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Mario Méndez Montenegro

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El honorable Concejo Municipal de Guatemala el 13 de junio de 1978, acordó designar con el nombre de Avenida Mario Mendez Montenegro a la Sexta Avenida en las Zonas Uno, Cuatro y Nueve como reconocimiento a su visión . . .

(Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Location of Olimpia Leal Normal School

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Aqui inicio su enseñanza normal el INSOL el 16 de junio de 1915 La Antigua G 16 de junio de 2015 English translation: Here began the training of teachers at the Olimpia Leal Normal School (INSOL) on June 16, 1915 Antigua . . .

(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Assassination of Oliverio Castañeda de Leon

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, Guatemala.
"Podran masacrar a los dirigentes, pero siempre que haya pueblo Habra revolucion" Oliverio Castañeda de Leon Secretario General de la Asociacion de Estudiantes Universitarios Cobardemente asesinado el 20 de Octubre de 1978 . . .

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

Workers Night School of Antigua Guatemala

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, Guatemala.
1963 - 1988 En esta casa se gesto y fundo el Instituto Mixto Nocturno para Obreros gracias al visionario esfuerzo y dinamismo ejemplar en pro de la cultura del pueblo Comite Fundador Ricardo F. Lopez Sosa · Jose Angel Lopez . . .

(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henrico History

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near Varina, Virginia.
In 1611, Sir Thomas Dale established the second English settlement in the Virginia Colony. Dale named the town Henrico in honor of Henry, Prince of Wales. In 1612, Virginia’s economy was transformed when John Rolfe . . .

(Native Americans • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

300th Anniversary of the Printing Press in Guatemala

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Homenaje de la Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala a la Tipografia Nacional, en el III centenario de la introducción de la imprenta en el Reino de Guatemala (año de 1660) Guatemala, 16 de julio de 1960. Marcador adicional . . .

(Colonial Era • Communications • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Life on the Canal

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Williamsport, Maryland.
"I would get acquainted with the life of the canal...for I had see nothing of the live boats and still livelier, the barge men, tow boys, cooks and lockkeepers which make up the life of the canal in summer." [text with . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boats Passing By

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Williamsport, Maryland.
In days past, while standing on the edge of the canal one would see a variety of boats float by. During the peak operating years of the C&O Canal in the 1870's, as many as 550 freight boats were in use on the canal carrying . . .

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

The Naming of the Lake

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Flintstone, Maryland.
In 1970, this dam was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers to impound Rocky Gap Run and create Lake Habeeb. The 243-acre lake is named in honor of Edward Habeeb who inspired the establishment of Rocky Gap State Park. . . .

(Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

American Indian Rockshelter Trail

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Flintstone, Maryland.
Eons ago, before there was a lake and dam that filled the valley, an ancient stream flowed through from the north. Now known as Rock Gap Run, it slowly cut through the rising sandstone bedrock that eventually became Evitts . . .

(Native Americans • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pine Lick Trail

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near Flintstone, Maryland.
Pine Lick Trail is connected to landmarks of national historic significance. THE MASON-DIXON LINE marks the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania, as well as the northern edge of Green Ridge State Forest. Completed in . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The White Gate

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, Australia.
The White Gate was a well-known landmark last century. By 1910 it was old and lying beside the posts which were still standing. The original White Gate was erected at the junction of the Batlow-Tumbarumba and Old Tumbarumba . . .

(Landmarks • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Log Roll Trail

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near Flintstone, Maryland.
Log Roll Overlook offers the hiker an enjoyable westward view of the Town Creek watershed and a view of three states. The overlook was named for logs that were rolled down the steep mountain slope in the late 1800s, to a . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Horticulture & Forestry • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Twin Oaks Trail

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near Flintstone, Maryland.
This trail allows the hiker to experience Green Ridge State Forest in miniature. The trail follows ridges and valleys along mountain streams and crosses open fields. One section of the trail opens up into an expansive view . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Long Pond Trail

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near Flintstone, Maryland.
Long Pond Trail follows the 15-Mile Creek stream valley. This trail winds over ridges and valleys with several steep ascents and descents. These features make it one of the most challenging trails at Green Ridge State . . .

(Waterways & Vessels • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Mash Jr.

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near Flintstone, Maryland.
Recognizing his contributions to forest conservation and historic preservation at Green Ridge State Forest 25 years of state service 1971-1996 Forest Manager 1975-1988 Author of The Land of the Living Championed the . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stela Commemorating the End of the Oxlajpiq/Oxlajb’ak’tun

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, Guatemala.
The marker is trilingual: Kaqchikel, Spanish and English Che’ab aj oxlajpiq/oxlajb’ak’tun Estela conmemorativa oxlajpiq/oxlajb’ak’tun Stela commemorating the end of the oxlajpiq/oxlajb’ak’tun Kaqchikel Re Che’ab’aj re’ . . .

(Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Entrance to the City's Center

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, Guatemala.
The marker is trilingual: Kaqchikel, Spanish and English B’ey pa ruk’u’x ri tinamit Entrada al centro de la ciudad Entrance to the city’s center Kaqchikel: K’o wi jun jul waqxaqi’ etok’al rupam, k’a ri’ pa ruwi’ ri’ k’o wi . . .

(Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Abilene & Southern Depot

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Ballinger, Texas.
Morgan Jones (1840-1926), a Welsh-born railroad builder, and his nephews Morgan C. (1876-1964) and Percy Jones (1885-1951) built the Abilene & Southern Rail Line in 1909 between Abilene and Ballinger. This stone structure . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anti-Tuberculosis Colony No. 1

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Carlsbad, Texas.
In 1911 the Texas legislature passed a law calling for the establishment of state institutions for the treatment of tuberculosis. Founded across the highway in 1912, the Anti-Tuberculosis Colony No. 1 opened with facilities . . .

(Education • Settlements & Settlers • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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