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Museum of National History

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico

El Castillo de Chapultepec se transformó en Museo Nacional de Historia, con base en el decreto por el presidente Lázaro Cárdenas el 31 de diciembre de 1938. Se inició la construcción del edificio en 1785, durante la administración del virrey Bernardo de Gálvez. Se planeó como un palacio de recreo para los virreyes; pero los elevados costos de su construcción impidieron concluirlo. En 1833, durante la administración del presidente Anastasio Bustamante, se decidió que el Castillo se convirtiera en sede del Colegio Militar. Desde 1858 hasta 1939, las habitaciones del Castillo ligadas al jardín aéreo, funcionaron como residencia oficial de los gobernantes de México.

English translation:
The Chapultepec Castle was transformed into the Museum of National History based on the decree given by President Lázaro Cárdenas on December 31 1939. Construction actually began on the building in 1785, during the administration of the Viceroy Bernardo de Gálvez. It was planned as a recreational palace for the viceroys, but the high construction costs kept it from being finished. In 1833, during the administration of President Anastasio Bustamante, it was decided that the Castle would be converted into the headquarters of the Military College. From 1858 to 1939, the rooms of the Castle that form the second story garden were used as the official resident of the rulers of Mexico.

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ceremonial Shrine of Ehécatl

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico
Durante la construcción de la estación Zócalo de la línea 2, en el año de 1967, se encontraron vestigios de la antigua civilización Mexica. Los estudios indican que en este lugar, cercano al Templo Mayor, se encontraba un importante conjunto arquitectónico de carácter ceremonial, el cual data del año 1400 d.C., pocos años después de la fundación de la gran Tenochtitlan.
El Adoratorio formado por varias estructuras superpuestas, la más antigua de forma rectangular, dedicada a Tláloc, Dios de la lluvia y la última, de forma circular, Ehécatl, dios del viento.
El Adoratorio se encontraba al centro de un patio hundido, con orientación Este-Oeste, similar a la Gran Templo Mayor. Esta orientación esta relacionada con la salida y ocaso del sol, astro venerado de gran importancia en la cosmo-visión Mexica.
En el Adoratorio y en su escalinata se encontraron diversas ofrendas, entre las que destacan la escultura de la monita danzante, una caja de piedra llamada Tepetlacalli, pintada de azul en su exterior.
Monita danzante

Material: Piedra
Dimensiones: 30 X 37 X33 cm
Temporalidad: ca. 1500 d.C.
Cultura: Mexica
Fue descubierta fragmentada intencionalmente en las escalinatas que lleva a la parte superior del Templo de Ehécatl. Esta escultura recrea una monita embarazada, quien lleva una máscara bucal, elemento característico de este Dios. Su posición, recrea una suerte del “movimiento Aliento Vivificador”, remolinos de viento para atraer la lluvia que regara los campos.

Tepetlacalli
Material: Piedra, Andesita
Dimensiones: 39 X 36 X 49 cm
Temporalidad: ca. 1500 d.C.
Cultura: Mexica
Los Tepetlacalli, eran cajas para guardar los instrumentos ceremoniales utilizados en la incineración de príncipes muertos, para contener sus cenizas o bien para guardar sus instrumentos de autosacrificio. La encontrada en estos vestigios fue pintada de color azul lo que la asocia al Dios Tláloc.

English translation:
During the construction of the Metro line number 2 from the Zócalo in 1967, the remains of the ancient Mexica civilization were found. Studies indicate that here, close to the Templo Mayor, was a major architectural ceremonial complex, which dates back to 1400 AD, a few years after the founding of Tenochtitlan.
The Adoratorio (ceremonial structure) consists of several superimposed structures, with the oldest rectangular structures dedicated to Tláloc, the god of rain, and the latter, circular structures dedicated to Ehécatl, god of wind.
The Adoratorio was at the center of a sunken patio, facing east-west, similar to the Great Templo Mayor. This orientation is related to sunrise and sunset, due to the sun’s great importance in the Mexica view of the universe.
On the shrine and its stairway various offerings were found, among which were a sculpture of a dancing monkey and a stone box called Tepetlacalli, painted blue on the outside.

