Finest quality imported machinery used. Employed 125 persons year round. In 1941, received contract from . . . Map (db m22152) HM
3 Kentucky, Jessamine County, Nicholasville — 1315 — Jessamine County Hemp / Hemp in Kentucky
Jessamine County Hemp One of chief producing counties, it was third in value of product : and also in the number of cordage factories, with 14 in 1840. Peak production reached in late 1800s, yielding over 1,000 tons per year, with a . . . Map (db m169918) HM
4 Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — 1362 — Madison Hemp And Flax Co. / Hemp in Kentucky
Madison Hemp And Flax Co. Began operations here on Silver Creek in 1806. The machinery for spinning hemp and flax was run by water power. In 1808. received permission from the legislature to incorporate and sell stock. Factory produced . . . Map (db m205694) HM
5 Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville — 1165 — Hemp in Kentucky / Hemp in Mason County
Hemp in Kentucky First crop grown, 1775. From 1840 to 1860, Ky. production largest in U.S. Peak in 1850 was 40,000 tons, with value of $5,000,000. Scores of factories made twine, rope, gunny sacks, bags for cotton picking and marketing. . . . Map (db m83598) HM
6 Kentucky, Scott County, Georgetown — 1166 — Hemp in Scott County / Hemp in Kentucky
Hemp in Scott County Reverend Elijah Craig established at Georgetown, in 1789, one of the earliest ropewalks, which were long sheds for spiral winding of hemp fibers. Also started fulling mill in 1793. Both factories made cordage and rigging . . . Map (db m84825) HM
7 Kentucky, Woodford County, Versailles — 1167 — Hemp in Kentucky / Woodford County Hemp
Side One Hemp in Kentucky: First crop grown 1775. From 1840 to 1860, Ky. Production largest in U.S. Peak in 1850 was 40,000 tons, value of $5,000,000. Scores of factories made twine, rope, gunny sacks, bags for cotton picking and . . . Map (db m31133) HM

8 District of Columbia, Washington, Northeast Washington, Arboretum — Apocynum cannabinumIndian Hemp
Native Americans used the stalk for fiber in the same way Europeans used their hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Indian Hemp is superior, however, because it is stronger and lasts longer. This herb is poisonous.Map (db m144567) HM
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9 Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris — 2575 — Alexander House / Bourbon County Hemp
Alexander House The federal style house was built for William W. Alexander, a state representative 1848-52. His father, William Alexander, owned a hemp factory until 1856, which was operated by 100 enslaved people. At 600 feet, it had one of . . . Map (db m170055) HM
10 Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville — 1279 — First Crop / Hemp in Kentucky
Kentucky's first recorded hemp crop, 1775, was on Clark's Run Creek, near Danville. Grown by Archibald McNeill, who brought the first seed with him when he located here. Hemp production spread slowly throughout the area, but Boyle County later . . . Map (db m121560) HM

11 Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Hawthorne — Abraham Lincoln & Farmington — 1841
In early fall of 1841, thirty-two-year-old Abraham Lincoln, then a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, visited his friend Joshua Speed at Farmington. Lincoln stayed here for a three-week period. At the time, both he and Speed were second-guessing their . . . Map (db m162004) HM

12 Virginia, Albemarle County, Charlottesville — Textiles — Thomas Jefferson's Monticello —
Panel 1 Jefferson introduced mechanized cloth production to his plantation when trade embargoes and looming war cut off the supply of imported British cloth. In 1811, he hired William McLure, a free white artisan and "a very ingenious man," . . . Map (db m68175) HM

13 Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort — 103 — Leestown
In 1773 McAfee Company and Hancock Taylor came here and surveyed area, an early pioneer stopping place. By 1775 Leestown settled and named by Hancock and Willis Lee; established by Va. Assembly, 1776. Temporarily abandoned in 1777 because of . . . Map (db m22153) HM

