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Birthsite of Beauford H. Jester (1893-1949)

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Texas, Navarro County, Corsicana
Chief executive when significant Gilmer-Aikin law was passed raising standards of public education in Texas. His administration also made strides toward prison reform, water control, improved public roads. Jester was born at family home in Corsicana where he attended public school. He graduated from University of Texas 1916. Left Harvard Law School to serve as Captain in 90th Division During World War I. Graduated in law from University of Texas 1920 and became avid baseball player for many years. Jester practiced law and had oil interest in Corsicana. In 1946 he was elected governor as a Jeffersonian Conservative. At the inauguration World War I buddies carried him on their shoulders into the Governor's mansion where he had slept as a boy when his father George T. Jester was Lieutenant Governor. After the disastrous Texas City explosion killed over 400 persons in 1947, Jester personally assisted rescue operations. He was re-elected in 1948 when the legislature adjourned in 1949 after the longest regular sessions in Texas history. He left to take a vacation in Galveston but died reroute of natural causes. He was the only Texas Governor to die in office. His wife Mabel Buchanan: They had 3 children.

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

The St. Charles Hotel

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California, Sierra County, Goodyears Bar
The St. Charles was erected in 1852 as a hotel by Mr. Hermseir. It was purchased in 1860 by Christina and Jacob Fluke, and burned in 1864. In that year, it was rebuilt to included (sic) a bar and upstairs dance hall. In 1899, Paul and Gertrude Bachels purchased the hotel from the Fluke Estate auction. In the mid-1930’s the hotel was inherited by Marcellus (Si) and Ida (Bachels) Fischer. It continued operation as a hotel until the mid-1950’s, serving many patrons including teamsters and cattlemen driving Mountain House Grade. The Post Office was housed in the hotel from 1912 until the mid-1950’s, when it became the family residence of Mel and Marcella (Fischers [Bachels]) Ponta. In 1994, Mark and Tammy Helm purchased the building and, in conjunction with the Rollins Family, renovated it to a hotel, and bed and breakfast.

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Young's Monument

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West Virginia, Nicholas County, near Birch River
Off Young's Monument Rd. (.3M) is grave site of Henry & Lucinda Young. A Confed. militiaman or sympathizer, he was killed by Union troops nearby on 8 Sept. 1861. Details of Young's life and death are scant and confused, symbolizing divided loyalties, tragic times and enduring saga of Civil War in WV, when state was pitted against state and brother against brother. New road in 1970 required reburial.

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

Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 - 1902

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Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville
“You triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined”

President McKinley

Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 - 1902
By Department of Georgia
National Auxiliary United Spanish War Veterans
At the fifteenth Annual Convention
May 15-17, 1938

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

George Stiggins

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Alabama, Macon County, Shorter
Unmarked grave in Cubahatchie Baptist Church Cemetery. Half-blooded Creek Indian, planter, soldier, Indian agent, and historian, Stiggins lived on a nearby farm fronting the Federal Road from 1831 until his death. There he wrote "A Historical Narrative of the Genealogy, Traditions, and Downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian Tribe of Indians" from his firsthand knowledge of the Creeks, their leaders, and the Creek War of 1813-14. His sister, Mary, was married to William Weatherford (Red Eagle).

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

Lanterne des Morts

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
XIIe siècle Construite au milieu du cimetière bénédictin, son architecture est uniqe en France, liée à la liturgie de l’abbaye romane.

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Lantern of the Dead twelfth century
Built in the middle of the Benedictine cemetery, architecture is unique in France, linked to the liturgy of the Romanesque abbey.]

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hôtel de Grézel

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
XVe siècle Hôtel du XIIIe siècle, embelli après la guerre de Cent Ans par un belle tour d’escalier marquant la noblesse du son propriétaire.

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Hotel Grézel
fifteenth century Hotel thirteenth century, embellished after the Hundred Years War by a beautiful staircase tower marking the nobility of its owner.]

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hôtel de Goudin

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
XVIe siècle Ancienne famille de Chevaliers, seigneurs de la Roussie (Proissans).

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Hotel Goudin
sixteenth century Ancient family of knights, lords of the Roussie (Proissans).

