• United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co., 160 U.S. 668 (1896), was a case to prevent trolley operations on the Gettysburg Battlefield. The dispute...
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    (secondary coordinates) The Gettysburg Electric Railway was a borough trolley that provided summer access to Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attractions...
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    Edward McPherson (category People from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
    complaint against the Gettysburg Electric Railway which ended in the Supreme Court case of United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co. McPherson diverted...
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    domain takings include the Gettysburg Electric Railway right-of-ways in 1917 (cf. 1896 United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co.). Donated land included...
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  • developer. In United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co., 160 U.S. 668 (1896), the Supreme Court ruled in 1896 that seizing the railway for Gettysburg Battlefield...
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    Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, created for Union casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg...
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    worker injuries and deaths. 1896: Supreme Court rules in United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co. that the Takings Clause under eminent domain could be...
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    and power for World's Columbian Exposition and generators for Gettysburg Electric Railway 1893 – hired Bertha Lamme Feicht, the company's first female...
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    Gettysburg Railway (reporting mark GBRY) was a Pennsylvania short-line railroad of RailAmerica that operated on 23.4 mi (37.7 km) between Gettysburg and...
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  • This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the Fuller Court, the tenure of Chief Justice Melville...
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    The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal...
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  • list of streetcar (tram), interurban and light rail systems in the United States, by principal city (or cities) served, and separated by political division...
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  • following. Chambersburg and Gettysburg Electric Railway - 1903 began an electric interurban from Chambersburg to Gettysburg, but only opened to Caledonia...
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  • This is a list of places in the United States which are named after people. If not cited here, the etymology is generally referenced in the article about...
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    and Rockville railway companies. This consortium also gained control of the Potomac Electric Power Company and the United States Electric Lighting Company...
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    citizens group formed to oppose the Gettysburg Electric Railway (cf. United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry. Co.). The school closed in 1948, was sold...
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    McPherson Ridge (category Gettysburg Battlefield)
    turnpike from Gettysburg to Black's Gap (extended to Chambersburg in 1810). In 1835, Middle Ridge had the middle of three 1835 railway cuts (cf. Herr...
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  • committed crimes within the United States. List of rampage killers in the United States List of mass shootings in the United States International: Lists of...
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    The Northern Central Railway (NCRY) was a Class I Railroad in the United States connecting Baltimore, Maryland, with Sunbury, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna...
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    Colonel, A Flag, And A Dog," Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1998. Portrait of Richard Coulter in the United States Library of Congress...
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  • List of rail accidents (1910–1919) (category Lists of railway accidents and incidents)
    injured, most of them young girls. August 15 – United States – Two trolley cars of the Gettysburg Electric Railway collided near Devil's Den, ejecting people...
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    Tipton Station (category Railway stations in the United States opened in 1894)
    Tipton Station was a Gettysburg Battlefield trolley stop of the Gettysburg Electric Railway for passenger access to Crawford's Glen to the north, Devil's...
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  • James Sloan, co-founder of the Orange Order John D. Sloat (1781–1867), American rear admiral, claimed California for the United States in 1846. St. Nicholas...
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  • uses two of the White 706 buses originally built for Yellowstone for Gettysburg National Battlefield tours. One ex-Mount Rainier White 706 is on display...
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    111 at the 2020 census, making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States. The Metro Detroit area, home to 4.3 million people, is the second-largest...
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    Since 1872 the United States National Park System has grown from a single, public reservation called Yellowstone National Park to include 430 natural...
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    the tree is traditionally lit by the President and First Lady of the United States. Every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has also made formal remarks...
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  • alumni and scholars of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, United States. Benjamin Abella: professor of emergency medicine Herman Vandenburg...
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    United States v. Crandall Gag rule Commonwealth v. Aves Murder of Elijah Lovejoy Burning of Pennsylvania Hall American Slavery As It Is United States...
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  • Washington for Gettysburg. The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all slaves in the United States; the Proclamation applied in the ten states that were...
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