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216 Buckley

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Martinez, California.
Aiello Family Home
Fishing nets and wines were made in this home of an Italian fisherman family. In 1892, Francesco Aiello emigrated from the Isola de Favignana Sicilia, Italia.
Built 1904

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

224 Buckley

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Martinez, California.
Original Homesite of Francesco & Girloma Bilecci.
Francisco biological father was a 4 star general in the Italian army. His adopted father was a prominent local fisherman.
Orig 1900

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215 Marina Vista

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Martinez, California.
Original home of fisherman and S.P. Railway worker Francesco Marchi and wife Santa Balestrieri. Later home to Bocce Champion Nicola di Tullio and wife Annuziata.
Built 1928

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236 Buckley

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Martinez, California.
DiMaggio Family Home
Built by parents of baseball great, Joe DiMaggio & sold to his aunt & uncle. Site of Joes wedding reception.
Built 1927

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Hilson's

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Martinez, California.
On this site in 1852, Hiram Fogg began a mercantile store. Operating since as:
1854 - 1897 Simon Blum & Bro.
1897 - 1912 Baer Bros.
1912 - 1986 Hilson's

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal

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, Nicaragua.

En conmemoracion al martir de las
libertades publicas, el
Dr. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal
detenido y torturado en las instalaciones
de la Loma de Tiscapa en varias ocasiones
y asesinado el 10 de enero de 1978.
Managua, 25 de abril de 1996.

"A tus hijos diles, que mi patria son ellos, y otros niños como ellos por los cuales hay que sufrir, y a veces, hasta morir."

Pedro Joaquin Chamorro C.
12 de julio de 1959.

English translation:
In commemoration of the martyr to public freedom,
Dr. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro Cardenal
detained and tortured in the installations of
Loma de Tiscapa on various occasions
and assassinated on January 10, 1978
Managua, April 25, 1996.

"Tell your children that my nation is theirs, and that of other children for whom it is necessary to suffer, and sometimes, even to die for."

Pedro Joaquin Chamorro C.
July 12, 1959

(Civil Rights • Politics • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The McCoy Cook House

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Antioch, California.
This little house built by the McCoy's in 1861, at their ranch on the side of Kirker Pass, served as their first home. As time passed and the ranch became established, a much larger farmhouse was built for the family. It was then that the 2 room cottage became the "cook house". Inside, meals were prepared for the ranch hands during round-up and for the family, during the warm summer months, to keep the heat out of the main house.
At one time 5 people lived in this little house. Of course there was an outhouse, but you may wonder where they slept. Older children went to the barn in the warmer weather. For the adults, kitchen tables were folded up against the wall and springs and mattresses were lowered on the floor. Small children slept in cribs, or with their parents or under tables until they were too large. In those days, it was more important to have a good barn to protect the livestock, than it was to have a big house.
To your left you will see a mural that depicts a farm on the side of Kirker Pass, the original site of the "cook house". The building was move to the old Arata Ranch at the foot of Somersville Road and used by the Antioch School District as a display of pioneer living. In 2008 it was move to its present location on these museum grounds where it was restored to is current condition.

(Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Francisco Morazán

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, Nicaragua.

Nicaragua
en el
Centenario
de su muerte
15 Septiembre 1942

English translation:
Francisco Morazán
Nicaragua
on the 100th Anniversary
of his death
September 15, 1942

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

Tomb of Three Founders of the Sandinistas

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, Nicaragua.

Jefe de la Revolucion
Comandante
Carlos Fonseca Amador
23 Junio 1936 · 7 Noviembre 1976
Nicaragua entera te dice
Presente
7 Noviembre 1979
Año de la Liberación
Carlos es de los muertos que nunca mueren!

