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| Title | Description | Coordinates | LocationMem | URL |
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| West Tampa Centennial | Hugh C. MacFarlane, an immigrant from Scotland, purchased land in November 1886 and built a cigar factory that started production on June 15, 1892. MacFarlane and other developers offered free land and buildings, bringing in more cigar factories and growth that led to the formation of the City of West Tampa on May 18, 1895. Other immigrants from Cuba, Spain, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, Germany and different parts of the United States made up the population, giving the town its distinctive,... | 27.966854, -82.491897 | On West Columbus Drive, Tampa, (On the right when traveling west) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=47520 |
| Whispering Giant | A enormous carving of a bust of Sequoyah, the creator of the Cherokee alphabet. The sculptor says the statue is influenced by a combination of various Native Americans and represents the "cry of the red man," which means the protest of the Native Americans. The artist wanted to draw attention to the "theft and trickery" the Native Americans suffered as their land was stolen and to highlight their bravery. | 35.484885, -83.316294 | Cherokee, NC | https://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/915/, https://www.fuzzygalore.com/2019/06/whispering-giant-sequoyah-of-north-carolina/ |
| White House Farm | In 1740, Dr. John McCormick, a Scots (Scotch)-Irish immigrant bought 395 acres from Jost Hite and established White House Farm. Stone barn built by McCormick is the oldest standing in West Virginia. House served as a tavern and inn in early 1800s. In 1863, Major Harry Gilmor, 7th Va. Cavalry, CSA, shot and killed Captain George Somers, US Army in skirmish here. In 1979, listed in National Register. | 39.252060, -77.943117 | On Summit Point Road (State Route 13) , near Summit Point, (On the left when traveling west) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=14355 |
| Why We Stan Western Migration/Immigration in the United States | , | |||
| Wilkinson Coal Company | • William Wilkinson was born in Pelton Fell, England in 1862. He worked in the mines from the age of 10 and came to Weir City, Kansas, in 1883 at the age of 20 to continue mining. • In 1917, he started his own deep mine a mile south of Fleming, Kansas. He and his wife, Mary, reared seven children: Raymond, Clifford, Morris, Cecil, Bernice, Bill, and Jack. The siblings and their spouses were active in the mining business during their lifetimes. • In 1923, The Wilkinson Coal Company started... | 37.409256, -94.706856 | On 2nd Street, Pittsburg, (On the right when traveling west) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=35606 |
| William Bull | William Bull of Sheldon Born 1683 Son of Stephen Bull, the Immigrant Member Colonial House of Commons 1706 - 1719 Colonel of Berkeley County Regiment Tuscarora and Yemassee Wars. Lord's Proprietors Deputy 1719. Member and President of Council 1721 - 1737. Assisted in laying out of Savannah 1733. Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1737 - 1744. Commissioner Under the Church Act. He and his younger brothers, Burnaby and John Bull, were Commissioners for the building of Sheldon Church 1753... | 32.618521, -80.780373 | Near Old Sheldon Church Road, near Sheldon, (On the right when traveling north) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=106135 |
| William Mulholland | A penniless Irish immigrant boy who rose by the force of his industry, intelligence, integrity and intrepidity to be a sturdy American citizen, a self-educated engineering genius, a whole-hearted humanitarian, the father of the city's water system, and the builder of the Los Angeles City Aqueduct: This memorial is gratefully dedicated by those who are the recipients of his unselfish bounty and the beneficiaries of his prophetic vision. | 34.116472, -118.271598 | On Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, (On the right when traveling south) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=32188 |
| Wisconsin's German Settlers | The oldest German settlements in Wisconsin are found in the Town of Mequon. In 1839 a small group of German immigrants from Saxony settled near the Milwaukee River. They were followed that same year by about twenty immigrant families from Pomerania searching for religious freedom. They established farmsteads in the west part of the town and founded the small community of “Freystatt” or “free place,” now known as Freistadt. The first Lutheran church in Wisconsin was built there in 1840. Over the... | 43.223832, -87.984130 | On North Cedarburg Rd., Mequon, (On the left when traveling north) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=31219 |
| Wisconsin’s Luxembourgers | Many of northeastern Ozaukee County’s prosperous farms, fieldstone houses and outbuildings, and large village churches are characteristic of the Luxembourg immigrant settlement patterns in the area. Beginning in 1845, inexpensive land brought Luxembourgers to the region where they purchased land in lots of 40 acres or less, vast acreage compared to the small tilled plots in Luxembourg. By the late 19th century at least 250 Luxembourger families were living in the communities of Belgium,... | 43.503650, -87.833850 | On , Belgium, (On the right when traveling west) | https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=58532 |
| Wooden Cross | A large wooden cross standing upon a brick pedestal. Accompanied by a plaque with the inscription "To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of those early settlers, the founders of this nation who died at Jamestown during the first perilous years of the colony. Their bodies lie along the ridge beyond this cross, in the earliest known burial ground of the English in America." | 37.211256, -76.777249 | Historic Jamestowne, Virginia |
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