The Dancing Monkey
Material: Stone
Dimensions: 30 X 37 X33 cm
Era: ca. 1500 A.D.
Culture: Mexica
This sculpture was intentionally broken at some time in the past and was discovered on the steps leading to the top of the Temple of Ehécatl. This sculpture recreates a pregnant monkey wearing a mouth mask, a characteristic element of this god Ehécatl. Her position recreates a pose called the "Life-giving breath movement", which was a portion of a dance to bring the rain that was so important for the watering of fields.

Tepetlacalli
Material: Stone, Andesit
Dimensions: 39 X 36 X 49 cm
Era: ca. 1500 A.D.
Culture: Mexica
Tepetlacalli were boxes for storing the ceremonial instruments used in the incineration of dead princes and also to contain their ashes or to save their instruments related to self-sacrifice. The remains of this box were painted blue, a color associated with the god Tláloc.

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Barracks Living Area:

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Wyoming, Park County, near Ralston
You are now overlooking the entire living area of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. More than 10,000 men, women and children lived in the area bounded on your left by at the red brick home in there distance, the hill ahead of you, the hospital on your right and the area where you are now standing. It was the third largest community in Wyoming. A diagram of a typical block and the layout of a barracks are shown. There were 30 blocks.
Relocation center housing was similar to that seen in temporary military camps of the time. Construction began in June 1942 with more than 2,500 workers, many of whom were from nearby communities. The government hired every man who could swing a hammer and the jobs were a huge boost to the regional economy. Thirteen million board feet of #3 grade green pine and spruce lumber arrived by railroad. A single barrack could be constructed in fifty-eight minutes. Quality of construction was of little concern. The barracks housing, mess halls, latrines, administrative and hospital buildings were erected in sixty-two days at a 1942 cost of $5.5 million dollars.
The green lumber shrank when it dried, leaving gaps between the boards of up to one-half inch. The outer walls were covered with black tar paper and lath. This type of construction created many hardships for the internees during the cold Wyoming winters.
Each barracks building was 120 feet long by 20 feet wide. The building was divided into six rooms, two 20 by 24 feet, two 20 by 16 feet and two 20 by 20 feet. The larger rooms were for families of six or more individuals. These barracks apartments supplied only basic protection against the elements. There was no individual or family privacy. Each room was furnished with a single coal burning pot-bellied stove and a single light fixture hanging from the open ceiling. Coal was dumped in a central location in each block and internees hauled what they needed each day. In addition, each internee was issued an army style cot with mattress and two wool blankets. Partitions for privacy usually consisted of blankets draped across a rope that spanned the room. The internees made furniture from scrap lumber. In late December 1942 and early January 1943, Celotex, a type of insulation wallboard finally arrived for the internees to install ceilings and walls.
Each block was made up of 24 barracks, two buildings with showers, lavatories, and laundry tubs, two mess halls and two recreation halls. Each block held about 550 persons.
Internees had to leave their apartments to use the latrine and shower facilities and to go to the mess halls for meals. The communal nature of the latrines and shower facilities destroyed any semblance of personal privacy. The communal nature of the mess halls also caused a breakdown in family structure, as children were not required to eat at the same time or at the same table as their parents.
All staple foodstuffs were requisitioned from Army Quartermaster stations and wartime food rationing was observed. Certain foods were more popular than others and the cry, "No more rutabagas," was often heard.
Within the living area of the relocation center were barracks set aside for Buddhist and Christian worship, schools, and later a community enterprise store, radio shop, dry cleaners, two movie theaters and a library. Eventually a United Staters Organization (USO) lounge was opened to entertain Nisei servicemen visiting their families.
What might appear to have been a "normal community" never was normal because of the surrounding barbed wire, guard towers and lack of personal freedom and privacy for the internees.