Comandante
Tomas Borge Martinez
13 Agosto 1930 · 30 Abril 2012
Nicaragua entera te dice
Presente
30 Abril 2012

Santos Lopez eslabon vital
entre Sandino y el F.S.L.N.
Managua Nicaragua Libre
3 de Marzo de 1984
"Jamas se os perdonara nicaraguenses que presentareis la otra mejilla al invasor. Vuestras manos deben de ser ciclon sobre los descendientes de William Walker."
A.C. Sandino

English translation:
Leader of the Revolution
Commander
Carlos Fonseca Amador
June 23, 1936 · November 7, 1976
All of Nicaragua says
We're Here!
November 7, 1979
The Year of Freedom
Carlos is one of those that never dies!

Commander
Tomas Borge Martinez
August 13, 1930 · April 30, 2012
All of Nicaragua says
We're Here!
April 30, 2012

Santos Lopez vital link
between Sandino and the F.S.L.N.
In a Free Managua Nicaragua
March 3, 1984
"Nicaraguans will never be pardoned if they present the other cheek to the invader. Our hands must be a cyclone on the descendants of William Walker."
A.C. Sandino

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Last Cabinet Meeting

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Washington, Georgia.
Site of
The Bank of The
Sate of Georgia,
Washington Branch

Last Cabinet Meeting
Confederate States of
America

May 4, 1865

In a final act,
President Jefferson Dais
dissolved the
C.S.A. government.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Heroes of October 17, 1977

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, Nicaragua.

Parque 17 de Octubre
Del pueblo de Masaya
en memoria de los martires
y heroes caidos en la lucha
por la liberacion nacional
en aquella epopeya gloriosa
del 17 de octubre de 1977

Francisco Castellon P. · Max Somarriba T. · Juan Carlos Herrera C. · Manuel Sanchez · Rolando Lopez P. · Norman Lopez P. · Francisco Garcia · Cmdte Israel Lewites R.

Masaya Octubre 27 de 1979
Año de la Liberacion
Patria Libre o Morir
Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional
(F.S.L.N.)

English translation:
October 17th Park
From the people of Masaya
in memory of the martyrs and heroes
fallen in the struggle for national liberation
in that glorious adventure
of October 17, 1977

Names of the fallen

Masaya, October 17, 1979
The Year of Freedom
A Free Nation or Death
Sandinista Front for National Liberation
(F.S.L.N.)

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fairview Cemetery

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near Follett, Texas.
Established 1924
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004

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Site of Daniel Scribner's Home

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near New Berlin, New York.
Site of Daniel Scribner's Home Built 1790 First house in 16th township. Large log building used as trading post and for town meetings.

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Second Joint Appearance

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near Freeport, Illinois.
The second round in a seven-round bout between political giants Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln was held in Freeport on August 27, 1858. In what has become a legendary struggle, Lincoln and Douglas contested for a seat in the United States Senate, but the soul of the nation was at stake – not just a Senate seat.

Douglas was the incumbent. However, the election was a hurdle in his dream of becoming President of the United States in 1860. Lincoln was a relatively unknown Springfield attorney seeking to unseat a powerful politician.

While the topic of the Freeport debate, like all the other debates, was slavery, the underlying subject was an issue of morality. Douglas argued that in a democracy, the majority could do as it pleased. Lincoln argued that even in a democracy there were moral limitations that even the majority could not exceed.

A town of some 5,000 in 1858, Freeport was inundated with a crowd estimated at between 10,000 and 15,000 on that cold, windy day. What the throng heard from the two men included what has become known as the “Freeport Doctrine.” Pronounced by Douglas in response to a question from Lincoln, the Freeport Doctrine was a restatement of Douglas’ popular sovereignty stance – that a people could vote for or against slavery as they saw fit.

Douglas went on to win re-election to the senate, but the Freeport Doctrine split Douglas’ National Democratic Party, a major factor in electing Lincoln President in 1860.