14 Texas, Navarro County, Corsicana — 7231 — Colonel Roger Q. Mills(1832-1911)
Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas 1849. Civic and political leader. Represented Navarro County in Legislature, 1859-60. Joined in call for State Secession Convention, 1861. Joined 3rd Texas Cavalry. Later a colonel in 10th Texas Infantry. Wounded in . . . Map (db m60954) HM

15 Pennsylvania, Lycoming County, Muncy — Canal Boat Building
In the 19th century travel by roads was slow and treacherous and railroads had not yet been established. Canal travel, for passengers and cargo, was a dependable means of transportation; canal boats helped to link Pennsylvania's major cities and . . . Map (db m120818) HM

16 Pennsylvania, York County, Hanover — A Commons of Locomotives & LocomotionA Heart of Hanover Trail Stop
Aided and empowered by the opening of railroad tracks and the Hanover depot in 1852, the Hanover Commons reached peak industrial activity from the late 19th century well into the 20th, when the following businesses hummed and ticked: Hanover Train . . . Map (db m197102) HM

17 Florida, Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach — Dr. Andrew TurnbullDec. 2, 1720 - March 13, 1792
Founder of the largest colony under British rule ever to come to the New World. The New Smyrna Colony of Florida 1768 - 1778Map (db m72930) HM
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18 Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, Historic District - North — New World Medical Plants
On this site During the 1730's the Trustees of the Georgia Colony, aided by funds from the Worshipful Society Of Apothecaries of London sought to grow New World medical plants both for their therapeutic value and for the enrichment of empire. The . . . Map (db m6185) HM

19 Florida, Monroe County, Islamorada — Indian KeyHistoric Plaque
Indian Key, an 11 acre island just offshore to the east, played an important part in Florida's history. An Indian village 1500 years ago, it was also the home of pirates roaming the Caribbean, and a ship wrecker's village during the 1810's. The . . . Map (db m176361) HM
20 Florida, Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach — F-924 — The Gabordy Canal
The Gabordy Canal, also known as the South Canal, was built by colonists brought to the New Smyrna area in 1768 by the Scottish physician, Dr. Andrew Turnbull. As part of the largest single attempt at British colonization, New Smyrna attracted more . . . Map (db m101768) HM
21 Florida, Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach — F-1025 — Turnbull Grand Canal
The Turnbull Grand Canal, also known as the Grand Canal, was built by indentured servants brought to the area by Scottish physician Dr. Andrew Turnbull in 1768. As part pf the largest single attempt at British colonization in North America, Smyrnea . . . Map (db m131383) HM
22 Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington — 1809 — John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864) Reported permanently removed
(Front): Known as the "Thunderbolt of the Confederacy," Morgan was born in Huntsville, Alabama; in 1831 moved to Lexington. After attending Transylvania, he fought in the Mexican war. In Lexington, he prospered as owner of hemp factory and . . . Map (db m166076) HM