(War, World II • Asian Americans) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Relocation Center Support Facilities

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Wyoming, Park County, near Ralston
As you look through the site glass, you see the hill where the water reservoir stood. Across Highway 14A was the water treatment plant and adjacent to the military police complex was the sewage treatment plant. Directly across the intersection in front of you stood the fire station, Block 21 held the police station, and Block 28 the courthouse. The Heart Mountain Sentinel newspaper office was located in the administration area. At the foot of the hill in front of you was the relocation center cemetery. This station is an excellent vantage point for viewing the entire living area.
Water for domestic use was pumped from the Shoshone River below the camp into a treatment area south of Highway 14A. The water was treated, filtered and then pumped by the "high level pumping plant" into the concrete reservoir on top of the hill then flowed by gravity into the camp. The sewage disposal plant included sludge beds, a pump house, a chlorination house, and a large buried "Imhoff" tank.
The Military Police were responsible for security of the center. However, selected internees served as internal camp police. These "policemen" had the power to take people who were fighting or drunk or possessed weapons to the Military Police barracks.
The courthouse was located in Block 28. The Judicial Commission, a body of between three and seven internees, appointed by the internee-elected Chartered Council, could levy fines up to $300 for disorderly conduct or violation of internal regulation.
Fire was a great hazard because of the flimsy nature of the barracks and the use of coal stoves. The Fire Department organized September 1, 1942, sometimes was called out to fight fires in temperatures as low as thirty degrees below zero.
The water system had been built without expansion joints and occasionally pipes froze solid and cracked. On cold nights, residents kept stoves burning and volunteers took turns walking a fire watch.
Internee Bill Hosokawa was the founding editor of the weekly center newspaper, The Heart Mountain Sentinel, which was edited in the camp and printed in Cody. The Sentinel carried a mimeographed Japanese language supplement. Approximately 6000 copies of the Sentinel were published each week. Many copies were sent to friends and relatives outside the camp. The Sentinel sold at first for 3 cents, but the price was lowered to 2 cents when advertisers, such as mail order stores, patronized the paper. The internees published the paper with no interference from the Administration.
Between 1942-1945, 185 persons died at Heart Mountain. Some bodies were sent to Great Falls, Montana for cremation at a cost of $100; others were buried in the camp cemetery. All but five bodies were exhumed and removed to the West Coast after the war. The five unclaimed bodies were moved to the Powell Cemetery.

(War, World II • Asian Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Park Place Veterans Park

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New Jersey, Morris County, Butler

Spanish American War Monument
Freedom Patriotism and Humanity-To commemorate the war with Spain, The Philippine Insurrection and China Relief Expedition 1898-1902. This tablet was erected by the Corporal Thomas B. Miller Camp No. 17 Department of New Jersey United Spanish War Veterans 1942

Vietnam War Monument
Dedicated to all who served Vietnam War 1959-1975 Special Tribute to the men who lost their lives.
Charles Harry Haber Jr. Spec 4 Army 10 Jan 45-22 Mar 67; James Michael Mathews Cpl Marine Corps 02 Nov 45-18 June 68; Harold Joseph Mathews Jr. PFC Marine Corps 23 Jan 47-11 Sept 68. Donated by the citizens of the borough of Butler-Dedicated May 25, 1987.

Korean War Monument
Dedicated to all who served Korean War 1950-1955 Special tribute to those who lost their lives.
Frederick W. Aten 15 Feb 31-24 Oct 50 Cpl Army; George R. Tallman 12 Mar 29-16 Aug 52 PFC Army; Robert R. Downs Jr. 19 June 31-25 Dec 52 PVT Army-Donated by the citizens of the Borough of Butler, Dedicated May 25, 1987.

(War, Korean • War, Spanish-American • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Butler Railroad Station

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New Jersey, Morris County, Butler
Former passenger and freight station built by the NY S&W Railroad in 1888. Served as the transportation hub spurring economic growth in the community.