(Notable Events • Politics • Abolition & Underground RR) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mormon House Site

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Afton, New York.
Joseph Smith, founder of Mormon Church, & Emma Hale were married here January 18, 1827 by Justice Zechariah Tarble

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

Quanah Parker Trail

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Lipscomb, Texas.
Wolf Creek north of here provided a watering and camp site
for Indian hunting parties
Arrow Sculptor: Charles A. Smith


(Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lock 99

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near Oxford, New York.
The Chenango Land Trust expresses its graditude Maurice and Barbara Ingraham for having the foresight to protect Chenango Canal Lock 99,the best preserved Chenango Canal lock, Lock purchase and preservation made possible by a grant from the Land Trust Alliance

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kingsbury County South Dakota

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Arlington, South Dakota.
A region of buffaloes and Indians until 1870s. Indian mounds are found at Spirit Lake. In 1838 the Nicollett-Fremont party skirted the NE corner. In 1857 Inkapaduta’s renegade Indians passed through with two white women captives, victims of the Spirit Lake massacre in Iowa. In a skirmish several of the renegades were killed by Agency Indians near Lake Thompson. In 1857 Nobles Trail was built west passing south of this lake.

The Yankton Sioux ceded the region to the government in 1859. It was part of huge Buffalo County, 1864, and of larger Hanson County in 1870. On Jan. 8, 1873 it became Kingsbury County, named for George W. Kingsbury (1837-1925) of Yankton, legislator, editor and historian. Surveyed in 1873-75, general settlement began in 1878. The railroad came in 1879-80. The county was organized Feb. 18, 1880 by H.W. Palmer, H.J. Burvee, and Benjamin Loken. De Smet, the county seat, was named for Father Peter John De Smet (1801-1873), Jesuit missionary. The county in 1880 had 1,102 people, by 1890 – 8,562. Its area is 36 by 24 miles, or 552,960 acres. Lakes include Thompson, Henry, Spirit, Preston, Whitewood, Albert and others. Excellent waterfowl and pheasant hunting, and fishing are found here. Pioneer days have been depicted by three former residents of the county in Rose Wilder Lane’s novels, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s children’s stories, and Harvey Dunn’s paintings.

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brookings County South Dakota

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Arlington, South Dakota.
Home of roving Indians until 1862. The exploring party of Nicollet, scientist, and Fremont, ‘Pathfinder of the West,’ visited Oakwood Lakes July 1838, leaving the first reliable record.

The region East of the Big Sioux was ceded by the Santee Sioux in 1851 that to the west by the Yankton Sioux in 1858. A breastwork was made at Oakwood Lakes in 1859 and occupied again in 1862-63. In 1857 Nobles Wagon Road was built through the county, crossing the Big Sioux over an improved ford. A settlement, Medary, existed there 1857-58 when the Sioux forced its abandonment. Permanent settlement was begun nearby in 1869 by 10 Norwegians with Medary the county seat 1871-79. Another such colony of 31 settled at Lake Hendricks in July 1873. Population increased rapidly after 1877, numbering 4,965 in 1880, and 10,132 in 1890.

Brookings County was created in 1862 and named for Wilmont W. Brookings (1830-1905), prominent pioneer judge and legislator. Until 1873 it included parts of Moody, Lake and Kingsbury Counties. It was organized on July 3rd, 1871 in Martin N. Trygstand’s cabin, 4 miles NW of Medary.

Most towns began in 1879 when the Northwestern R.R. crossed the county, and others when roads pushed North in 1884. Medary, Oakwood and Fountain became ghost towns and Brookings the county seat. In 1881 State College was established in Brookings, opening its doors in 1884.

Brookings County welcomes you to its 791 square miles of prosperous farms, beautiful lakes, and happy homes.

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lipscomb, Texas

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Lipscomb, Texas.
Established, 1886 by settlers hoping to benefit from proposed Santa Fe Railroad in Panhandle.

Post office was opened in 1886; Lipscomb Town Company sold land for $3 an acre in 1887. In first month, seven businesses started.

When county was organized in 1887, Lipscomb became seat, named for A. S. Lipscomb, secretary of state in Republic of Texas and justice of State Supreme Court. Hotel from undeveloped town of Dominion was moved here, 1887.

First courthouse was built in 1887. The first school -- in a church -- had 25 pupils, 1888. A new courthouse was erected, 1916.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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