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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «king county» AND «washington»

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By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 29, 2021
Wildwood Station — Rainier Avenue Historic Shelter Marker detail
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1 ► Washington, King County, Seattle, Brighton — Wildwood Station — Rainier Avenue Historic Shelter — Standing at the Crossroads of Seattle's Transit Past and Present —
A Trolley Stop along the Seattle and Rainier Valley Railway Wildwood Station dates back to Washington State's early yeans when the first privately owned electric trolley rail service carried passenger streetcars and freight trains along . . . — — Map (db m181541) HM

2 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Bay Ridge — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail —
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new . . . — — Map (db m31009) HM
3 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Bensonhurst — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail —
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new . . . — — Map (db m30175) HM
4 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Fort Hamilton — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail —
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new . . . — — Map (db m21613) HM
5 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Gravesend — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail —
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new . . . — — Map (db m30174) HM
6 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Greenwood Heights — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail —
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new . . . — — Map (db m13255) HM

7 ► Washington, King County, Seattle, Ballard — Civil War Memorial —
In memory of our dead comrades — — Map (db m296766) WM

8 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Park Slope — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new . . . — — Map (db m30997) HM
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9 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Dumbo — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail —
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new . . . — — Map (db m309930) HM

10 ► North Dakota, Ward County, Minot — First Lieutenant Orville Emil Bloch —
Streeter, North Dakota 1915-1983 Company E, 338th Infantry, 85th Infantry Division, U.S. Army A small patrol led by First Lieutenant Bloch near Firenzuola, Italy, on September 22, 1944, located a group of machine gun nests holding up the advance in . . . — — Map (db m240690) HM

11 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights — Fort Stirling Park — 0.214 acre —
In March 1776, American Revolutionary forces built Fort Stirling on this site to protect both civilian and military ships passing through the East River. Originally named "Fort Half-Moon" due to its crescent shape, control of the fort didn't stay . . . — — Map (db m309935) HM
12 ► New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Madison — Wyckoff Bennett Mont House — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail —
This Dutch-American farmhouse is a quiet reminder that the Battle of Brooklyn, one of the biggest conflicts of the Revolutionary War, took place when Kings County was still mostly farm country. The country boasted fewer than 4,000 inhabitants, one . . . — — Map (db m30082) HM
13 ► Rhode Island, Washington County, Richmond — Early European Settlement — Richmond Heritage Trail —
In 1644, Roger Williams secured the Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from the English Parliament. The charter, or agreement with the early settlers was voided in 1660, but a new charter that provided religious freedom was . . . — — Map (db m312821) HM

14 ► Washington, King County, Tukwila — Foster Landing at Foster Homestead —
Flat-bottomed boats carried passengers and goods on the Duwamish River to and from the Green and Black rivers from 1854 to 1886. Names of the boats were the Minehaha, the Black Diamond, the Decatur, the Comet, and the Gem. A landing for the . . . — — Map (db m181561) HM

15 ► Washington, King County, Kirkland, South Juanita — Juanita Beach Park: The Beginning —
Prior to 1916, Lake Washington’s shoreline reached today’s Juanita Drive. When Lake Washington was lowered, a vast, sandy expanse was revealed on the north side of Juanita Bay. Leslie and Alicia Forbes erected a small bathhouse and established a . . . — — Map (db m266197) HM

16 ► Washington, King County, Seattle, Downtown Seattle — Gordon Hirabayashi — Legacy of Justice at Hirabayashi Place —
Injustice Challenged Over and above any man-made creed or law is the natural law of life — the right of human individuals to live and to creatively express themselves. No man was born with the right to limit that law. . . . — — Map (db m296050) HM
17 ► Washington, King County, Seattle, Greater Duwamish — Boeing Field —
Acquired by the People of King County, State of Washington, for the purpose of promoting aeronautics, and named in honor of William Edward Boeing, whose intelligent, active, and long continued interest in all that concerns and advances the . . . — — Map (db m139396) HM
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18 ► Missouri, Pike County, Louisiana — John Brooks Henderson — Nov. 16, 1826 - April 12, 1913 —
John Brooks Henderson was born in Virginia and moved with his family to Lincoln County, Missouri when he was six years old. By age 10, he was an orphan. Henderson overcame what could have been a life of obscurity to be a Pike County teacher, . . . — — Map (db m141281) HM

19 ► South Carolina, Anderson County, Belton — Belton / Historic Belton —
Belton The Tennis Capital of South Carolina Tennis Anyone? Long know as the Tennis Capital of South Carolina, Belton's tennis history can be traced back over 110 years. An 1892 edition of the Anderson Intelligencer . . . — — Map (db m35564) HM
20 ► Washington, King County, Seattle, Pioneer Square — The Goldsmith Building —
. . . — — Map (db m48170) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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