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

This Breastwork

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Pennsylvania, Adams County, Gettysburg
This Breastwork
was constructed
by
Rodes's Division C.S.A.
July 4, 1863

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Pennsylvania, Tioga County, Liberty

World War One - The Great War
Liberty Area Veterans

[Died in Service]
Emory H. Blackwell • Arthur M. Brion
Clyde Skelly

Liberty's World War II
Honor Roll

[Died in Service]
Charles M. Maneval • Gordon McCarthy
Elmer S. Miller Jr. • Dayton Mitstifer
Lafayette C. Putnam • Robert F. Snyder

For All Of Those That Served
During The Korean Conflict Time Period

[Died in Service]
Paul M. Collins • Floyd M. Schmouder
James D. Warriner

(War, World I • War, World II • War, Korean • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


The Eagle and the Serpent

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico

Durante su peregrinar hacia el sitio que les prometió el dios Huitzilopochtli, a comienzos del siglo XIV los mexicas se establecieron en Chapultepec, donde vivieron algunos años. Expulsados por sus vecinos, continuaron su éxodo hasta un día la señal de dios les indicó la tierra prometida: sobre un nopal, un águila se erguía y los saludaba; algunas versiones señalan que desgarraba aves, otra dice que ahogaba una serpiente. El lugar sería llamado México-Tenochtitlán, asiento de la ciudad imperial de los mexicas. El portento del águila como señal se volvió símbolo de identidad.
Después de la conquista de 1521, la Ciudad de México se estableció sobre el sitio donde se encontraba Tenochtitlán. Hacia 1536 la nueva capital ya era sede del virreinato, la audiencia y el obispado, y en apenas 15 años más también acogía el arzobispado y la universidad.
El símbolo del águila y la serpiente se ha utilizado desde la época virreinal como el elemento central del mito fundador de la identidad nacional. Para la cosmovisión mexica, el águila representa el sol que descansa en la cima del mundo y que roza con el nopal, el cual se encuentra arraigado en la montaña original que surge del espejo acuático y hunde sus raíces en las profundidades del inframundo.
Durante la época virreinal, el águila y la serpiente fueron el emblema que los novohispanos utilizaron para exaltar su tierra y equiparla con la grandeza de la España peninsular. Muy pronto, el escudo de la Ciudad de México se volvió escudo del Reino de la Nueva España; los insurgentes, desde Ignacio Allende y Morelos, lo adoptaron como propio. Al consumarse la Independencia en 1821 y hasta nuestros días, el águila y la serpiente han sido el emblema del escudo nacional.
La escultura que aquí se exhibe es una reproducción en bronce de la original de latón que adornaba el surtidor de agua en la Plaza Mayor de la Ciudad de México desde el siglo XVII. A comienzos del siglo XIX fue retirada para poner la estatua ecuestre de Carlos IV, conocida como El Caballito. El águila original se expone en la sala 1 del Museo Nacional de Historia, Castillo de Chapultepec.

English translation:
During their pilgrimage to the site that was promised to them by the god Huitzilopochtli, by the early fourteenth century the Aztecs (Mexica) settled in Chapultepec, where they lived for many years. They were expelled by their neighbors and continued their exodus until they saw a signal one day that told them they had reach the promised land. That signal was an eagle sitting on a cactus, waving to the Mexica; some versions of the story say that the eagle was ripping up birds; another says that he was drowning a snake. The place would be called Mexico-Tenochtitlan, seat of the imperial city of the Aztecs. The eagle came to represent a symbol of the city's identity.
After the conquest of 1521, Mexico City was established on the site of Tenochtitlan. In 1536 it was the new capital and the seat of the viceroy, the Royal Court and the bishop. In just 15 years it also welcomed the archbishop and the university.
The symbol of the eagle and the snake has been used since the colonial era as the central element of the foundation myth of national identity. In the Mexica worldview, the eagle represents the sun resting on top of the world, while touching against the nopal cactus. The cactus is rooted in the original mountain that emerges from the mirror made of water and is itself rooted in the depths of the underworld.
During the colonial era, the eagle and the snake were the emblem that New Spain used to represent their land and attempt to give it the same grandeur as mainland Spain. Soon, the seal of the City of Mexico became the seal of the Kingdom of New Spain; insurgents such as Ignacio Allende and Morelos also adopted it as their own. From Independence in 1821 until today, the eagle and the snake have been the emblem of the nation.
The sculpture exhibited here is a bronze reproduction of the original brass sculpture that adorned the fountain in the Plaza Mayor (Zócalo) of Mexico City starting in the seventeenth century. In the early nineteenth century it was removed to make space for the equestrian statue of Charles IV, known as El Caballito (The Little Horse). The original eagle statue is in Hall 1 of the National History Museum, Chapultepec Castle.

