To: SAMWolf
Hey Sam, I actually know this history! I made a trip out to Put-in-Bay about 4 years ago. Very nice place.
This limestone base supports a bronze urn erected in 1866 to mark the cornerstone for a monument to Commodore O.H. Perry and his victory in the Battle of Lake Erie. The cornerstone was erected in 1858. The site was the private island of Gibralter owned by Jay Cooke, Lincoln's Civil War financier. Cooke commissioned and payed for the monument. The west face of the monument contains a plaque.
To: snippy_about_it
Good Morning, Snippy!
10 posted on
04/21/2003 6:56:13 AM PDT by
Pippin
To: snippy_about_it
Cool. That almost looks like the Astoria tower at the mouth of the Columbia River. What a view from the top! What a climb to the top!!!
11 posted on
04/21/2003 6:59:33 AM PDT by
SAMWolf
(We have met the enemy and they are the French)
To: snippy_about_it
Good pix. Thanks for posting them.
133 posted on
04/21/2003 6:34:18 PM PDT by
Jen
(The FReeper Foxhole - Can you dig it?)
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