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Mosley and Johnson

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New Albany, Mississippi.
Front Although the African American community of New Albany has been small in number, it has produced many citizens of distinction. In the fields of blues, rhythm & blues, and gospel music, the names of Sam Mosley, Bob . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bryant Branch Library

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Dearborn, Michigan.
Education is the greatest force in civilization Henry Ford (1863-1947) This building served as Dearborn's Main Library for 45 years and was named the public library. Land for the building was donated in 1923 by Mrs. Henry . . .

(Education • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elder Roma Wilson & Rev. Leon Pinson

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New Albany, Mississippi.
Front The down-home gospel sounds of renowned Union County musicians Elder Roma Wilson (b. 1910) and Rev. Leon Pinson (1919-1998) won them many admirers among blues and folk music audiences, although they were evangelists . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

6th Ohio Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
6th Regiment Ohio Infantry, Grose's Brigade. 2:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. September 20, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of Marion Territory and Marion County Courts

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Hamilton, Alabama.
Side 1 February 13, 1818 — Gin Port - west of Amory, MS on Tombigbee River December 16, 1819 — Henry Grier House, near Columbus, MS - first designated courthouse Late 1820-1822 — Military Ford Court - under trees and in . . .

(Notable Buildings • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

6th Kentucky (USA)

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
6th Kentucky Inf. U.S. Vols.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Toll Gate

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Hamilton, Alabama.
Side 1 {Map of Early Toll Gate Area Hamilton, Alabama County Seat Location} Captain Albert J. Hamilton, Judge Terrell's son-in-law, petitioned the Alabama legislature for a new county seat election. Toll Gate won the site . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Roads & Vehicles • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

10th Indiana Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Indiana. Tenth Regiment Infantry. (Carroll) Second Brigade. (Croxton) Third Division. (Brannan) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Sunday, September 20th, 1863, 4 P.M. to 5 P.M.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

23rd Kentucky (USA)

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
23rd Kentucky Inf. U.S. Vols.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

City of Guin, Alabama: The Early Years / The Storms of 1974

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Guin, Alabama.
City of Guin, Alabama: The Early Years In 1889, Dr. Jeremiah Guin gave land to the Kansas City, Missouri & Birmingham Railroad to allow completion of its Memphis to Birmingham railway. The rails connected at Dr. Guin's . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Railroads & Streetcars • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

74th Indiana Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Indiana Seventy-Fourth Regiment Infantry. (Chapman) Second Brigade. (Croxton) Third Division. (Brannan) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 12:30 P.M.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henry C. Luecke

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Wichita Falls, Texas.
A native of Missouri, Henry C. Luecke (1861-1937) came to Texas about 1890. He opened a blacksmith shop at this intersection in 1903. Here he developed and manufactured the Wichita Gang Plow, patented in 1905. His device was . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Alonzo Soule

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Wichita Falls, Texas.
Before coming to Wichita Falls George Alonzo Soule (1840-1913) owned a freight and stage line in Jacksboro and Fort Griffin. After the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad came through here, Soule brought his wife Lilla and Family . . .

(Notable Persons • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of St. James Hotel

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Wichita Falls, Texas.
Joseph Alexander Kemp (1861-1930), a Wichita Falls merchant, and Morris Lasker (1840-1916), a native of Prussia who later served as state senator from Galveston, formed a partnership in 1892 for the construction of a hotel . . .

(Notable Buildings • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

J. A. Kemp Wholesale Grocery Building

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Wichita Falls, Texas.
Built in 1892, this structure housed the J. A. Kemp Wholesale Grocery business for 35 years. The building originally measured 50 by 100 feet and contained a full basement. A two-story brick addition was completed by 1901. . . .

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

The Zale Legacy

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Wichita Falls, Texas.
In the early 20th Century, the Wichita Falls oil boom attracted several immigrant Russian Jewish families seeking a better life. One such immigrant to the town, Morris Bernard Zalefsky (1901 - 1995), began to learn the . . .

(Notable Buildings • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John F. O'Donohue

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Wichita Falls, Texas.
Mississippi native John F. O'Donohue (1885 - 1967) first came to Wichita Falls in 1909 as a scout for the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company, which later became the Gulf Oil Corporation. While staying in the Jolene Hotel, the . . .

(Notable Persons • Natural Resources • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

11th Ohio Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the front side of the monument: 11th. Ohio Infantry, Turchin's Brigade, Reynolds's Division, 14th. Army Corps. Text on the back side of the monument: This Regiment, Colonel Philander P. Lane commanding, from 3:00 . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

31st Indiana Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the monument: 31st Regiment Indiana Infantry 1st Brigade - Cruft. 2nd Division - Palmer. 21st Corps -Crittenden. Text on the Back Side of the monument: Indiana's Tribute To Her Thirty-First . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Red River Valley Museum

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Vernon, Texas.
Features one of Texas' famed regional collections of Indian artifiacts, tracing history of early man along the Red River. Before Chisholm Trail days, when thousands of cattle crossed Red River at nearby Doan's Crossing, . . .

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