(Native Americans • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, Non-US) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

José María Morelos y Pavón

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico

Siervo de la Nación
1765-1815

English translation:
José María Morelos y Pavón
Servant of the Nation
1765-1815

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Daniel F. Green

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Pennsylvania, Union County, Lewisburg

This tablet is in memory
of the donor of this park

Daniel F. Green

Citizen, Banker, Philanthropist

His career and love of children
is an inspiration for all

Dedicated June 14, 1955

(Industry & Commerce • Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Catholic Chapel

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Pennsylvania, Union County, Lewisburg

Built at Second and St. John Streets in 1790 by Town Proprietor Mathias Ellenckhuysen, his wife, Clara and Rev. John B. C. Helbron, O.F.M. Cap., Pastor of Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia and attended by Major Anthony Selin, founder of Selinsgrove and his wife Agnes Snyder.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Francisco M. S. de Tagle

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico

Insigne Poeta
Michoacano
Nacio en Valladolid
(Morelia) en 1772
Partidario de la libertad
Redacto el Acta de
Independencia en 1821
Diputado y Senador
Fallecio en 1847

English translation:
Francisco M. S. de Tagle
Distinguished Poet
Born in Valladolid (now Morelia), Michoacán in 1772
Supporter of liberty
Wrote the Act of Independence in 1821
Congressman and Senator
Died in 1847

(Politics • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Christ Church Episcopal

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Pennsylvania, Adams County, York Springs

This parish was founded in 1746, at Huntington, by the Rev. Richard Locke to whom the Episcopal churches in Carlisle and York also owe their founding.

Civil War Building
July 1863

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Staff Sergeant Ryan Scott Ostrom

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Pennsylvania, Tioga County, Liberty

United States Army
Pennsylvania National Guard
Killed in Action - Taqaddum Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom
1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Division
Freedom Isn't Free

SSG Ryan S. Ostrom served with Company B-109th Infantry (Mechanized), 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Williamsport, PA

SSG Ostrom gave the ultimate sacrifice to his country when he was killed during a combat mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07. SSG Ostrom's dedication to duty and loyalty to his country were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Army and the Pennsylvania Army National Guard

Awards and honors received from the Department of the Army

Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal
Army Achievement Medal (3rd Award)
Good Conduct Medal
Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal
National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award)
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Iraqi Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal w/M Device
Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon
Army Service Ribbon
Overseas Service Ribbon
NATO Medal (Yugoslavia)

Combat Infantry Badge
Overseas Service Bar

Awards and honors received from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard

Pennsylvania Meritorious Service Medal
Gen T R White Medal
Gen T J Stewart Medal
Pennsylvania Governors Unit Citation (2nd Award)

On March 29, 2004 along with his fellow soldiers received the American Soldier Defender of Freedom Awards Global War on Terrorism Multi-National Brigade (North) Certificate of Appreciation during the transition ceremony from MND(N) to NMB(N).

Ryan was a member of the Liberty community, attended school in Liberty, college at Mansfield University and actively excelled in sports. As a Webelos he completed his Arrow of Light in Cub Scout Pack 2020. Played basketball, soccer, loved baseball and softball in school and out. Through Ryan's dedication and persistence he excelled in many areas of his life and remains a role model to those who knew him.

