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First of its KindFIRST - Ross Winans First Civilian Arrested in Maryland During the Civil War - Baltimore MD

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On May 14, 1861 soldiers arrested Ross Winans at Relay as he returned here by train from an emergency session of Maryland's General Assembly held in Frederick. He was the first civilian arrested in Maryland during the Civil War.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/25/2023

last visited: 3/25/2023

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First of its KindFIRST - POW-MIA Designated Campus in country - St. Louis, MO

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Display and memorial inside the Soldiers Memorial.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.

location: Missouri

date approved: 3/25/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST - Female County Clerk in Rockwall County - Rockwall, TX

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Mrs. Lucy Bailey was the first female County Clerk in Rockwall County.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member The Snowdog

location: Texas

date approved: 3/24/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST - Bloodshed of the Civil War-Camp Carroll From Plantation to Federal Camp - Baltimore MD

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In April 1861, in the first bloodshed of the Civil War, a crowd of Confederate sympathizers in Baltimore attacked the 6th Massachusetts Infantry as it passed through the city en rout to Washington.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/23/2023

last visited: 3/25/2023

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First of its KindFIRST Train Depot in Wylie - Wylie, TX

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A sign placed by the Collin County Historical Commission notes this as the location of Wylie's first railroad depot, constructed for the railroad's arrival here in 1886. You'll find it at the northeast corner of TX 78 and S Ballard St.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil

location: Texas

date approved: 3/23/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST - Church Dedicated in the Clarks Fork Valley - Bridger, MT

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This little wood framed Methodist Episcopal Church, now the Bridger United Methodist Church, was the first church building to be dedicated in the Clarks Fork Valley, this coming about on May 27, 1906.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Montana

date approved: 3/22/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST -- Deployment of the Giant Wurzburg Antenna - Linthicum Heights, MD

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One of many historical markers at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST -- Radar Echoes From the Northern Lights - Linthicum Heights, MD

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One of many historical markers at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: never

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One of many historical markers at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST -- Operational American Surface-to-Air Missile - Linthicum Heights, MD

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One of many historical markers at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum Heights, Maryland.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST Postmaster of Cibolo TX -- Selma TX

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John S. Harrison, one of the owners of the Harrison & McCulloch Stage Line, served as this area's first US Postmaster when this stop was located at Cibolo, later named Selma when the railroad arrived in the 1870s

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Texas

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: 3/22/2023

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First of its KindFIRST -- Super Bowl - Los Angeles, CA

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One of many historical markers on the USC campus in Los Angeles, California.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: California

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST -- Joint City Fire Station in California - Moreno Valley, CA

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A fire station in Moreno Valley, California.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: California

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST -- Female Trojan to Compete in the Olympic Games - Los Angeles, CA

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One of many historical markers on the USC campus in Los Angeles, California.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: California

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST -- Owens River Water to Reach Los Angeles, CA

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One of many historical markers on the USC campus in Los Angeles, California.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: California

date approved: 3/21/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindBarnett's Station - Hartford, KY

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Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Cs-1046, on the right when traveling west on Washington Street. Marker is on Ohio County Courthouse

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Crazy4horses

location: Kentucky

date approved: 3/18/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindVancouver’s Fort - Louisa, KY

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Marker is at the intersection of South Main Cross Street (Kentucky Route 2566) and East Main Street, on the right when traveling west on South Main Cross Street. It is to the left of the courthouse.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Crazy4horses

location: Kentucky

date approved: 3/18/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST - District Court - Monroe MI

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Here in the log house of Jean Baptiste Jereaume the Federal Court of the Erie District, Territory of Michigan, held its first session July 3, 1805. President Thomas Jefferson named Judge Augustus B. Woodward to preside.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Michigan

date approved: 3/17/2023

last visited: 3/17/2023

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First of its KindFIRST - Improved Navigable Waterway in the United States - South Hadley, MA

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A monument commemorating the South Hadley Canal as the first improve navigable waterway in the United States is located at

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 3/17/2023

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST - Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service in the United States - Westminster MD

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The First Complete Country Rural Free Delivery Service in the United States was inaugurated by the post office department on December 20th 1899 covering the whole of Carroll County with Westminster as the central distributing unit.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/16/2023

last visited: 3/18/2023

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First of its KindFIRST - American Naval Officer in European waters after Declaration of Independence-Captain Lambert Wickes - Rock Hall MD

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Captain Lambert Wickes-Noted for his daring raids on British shipping. In his Sloop of War Reprisal he took Benjamin Franklin to France in 1776. He Was first American Naval Officer in European waters after Declaration of Independence.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/16/2023

last visited: 3/18/2023

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First of its KindFIRST - Site of Washington Academy - Westover MD

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First Site of Washington Academy-A forerunner of Washington High School, the Academy was founded and built, 1767, under the proprietary laws of 1694.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/16/2023

last visited: 3/16/2023

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First of its KindFirst Supersonic Strategic Bomber - near former Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas USA

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Near the static aircraft display of a Convair B-58 Hustler bomber is a concrete block on which three metal plaques are mounted. The top plaque states that the B-58 bombers were the first strategic bombers capable of supersonic flight.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member WayBetterFinder

location: Texas

date approved: 3/16/2023

last visited: 3/16/2023

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First of its KindFIRST - Maryland Almanac-Benjamin Banneker - Ellicott City

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Benjamin Banneker assisted in surveying the District of Columbia, 1791 and published the first Maryland Almanac in 1792.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/16/2023

last visited: 3/18/2023

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First of its KindFIRST - Land Battle in U.S. Civil War - Battle of Philippi - Philippi WV

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On the morning of June 3, 1861, Union troops charged down the hill to your left and crossed over this covered bridge into Philippi in the first land battle of the Civil War.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Don.Morfe

location: West Virginia

date approved: 3/13/2023

last visited: 3/14/2023

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