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This is an aerial photo of Tamarack Ridge, where Highland New Wind Development proposes to erect some of its wind turbines. Long-time Allegheny Mountain residents claim the vertical feature in the lower right corner, which is crossed right to left by a dirt road, could be Civil War era breastworks. Breastworks are typically ditches where a higher side was constructed for troops to duck into while they try to hold a position in battle, or scout enemy locations. During the Civil War, this area of the mountain was home to an important battle and winter encampment at Camp Allegheny before and after the Battle of McDowell in 1861. The Recorder provided this photo to the state Department of Historic Resources, but no determination has yet been made about whether this feature is, indeed, from the Civil War. (Recorder file photo)