"All Gave Some - Some Gave All"
Dedicated to the memory of all who proudly served and protected their country

The Soldier's Creed

I Am The Guard

"A Soldier's Prayer
Psalms 121

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, 2nd Iraq) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


1st Lieutenant John E. Buffington

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Maryland, Carroll County, Taneytown

Medal of Honor

Awarded to 1st Lieutenant
John E. Buffington
March 4, 1908
for gallantry in action
April 2, 1865 at Petersburg, Va.

By authority of the Secretary of War
H.P. McCain, The Adjutant General

(War, US Civil • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Seth Ward College

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Texas, Hale County, Plainview
Original buildings erected in 1906-07. The school opened September 18, 1907, as Central Plains College and Conservatory of Music, with Dr. L.L. Gladney as president. The Nazarene Church maintained the college until 1910, when it was purchased by the Methodist Church. Dr. Gladney remained president until 1911.

After becoming a Methodist school, the institution changed its name to Seth Ward College in honor of Texas' first native Methodist bishop. The Rev. C.N.N. Ferguson served as president of the first board of trustees, who elected the Rev. J. Sam Barcus president of the college. Enrollment at that time totaled about 300 students.

On the 35-acre campus stood a four-story main building with 27 rooms and a large chapel. Two frame dormitories housed the students and teachers, and a small frame building accommodated the music classes. The school's motto, "Character First," expressed its intent to pursue a Christian educational program.

Presidents who followed Barcus were Dr. W.M. Pearce, The Rev. C.L. McDonald, and M.B. Johnson. The latter served until 1916, when the main building and girls' dormitory burned (the boys' dormitory had burned in 1914) and the college was forced to close.

(Education) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Blasingame Home

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Texas, Hale County, Plainview
When J.W. Pipkin constructed this Colonial Revival residence in 1910, Plainview was experiencing a period of dramatic economic development as a railroad center. In 1918 the home was purchased by F.E. Blasingame and his wife Mary (Rimes). For over sixty years they operated local restaurants which became popular social gathering places under their management. The home remained in the Blasingame's ownership until 1981.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 1982

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sounds in the Distance

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Mexico, Distrito Federal, Ciudad de Mexico

Al establecerse el Observatorio Nacional en el Castillo de Chapultepec, en 1878, uno de sus cuartos fue ocupado por instalaciones telegráficas que mantenían en comunicación al presidente Díaz con el resto del país. A solo dos años de la invención del teléfono en Estados Unidos, se realizó aquí el 16 de septiembre de aquel año la primera transmisión telefónica experimental en México: la voz de Díaz se escuchó al mismo tiempo en este edificio y en Palacio Nacional, en el centro de la ciudad. Para finales del siglo XIX había en todo el territorio del país más de cinco mil aparatos telefónicos: el directorio de la Ciudad de México constaba entonces de ocho hojas.

English translation:
With the National Observatory established in Chapultepec Castle in 1878, one of its rooms was occupied by telegraphic communication equipment that kept President Diaz in contact with the rest of the country. Just two years after the invention of the telephone in the United States, on September 16 of that year, the first experimental telephone transmission was made in Mexico: the voice of Diaz was heard at the same time in this building and in the National Palace, in the city center. By the end of the nineteenth century there were in the whole country more than five thousand telephones: the directory of Mexico City of consisted of eight pages.

(Communications • Man-Made Features • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Lake Plainview

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Texas, Hale County, Plainview
The City of Plainview, founded in the 1880s, sought agricultural supremacy for its trade area. Civic leaders pioneered irrigated farming in 1911 by boring the first of many deep water wells. In 1912, Texas Land & Development Co. installed a demonstration well near the Santa Fe Railway Depot and created Lake Plainview and a park at this site. Called Texas' largest body of water fed by a well, the lake was very popular with the public, but expensive to maintain. After fire destroyed the pump house in 1917, park and lake went back to nature. In 1977 the area again became a park.

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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