Historical Markers Thread

[Fatty]

Originally Posted by Cicli

Red Gate Woods marker. Sort of cool. You can mountain bike all around it.
It had been defaced through the years but you get the idea.

My mountain bike stomping grounds. On an average day about a forty minute no cars involved ride to get to that exact spot. Hurrah for nuclear waste. Otherwise the area would have been developed long ago.

[Jgrooms]

Liberty Memorial in KCMO. Also the premier wwi museum.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nati...m_and_Memorial




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[Louis]

Originally Posted by Jgrooms

Liberty Memorial in KCMO. Also the premier wwi museum.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nati...m_and_Memorial

A very cool complex. I visited it a while back with my mother and sister and they both thought it was great.

[MattTuck]

Here's another one, for the defunct local sect of the Shakers... Who could have predicted that celibacy would snuff out your burgeoning spiritual Utopia.

Although that sign doesn't say it, I read another sign that indicated this was the tallest building North of Boston when it was built.

Edit: Here's the location in case anyone is interested in visiting... Link

[fkelly]

Along the Blue Ridge, where the song came from ...

[Mark McM]

Just the other weekend I rode past the former home of the original Uncle Sam, in Mason, New Hampshire:

[2metalhips]

Originally Posted by MattTuck

Here's another one, for the defunct local sect of the Shakers... Who could have predicted that celibacy would snuff out your burgeoning spiritual Utopia.

Although that sign doesn't say it, I read another sign that indicated this was the tallest building North of Boston when it was built.

Edit: Here's the location in case anyone is interested in visiting... Link

Northern Rail Trail is on the other side of that Mascoma Lake. Nice ride, 60 miles of gravel.

[rustychisel]

A few weeks ago I was here, playing with the world's largest model tank kit.

It's a Tiger 1 Ausf E, if anyone is interested, just outside Vimoutiers, Calvados. August 1944.

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by 2metalhips

Northern Rail Trail is on the other side of that Mascoma Lake. Nice ride, 60 miles of gravel.

Yep, this is my usual recovery ride. Basically from Lebanon up to Enfield and back.