23 Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville — Front Street Maysville, 1850Sutton's Landing — 1850's —
This county seat and trade center of over 4,500 people daily welcomed freight-hauling steamboats bringing in goods and visitors and picking up hemp, tobacco and whiskey at the bustling foot of Sutton Street. Senator Henry Clay and others stopped . . . Map (db m83974) HM
24 Maryland, Wicomico County, Salisbury — Open Pond
From the deck you see several important shallow water plants. Most visible is the broad leaved cattail with its brown, cigar-like top. In the spring, there is a yellow top above the brown. The thin, tall native plant with the pinkish-purple flowers . . . Map (db m79222)
25 Missouri, Clay County, Liberty — The Liberty Landing
The Liberty Landing, also known as Baxter’s Landing, located at the base of the bluffs one half mile west of Missouri 291 Highway, played a significant role in the history and development of Liberty, Missouri as well as Clay County. In use from 1829 . . . Map (db m46604) HM
26 Missouri, Lafayette County, Lexington — The Battle of LexingtonSeptember 18, 19, 20, 1861
Following victories in southwestern Missouri, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price and 10,000 men of the Missouri State Guard marched north with the objective of breaking the Federal line along the Missouri river. On Sept. 12, 1861 the Guard engaged and drove a . . . Map (db m46105) HM
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27 Missouri, Lafayette County, Waverly — Gen. Joseph O. Shelby ParkWaverly, Missouri
Waverly, noted for fine apples & rich farmlands was settled in 1818, chartered in 1850 with William Smith Thomas as Mayor. In 1804 Lewis & Clark Expedition made oars near Port of Waverly which served Missouri River steamboats and now barge lines for . . . Map (db m90359) HM
28 Montana, Madison County, Virginia City — Tootle, Leach & Company WarehouseThis Property Contributes to the Virginia City Historic District
Thomas Tootle and Richard Leach formed a partnership, operating with various other partners in mercantile stores in Denver, Kansas City, here in Virginia City, and later in Deer Lodge. Tootle and Leach was one of Virginia City’s first businesses, . . . Map (db m209175) HM
29 North Dakota, Cavalier County, Langdon — Cavalier County AgriculturePioneers on the Prairie
When Cavalier County was being settled in the 1880s, spring wheat and durum were the primary crops. Other crops produced were barley, flax, and oats. Major changes in farming operations took place in the 1910s. On-farm grain storage became . . . Map (db m214097) HM
30 Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Bethlehem — Oil Mill1765
“Notice is hereby given to the Public, that the new oil Mill at Bethlehem for rubbing Hemp will be a going before Christmas. But the new Oil Mill will not be finished till the Latter end of Januario or in Febr. next year 1766...” Oil . . . Map (db m27080) HM
31 Texas, Collin County, McKinney — 6188 — Site of Muse Academy
A native of Virginia, James S. Muse (1804-1878) prospered as a hemp grower in Missouri before coming to Texas with his wife Margaret Slaughter. He bought 320 acres and built this house in 1858-1859. In one wing which was later removed, he opened . . . Map (db m163500) HM

