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Colgate Palmolive Clock Night – Clarksville, Indiana

August 12, 2024 0 Comments

Colgate Palmolive Clock Night - Clarksville, Indiana

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A large neon-lit clock is mounted on the top of a brick building, with the sky in the background showing shades of blue. The clock features red and orange illumination and is supported by a metal frame structure.

The Colgate-Palmolive Clock is located Clarksville, Indiana, across the Ohio RIver from Lousiville, Kentucky. It’s one of the largest clocks in the world, and has a width of 40 feet. It was originally installed in 1924 the former Colgate factory seen in the picture.

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Log Cabin Interior – Martins Station – Virginia

August 1, 2024 0 Comments

Log Cabin Interior - Martins Station - Virginia

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A rustic log cabin interior at Martin’s Station Wilderness Road Park, features a central stone fireplace surrounded by chopped wood and various hanging items like pots and utensils. The simple living space includes a bed with animal hides, rough wooden shelves, and primitive cooking tools.

Martin’s Station is located in Ewing, Virginia. Named after Joseph Martin, the station became an important stopping point on the western side of the Cumberland Gap, which now serves as the border of Tennessee, Kentucky, and southwest Virginia. For pioneers looking to settle on lands east of the southern Appalachia mountains, the station served as the last fortified settlement on the Wilderness Road entering Kentucky.

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Historic Benson Grist Mill – Winter – Tooele, Utah

July 12, 2024 0 Comments

Historic Benson Grist Mill - Winter - Tooele, Utah

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In 1854, on the orders of Mormon Church President Brigham Young, LDS apostle Ezra Taft Benson arrived in Tooele Valley to construct a gristmill that would serve new settlers to the area.

Located next to a spring-fed pond, the Benson Gristmill was made of rock and wood by skilled pioneer artisans over 150 years ago. From 1854, until the 1940’s the mill produced milled wheat and corn.

From 1854 to the 1940’s, the Benson Mill processed wheat and corn by the ton. The milling equipment can be seen inside the mill during the tour.

For more than 40’s after its closure, the mill stood idle. Then in 1983 a group of volunteers began restoration of the structure seen today.

The Tooele Valley sits directly west of Salt Lake City, along the I-80 Interstate corridor that stretches toward Wendover and the Nevada Border.

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