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


Manoir de Gisson

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
XVe siècle Originellement du XIIIe siècle, it fut embelli après la guerre de Cent Ans, et doté d’une bell tour dite de nobléésse

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Gisson Manor
fifteenth century Originally thirteenth century, it was embellished after the Hundred Years War, and has a bell tower, sign of nobility.]

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hôtel de Vassal

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
Hôtel de Vassal XVe siècle Marqué par deux innovations: sa tour carrée et la tourelle jumelée en façade.

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Hotel de Vassal
fifteenth century Marked by two innovations: its square tower and twin turret in front.

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

Hôtel de Mirandol

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
XVIe siècle Le Comte de Mirandol fut député de la Dordogne en 1815.

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Hotel Mirandol
sixteenth century Count Mirandol was a member of the Dordogne in 1815.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
XVIIe siècle Le beau portail baroque est le seul ornement de l’église de Récollets devenue de chapelle des Pénitents Blancs au XIXe siècle. Depuis 1970, elle abrite un musée d’art sacré.

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Chapel of the White Penitents
seventeenth century The beautiful baroque portal is the only ornament of the Récollets church which became the White Penitents chapel in the nineteenth century. Since 1970, it houses a museum of sacred art.

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

Hôtel de Cervalè

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
XVIIe siècle Bâti par la famille de Marqueyssac, il passa à la famille de Cerval au XVIIIe siècle.

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Hotel Cervalè
seventeenth century Built by the family of Marqueyssac, it passed to the family of Cerval in the eighteenth century.

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hôtel de Carbonnier de Marzac

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France, Aquitaine, Dordogne, Sarlat-la-Canéda
XVe siècle La famille hérita du château de Puymartin au XVIIIe siècle. Ce bâtiment servit de caserne de gendarmerie jusqu’en 1819.

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Hall of Carbonnier Marzac
fifteenth century The family inherited the castle Puymartin the eighteenth century. This building served as a police barracks until 1819.

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Orpheus... Hero of Music and Poetry

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Maryland, Baltimore
In 1916 the Fine Arts Commission sponsored a national competition for a statue to honor Francis Scott Key and the defenders who protected Baltimore during the War of 1812. It chose "Orpheus" by Charles Niehaus.

America's involvement in World War I delayed the completion of the statue. Dedicated on Flag Day, June 14, 1922, and originally placed in the middle of the entrance road, it was moved to its current location in 1962.

Orpheus and the surrounding grove of Flowering crabapple trees show the transformation of Fort McHenry from an active military base to a place of reflection and commemoration.

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For many years the Orpheus statue has served as the centerpiece for the annual commemoration of the Battle of Baltimore.

(War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.


Freedom Summer Murders

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Mississippi, Neshoba County, Philadelphia
On June 21,1964 voting rights activists John Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, who had come here to investigate the burning of Mt. Zion Church , were murdered. Victims of a Klan conspiracy, their deaths provoked national outrage and led to the first successful federal prosecution of a civil rights case in Mississippi.

(African Americans • Churches, Etc. • Civil Rights) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Hiland Presbyterian Church

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Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, near West View
Historic Landmark
Hiland Presbyterian Church
Darby & Evans, R. Hensel Fink, Architects
1836, 1914, 1936

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dickson Log House

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Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Ben Avon
Built circa 1797 by Ben Avon's First Family. Reconstructed in 1984 using the original logs.

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

Pacific Coast Railway

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California, San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo
The Pacific Coast Railway was completed to San Luis Obispo on Aug. 8, 1876 having started as a horsedrawn rail line on the Port Hartford Pier (Port San Luis) in 1873.

Three foot gauge steam engines took trains loaded with farm, dairy and oil products to ships at the port. They carried passengers, lumber, machinery and household goods to the fast growing communities along the rail line that eventually reached Los Olivos in 1887. During the peak passenger year of 1912, over 62,000 fares were collected.

Regular use of the railroad declined during the depression years and the line was scrapped in 1942 after nearly seventy years of valuable service to this area of California.

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jax Truckee Diner

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California, Nevada County, Truckee
Originally built in October 1948 by Kullman Diner Co. Newark, New Jersey and shipped to West Chester, PA. known as the “Birmingham Grill” where it continually operated until purchased by the Carey Family in 1992. On July 26, 1995 the diner arrived in Truckee, California. No other diner of its size and class had ever been trucked across the continent. After extensive restoration the diner was re-opened to the public on December 7, 1995.

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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