32 Pennsylvania, Carbon County, Jim Thorpe — Railroad Intersection
"Built in 1850, the (inclined) planes were 1,200 feet long and 430 feet high. As a loaded car descended on one plane. it would draw an empty car up the other plane." John Koehler, Railroad Historian, Weatherly You are . . . Map (db m114632) HM
33 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Willow Street, West Lampeter Township — Millstones
These millstones stand in silent testimony to the importance of milling in Lancaster County. The first mill was built only a few years after the Mennonites arrived in 1710. Vital to agriculture, the mills increased in number to over 200 by 1839. . . . Map (db m160434) HM

34 California, San Benito County, Paicines — Climbing at Pinnacles National Monument
Pinnacles has seen the birth and growth of modern rock climbing over the past 80 years. The early accents of the rock spires, often done with basketball sneakers and braided hemp rope, were dangerous and intensely challenging. The crackless faces of . . . Map (db m87694) HM
35 Florida, Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach — 1768 British Colony of New Smyrna
During Florida's British Colonial period, 1763-1783, Doctor Andrew Turnbull established the largest North American colony at this site. Approximately 1300 Minorcans, Greeks, and Italians comprised the colony named after Smyrna, Asia Minor, the . . . Map (db m72962) HM
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36 Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, Hitch Village/Fred Wessels Homes — 025-2 — The Trustees' Garden
At this site was located the first public agricultural experimental garden in America. From this garden was disseminated the upland cotton which later comprised the greater part of the world`s cotton commerce. Here were propagated and from this . . . Map (db m18761) HM
37 Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington, Ashland Park — Agriculture at Ashland
From the time Henry Clay bought his first 125 acres in 1804 until long after his death in 1852, Ashland was an important and successful farm. It produced some of the finest livestock and crops in Kentucky and the nation. Ashland remained a center . . . Map (db m169736) HM
38 Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Hawthorne — 2231 — Farmington
Historic residence completed 1816 for John and Lucy (Fry) Speed. The Jefferson-inspired plan by Paul Skidmore includes octagonal rooms, rare in 19th c. Kentucky. As many as 64 African Americans enslaved at Farmington worked the 550-acre hemp . . . Map (db m162002) HM
39 Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — Slavery at Pleasant View Farm
Never a plantation Pleasant View Farm had its beginnings in 1801 when Joseph Barnett bought 578 acres on the Hayes Fork of Silver Creek. By 1824 he had constructed the brick house that stands today. About the same time, Barnett is believed . . . Map (db m31624) HM
40 Missouri, Platte County, Weston — Timeline of Weston History
Panel 1 1837 Weston is established by Joseph Moore taking a land claim and building the first cabin at present intersection of Market and Main 1837 Salem Christian Church is founded. Building constructed in 1841 1838 . . . Map (db m77143) HM
41 Pennsylvania, York County, Hanover — Conrad Moul - The Public Commons Reported permanently removed
The original Moul Townhouse stood to your right. It was the mirror image of the 215 Broadway townhouse behind you. By 1915, the Moul Family replaced it with the Neoclassical Revival style brick home designed by Dempwolf Architects of York, which you . . . Map (db m22416) HM
42 Tennessee, Davidson County, Hermitage — Growing CottonA Risky Venture
Andrew Jackson called it his farm, but in reality, The Hermitage was a large cotton plantation dependent upon enslaved labor. All the agricultural activities on Jackson’s 1000 – acre plantation supported his cotton. On average, Jackson’s . . . Map (db m81422) HM
43 Virginia, Middlesex County, Urbanna — 12 — Tobacco RoadUrbanna, Virginia — The Museum in the Streets® —
Right in front of you is one of the oldest roads in America, Prettyman's Rolling Road descends to the waterfront at the end of Virginia Street. The early economy of Virginia was built from the growing and selling of tobacco. Urbanna Creek . . . Map (db m186723) HM

44 Missouri, Lafayette County, Lexington — The Battle of LexingtonSept. 18, 19 and 20, 1861 — Battlefield —
This area saw action between the Missouri Home Guard units and the Missouri State Guard. The Home Guard were composed of pro-Union German immigrants from Lafayette county. They were commanded by Maj. F.W. Becker. Sharpshooters kept many of the . . . Map (db m46167) HM
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45 Spain, Navarra, Pamplona, Casco Viejo — Portal de Francia
Hasta los años 60 del s. XX las murallas eran el lugar ideal para el trabajo de los cordeleros. Gracias al espacio alargado que las paredes dibujaban, aquí trabajaban hebras de esparo y de cañamos, con ruedas y poleas . . . Map (db m233471) HM
46 Connecticut, New London County, New London — Starr StreetHempstead Historic Neighborhood
Starr Street is a brilliant preservation success story, a triumph of urban renewal without destruction. In the 1970s, with some houses already abandoned, the block was slated for demolition. In a risky, far-sighted move, the Savings Bank of New . . . Map (db m217031) HM
47 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Georgetown — Parrott Ropewalk
Here the Richard Parrott Ropewalk manufactured rope and rigging used on sailing vessels that plied their trade in old Georgetown through the early 19th Century. The ropewalk receives its name from the long path used for the laying out of . . . Map (db m68712) HM
48 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — Loom House WeaverThe Essential Craft of the Canal Era — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Weaving for the Canal Homestead If the woodsman's axe and the long rifle were first in importance to the pioneer, the spinning wheel and the loom would rank second. In colonial America many families wove cloth for clothing. bedding, . . . Map (db m163324) HM
49 Pennsylvania, York County, Hanover — Titans of Hanover IndustryA Heart of Hanover Trail Stop
You are facing the Moul family mansion. A block behind it is the Conrad Moul iron foundry and saw and planing mill, first established in 1842, with the brick building before you erected in 1888. The Moul businesses were a mainstay of the Public . . . Map (db m197075) HM

