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| Title | Description | Coordinates | LocationMem | URL |
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| Village of Sterling | This planned industrial village, constructed when the railroad was built, included small factories, workers housing, stores, churches, and a school. Silk manufacturing drew skilled immigrants here from Europe and the Middle East. | 40.674812, -74.494729 | On Central Avenue, Sterling, (On the right when traveling north) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=20154 |
| Wagon Box Grave of 1861 | This monument marks the grave of an immigrant family, father, mother , and five children, massacred on Little Spring Creek one half mile south of this spot, buried in their own wagon box by trappers and immigrants led by George W. Goodheart. | 42.656600, -111.606400 | Near South 1st Street West, Soda Springs, | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=106254 |
| Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony | Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the beginning of Japanese influence on the agricultural economy of California. | 38.772638, -120.891300 | On Cold Springs Road, near Gold Hill, (On the right when traveling north) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=76181 |
| Walker's Pass | Discovered by Joseph R. Walker, American trail-blazer who left the San Joaquin Valley through this pass in 1834. This area was traversed by topographer Edward M. Kern, after whom the Kern River was named, while accompanying the Fremont expedition of 1845. After 1860 it became a mining freight route to Owens Valley. | 35.662817, -118.026850 | On Isabella Walker Pass Road (State Route 178) , Onyx, (On the right when traveling east) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=71071 |
| Wallace Glen | Dedicated to the memory of Sir William Wallace The Great Scottish Patriot and Hero who fought for freedom for his countrymen and gave his life in this noble cause. David A. Wallace A Scottish immigrant who had served his community and state with distinction. As a civic leader he gained the respect and trust of all who knew him. | 40.780067, -74.147301 | On Passaic Avenue (County Route 699) , Kearny, (On the right when traveling south) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=90104 |
| Waterfront Town to Metropolis | By May of 1854 the air was already electrified by the sizzling-hot debate of pro-slavery versus anti-slavery when Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Now, the western territory was open and available, and whoever settled Kansas first would determine its status as a free or slave state. A new frenzied wave of migration began. City of Kansas residents were acutely affected. Missouri was a slave state and most residents held a pro-South bias. The addition of another free state on the... | 39.112457, -94.584276 | Near Main Street, Kansas City, | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=87452 |
| Ways to Approach the Migration Memorial Archive | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Undergraduate students in Grant Glass' Fall 2019 English 105i course, "Writing in Digital Humanities," documented memorials in locations throughout the world. | , | ||
| Welcome to Dale Street Station | The Frogtown neighborhood developed in the late 19th Century as residents spilled over from the adjacent downtown area. Many of these early residents worked in the growing railroad industry or at the Saint Paul Foundry, which operated through the 1980s. Minnesota's first locomotive run occurred on the rail tracks that served as the neighborhood's northern border in 1862. The origins of the Frogtown name are difficult to pin down, but likely came from the prevalence of frogs in what... | 44.955787, -93.127657 | On University Avenue, Saint Paul, (On the left when traveling east) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=79454 |
| Welcome to Galesville | The members of the Galesville Heritage Society invite you to explore their historic village. First settled in 1654 on the banks of West River, Galesville and its history are fundamentally linked to the Chesapeake Bay. Native Americans, English settlers, African slaves, German immigrants, wealthy vacationers, and recreational boaters have all played a part in Galesville's history. Locals have earned their living fishing, crabbing, oystering, farming, and running small businesses. Some... | 38.843579, -76.541932 | On Main Street, Galesville, | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6201 |
| Welsh Settlement | Welsh Settlement circa 1840, immigrants from Wales settled in Freedom and nearby towns and contributed to the economic, religious, and social life of the area. | 42.483816, -78.337399 | On Freedom Road (County Route 23) , Freedom, (On the right when traveling east) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=86648 |
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