50 Florida, St. Johns County, St. Augustine — The Matchlock Arquebus
History of the Matchlock Arquebus The matchlock arquebus first appeared in Europe in the mid-1400s. The name is taken from its ignition source, a slow, hot-burning cotton or hemp rope called a matchcord, or simply slow match. The . . . Map (db m189000) HM
51 Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington — Create An Agri-cultureCrops, livestock, labor...and a place to rest
Corn was the staple crop on most farms, because the grain fed people and livestock throughout the year. After corn came wheat, rye, flax, hemp, barley, oats, turnips and potatoes. The kitchen garden yielded vegetables and herbs. The farm . . . Map (db m194472) HM
52 Massachusetts, Bristol County, New Bedford — Working WaterfrontNew Bedford Whaling National Historic Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
Working Waterfront-Standing here during the heyday of whaling you would have seen and heard the bustling of a whaling port preparing for sea: ship carpenters building vessels from great white oak timbers, and caulkers hammering oakum---hemp mixed . . . Map (db m62410) HM
53 Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, North End — Lewis Wharf, 1835Waterfront
Boston's legendary clipper ship trade centered around Lewis Wharf. Ships bound for faraway ports sailed from here in the 1840s and '50s: • to buy tea in China and sell it in Europe. • to California where most of the '49ers' famous gold . . . Map (db m115279) HM
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54 Missouri, Howard County, Glasgow, Chariton Township — History of Glasgow
Glasgow, site of first all steel bridge in world, built by Gen. Wm. S. Smith, Engr. 1879 for C. & A.R.R. Replaced 1900 for heavier traffic. Sketch of original bridge above. Glasgow founded 1836. Successor to Old Chariton 1817, Monticello 1829, . . . Map (db m217000) HM
55 Missouri, Lafayette County, Lexington — The Battle of LexingtonSeptember 18, 19, 20, 1861 — The Anderson House —
William Oliver Anderson (1794-1873) and his son-in-law, Henry Howard Gratz, had built a prosperous business in Lexington around hemp production and rope making in the 1850’s. Prior to the Civil War, Anderson became one of the most prominent . . . Map (db m46109) HM
56 Missouri, Platte County, Parkville — Parkville Reported permanently removed
Founded by George S. Park - 1838 First known as English Landing, river port on frontier, steamboat landing; slave, tobacco, and hemp market. Home of Park College Founded 1875 John A. McAfee and George S. Park pioneered in new . . . Map (db m65993) HM
57 New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, South Trenton — Roebling …… Wire Rope and American Bridges
One of the iron and steel products for which Trenton became best known was wire rope. Originally developed as a stronger and more durable alternative to hemp, wire rope was first successfully produced in America in the early 1840s by John A. . . . Map (db m166126) HM
58 Ohio, Hardin County, McGuffey — 15-33 — Village of McGuffey / Great 1934 Onion Strike
Side A: Village of McGuffey The Village of McGuffey was named for John McGuffey, who in the 1860s first attempted to drain the Scioto Marsh. A larger and more effective drainage effort, made by others who entered Hardin County in the 1880s, . . . Map (db m29062) HM

59 Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, Historic District - North — 2 — Settlement of Savannah
On January 18,1733, the British galley Anne arrived in Charleston, South Carolina with James Oglethorpe, 144 "sober, moral, and industrious" colonists and provisions to build a new colony south of the Savannah River in Georgia. While the . . . Map (db m19545) HM
60 Kentucky, Taylor County, Campbellsville — Morgan Held Prisoner In Pleasant Hill Church
September 1861 Morgan caught smuggling Confederate uniforms After Confederate forces occupied Columbus, a city in far western Kentucky, President Lincoln proclaimed that commercial trade with the Confederacy be stopped. . . . Map (db m99322) HM
61 Maryland, Cecil County, Earleville — Tobacco and Mount Harmon
Colonial Tobacco Trade Before you stands a crop of tobacco planted to reflect the historic tobacco trade that flourished at Mount Harmon in the colonial era. Tobacco was an important cash crop that helped build early American settlements, and . . . Map (db m156568) HM
62 Maryland, Prince George's County, Bladensburg — Colonial Ropemaking
One of the maritime industries that was present in the colonial port of Bladensburg was the making of rope and various other types of cordage. In colonial and nineteenth century America, this activity took place in a manufacturing facility known as . . . Map (db m8222) HM
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63 Missouri, Lafayette County, Lexington — Lexington
Side 1 Lexington, on the bluffs above the broad Missouri, grew up around Jack's Ferry, 1819, to become by 1860 one of the great river ports of the State. Prosperous river trade and agricultural richness of the area made the town a commercial . . . Map (db m90423) HM
64 Nevada, Nye County, Tonopah — Up From The Depths
Raising thousands of pounds of rock from the depths of the earth required a massive headframe, strong engines and powerful cables to make it all work. The Mizpah had one of the earliest steel headframes. It weighed about 60,000 pounds and could . . . Map (db m188116) HM
65 North Carolina, Alamance County, Burlington — The Regulators' FieldA Lesson for the Defeated — Carolinas Campaign —
(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began of February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman's objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush . . . Map (db m42335) HM
66 Oregon, Tillamook County, Tillamook — Steam Donkey
Steam donkeys such as this "Tacoma Wide Face Yarder" were a vital part of a logging team's equipment in the 19th century forests of Oregon. Their name is derived from secondary engines called "donkey engines" used on sailing ships to load cargo, . . . Map (db m113295) HM
67 Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site — Inclined Plane No. 6
In front of you is the site of Inclined Plane No. 6, one of ten inclines on the Allegheny Portage Railroad. The track visible today has been reconstructed. From 1834 to 1854, railroad cars bearing canal boats, freight, and passengers were pulled . . . Map (db m53782) HM
68 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Columbia — Free African Communities in Columbia
Sawneytown Sawneytown was the free African community in Columbia. Per the History of Lancaster County (published in 1883) written by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, in 1813 Robert Magill laid out lots on Filbert Street (present day Union . . . Map (db m241490) HM
69 Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Bethlehem — Colonial Industrial Quarter1741 - 1800
“They have carried the mechanical Arts to greater Perfection here than in any Place which I have seen.” John Adams to Abigail Adams April, 1777 Early Industrial History By 1745, only four years after they founded . . . Map (db m26917) HM

70 Missouri, Boone County, Rocheport — Steamboating on the Missouri
First Steamboats Early steamboat trips on the Missouri River tested boats, crews and passengers. Between 1820 and 1900, several hundred steamboats on the Missouri were destroyed by fire or boiler explosions, crushed by ice, or sunk by snags. . . . Map (db m46353) HM
71 Missouri, Callaway County, Jefferson City — Bicentennial Monument
Cole County, Missouri Established November 16, 1820 Dedicated in this bicentennial year to those who have given life to Cole County, from the generations of Ancient Ones before the settlers of European and African lineage who formed our . . . Map (db m169397) HM
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72 Missouri, Clay County, Liberty — Clay County African American Pioneers
[Front] "Come, drink, all who thirst for freedom: The water fountain will no longer separate us as a people." During the Civil War era, one of every four Clay County residents was of African descent. Although sold in slave auctions and . . . Map (db m68207) HM
73 Missouri, Platte County, Platte City — Platte County
[Front] Platte is one of 6 counties formed from the U.S. Government's 1836 Platte Purchase in which Iowa, Sac, Fox, and small bands of other Indian tribes gave up over 2 million acres of land for $7,500 and other benefits. The Purchase was . . . Map (db m66465) HM
74 Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Columbia, West Hempfield Township — Chickies* Mansion and Chickies* #1 Furnace (*Chickies - also Chiques or Chikis)
In 1828, Henry Haldeman, patriarch of a well-to-do local family, purchased mills (including a saw mill, chopping mill, and a hemp mill) at the mouth of Chiques Creek and set up two of his sons in business there. The eldest son, Samuel, drew up . . . Map (db m136311) HM
75 Virginia, Fredericksburg — The Slave Ship OthelloFredericksburg: Timeless.
Virginia Fredericksburg Augt 25th 1773 Messrs. Samuel &William Vernon Gentlemen You will by this opportunity be advised by Capt. Jno. Duncan of his Arrival here, & valuing himself on Col. John Thornton for his Services in disposal . . . Map (db m97371) HM

76 United Kingdom, England, Hartlepool — Ropes
There would be approximately 12 miles of rope on board an average frigate of the Napoleonic era. The Standing Rigging supports the masts. It is very thick as it has to bear a great deal of weight. These ropes could be as large as 10cm . . . Map (db m125685) HM
77 California, Sacramento County, Folsom — Lower Powerhouse
Constructed in 1897, the lower powerhouse is designed to produce additional electricity during periods of drought. Due to the 25-foot drop from the main powerhouse to the lower powerhouse, the same water could be reutilized to generate an . . . Map (db m192735) HM
78 California, San Francisco City and County, San Francisco, Central Waterfront — Industrialization of the Shoreline
With the coming of the Gold Rush, the landscape began to change rapidly. Access to deep water made this an attractive location for early maritime industries. The Tubbs Cordage Company located to Potrero Point in the mid-1850s and built a 1,000 . . . Map (db m159589) HM
79 Illinois, Vermilion County, Tilton — Tilton Honor Roll
In memory of our men & women in the Armed Forces World War II First Column : Elmer L. Alcorn • Frederick V. Alcorn • Lamoine T. Alcorn • Robert H. Allison • George Anderson • Marvin E. Anderson • Ernest Attebury • Floyd Bailey • . . . Map (db m11317) WM
80 North Carolina, Chowan County, Edenton — 4 — Dr. Hugh Williamson (1735 - 1819)Signer of The Constitution of the United States of America — A True Renaissance Man —
Granite Monument erected September 17, 2017, Honors Hugh Williamson, son of Scotch-Irish parents, was born 1735. in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. His parents wanted him to become a Presbyterian minister, but his quest for knowledge took him in . . . Map (db m225261) HM
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81 Texas, Washington County, Brenham — Flying Horses Carousel
"It turned out that a traveling carnival had set up there several years earlier and then didn't make enough money to pay the rent for the pasture. So they just left their 24-horse Carousel there. We got those hobby horses for a very reasonable . . . Map (db m177280) HM
82 Virginia, Alexandria, Old Town — The Long Story of The Jones Point Ropewalk1833-1850 — Jones Point Park —
In 1833, Josiah Davis constructed a narrow, 400-yard-long building where rope was manufactured for ship's rigging, a once-thriving maritime industry for the nearby port of Alexandria. [Caption:] The Jones Point ropewalk was a two-story . . . Map (db m127774) HM

83 Mexico, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende — Parish of Saint Michael the ArchangelSan Miguel de Allende - El Corazón de México
Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel Algunos años después de haberse fundado la antigua San Miguel el Grande (1555), se instauró en el lugar, uno de los primeros curatos de la región, entre los años dde 1563 y 1564. Tiempo en que . . . Map (db m131615) HM
84 Connecticut, Hartford County, Rocky Hill — Farming in Rocky Hill
The first farmers in this area were the Indigenous people who lived along the Connecticut River. Artifacts from this first farming community were uncovered at the Morgan Trench archaeological dig in the rock Hill Great Meadows. Surface finds, . . . Map (db m230804) HM
85 Connecticut, Middlesex County, Middletown — Middletown in the 1700s
Middletown entered its golden era during the 1700s. By 1750, a century after its settlement, Middletown was the most populous and one of the richest towns in Connecticut. The town owed its size and prosperity primarily to maritime trade. At . . . Map (db m98586) HM
86 Iowa, Lee County, Keokuk — Welcome to Keokuk
Once a place where Native American Indians hunted and fished, this peninsular part of Iowa is located where the Des Moines River flows into the Mississippi River. Under French and Spanish rule for almost 150 nears, Southeast Iowa was included in . . . Map (db m179974) HM

87 Nova Scotia, Cumberland County, Fort Lawrence — Early Inhabitants
The First Nations Native peoples have lived around the Chignecto Isthmus for thousands of years. Travelling in family groups and small nomadic bands, they moved from area to area harvesting seasonal food sources. Early French explorers were . . . Map (db m112112) HM
88 District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Penn Quarter — The Chinese Hackberry TreeWitnessing a Century of Change
This tree has seen many changes. Planted around 1905 on the grounds of what was then the U.S. Patent Office Building, it has slowly grown as the city has developed and transformed around it. A rare, large, local specimen of a . . . Map (db m202449) HM
89 Kentucky, Lincoln County, Stanford — Isaac Shelby
The General and Statesman Isaac Shelby’s military decisions at the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1779 secured a critical victory for America during the Revolutionary War. Before war’s end, Shelby had also served in the North Carolina . . . Map (db m120217) HM
90 Massachusetts, Essex County, Salem — Wharves in the Early 1800sSalem Maritime National Historic Site — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
If you visited Salem’s waterfront in the late 1700s or early 1800s you would have been impressed not only by the ships and their exotic cargo, but also by the variety of artisans and craftsmen who worked on the wharf. Sail makers, riggers, rope . . . Map (db m220594) HM
91 Missouri, Boone County, Rocheport — History of Rocheport
1804... Land Before the Town Prior to its settlement, American Indians used the area we now call Rocheport. The closeness to the river, fertile soils, both salt and freshwater springs, and the protection given by the huge bluffs, rock . . . Map (db m46345) HM
92 Missouri, Warren County, Marthasville — History of Marthasville
1799 The Village of La Charrette Long before Europeans settled in this area, Native American tribes including the Missouria, Osage, Sac and Fox used this land as their home or hunting grounds. The French, followed by the Spanish, were . . . Map (db m169262) HM
93 South Carolina, Greenwood County, Ninety Six — Environmental Change From Forest to Park
Once dense forest, this area was gradually cleared by people. Fire, storms, and the introduction of non-native plants and animal species also contributed to changing the landscape. If you lived here in the 1700s, you would have seen these woods . . . Map (db m32790) HM

94 France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Var, Aups — L’insurrection de 1851The Insurrection of 1851 — On the Heritage Path —
(This marker and monument has three parts; The L'insurrection de 1851 marker, the monument to the insurrectionists, and a monument to the local Aups' victims of WWII.) Sur les Chemins du Patrimoine L’attachement des Varois pour la république et . . . Map (db m61676) HM WM
95 Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington — Gentlemen Farmers and Burley Tobacco
The decades between the Civil War and World War I (circa 1865-1915), brought big events and big changes. Freshly-minted millionaires transformed farms into showplaces where the best thoroughbred and standardbred horses in the world grazed, . . . Map (db m194501) HM

96 Indiana, Carroll County, Delphi — The Paper Maker's ShopWabash and Erie Canal Park Trail — Wabash & Erie Canal Park Village —
Papermaking developed in China around 100 AD. The process is based on using any plant fiber or cellulose based material which has been processed (beaten) and mixed with water. Cotton, hemp and linen are commonly used. The hand dipping process . . . Map (db m163316) HM
97 Louisiana, Lafayette Parish, Lafayette — The PresbyteryLe Presbytére
THE PRESBYTERY: A Simple Residence from the early 1800s This small home represents the simple but functional structures in which priests could have lived in the early 1800s. The building was originally located property . . . Map (db m135886) HM
98 Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez — Forks of the Road Historical Site
[Panel 1:] Natchez in the Center of Slavery Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nation’s wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people . . . Map (db m41533) HM
99 Virginia, Henrico County, Richmond — Rocketts Landing
East 1607-1707 Native Settlements and Early Colonization May 24, 1607: days after landing at Jamestown, Christopher Newport left his fellow English colonists to explore the James River. Accompanied by “five gentlemen, . . . Map (db m54831) HM

100 Missouri, Jasper County, Carthage — Rendezous At Carthage
Crossroad of Destiny: Union or Disunion The year of 1861 was one of crisis and decision making for Missouri. Throughout her history, Missouri had stood at many crossroads, for virtually all of the major routes leading from East to West . . . Map (db m195030) HM

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