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Clark's Bridge

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Lincoln, New Hampshire.
Clark's Bridge. Make: Howe Truss. Built: 1904. Weight 200 tons. Capacity 200 tons. Length 116'. Width 21'8". Clearence 20'6" Originally spanned the Winooski River in Barre, VT. Disassembled in 1960 and moved to Lincoln. . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quinten E. Mulleavey

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Lincoln, New Hampshire.
Quinten E. Mulleavey born Dec. 16, 1948 Friend and dedicated member of the covered bridge project. One of three high school students who at the age of 16 helped move this massive covered bridge over the Pemigewasset River. . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • War, Vietnam • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Park History

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Rumney, New Hampshire.
Polar Caves Park was discovered by a group of local teenagers playing in the boulders beneath Mt. Haycock in the year 1900. Twenty-two years later Edwin Collishaw, seeing the potential, opened the caves to the public. He . . .

(Entertainment • Environment • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Geological History of the Polar Caves

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Rumney, New Hampshire.
Nearly five billion years ago a great ball of cosmic gasses began to cool and condense forming our solar system. This cooling process continued for 3½ billion years solidifying our planet, Earth, and eventually forming the . . .

(Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Granite State

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Rumney, New Hampshire.
Granite is an Igneous rock and is known for being extremely durable and hard. In the early 1900's this site was used to harvet granite for the main lodge's foundation and entrance signs for the Polar Caves. You can see . . .

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

Lyman House

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Wilmington, Vermont.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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7 West Main Street

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Wilmington, Vermont.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

Site of First Hoosick Baptist Church

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Hoosick, New York.
Site of First Hoosick Baptist Church Organized March 16, 1785. First building erected 1792. Elder Samuel Rogers first regular pastor 1797

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

Early Tavern

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Hoosick, New York.
Early Tavern Kept by David Wilcox before 1814. Later home of Dr John Warren, born 1806, died 1882

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Chester A. Arthur

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Hoosick, New York.
Chester A. Arthur President 1881-1885 lived in Hoosick, N.Y. Union College Graduate 1848

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Greenville R. Davidson

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Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
In Memory of Greenville R. Davidson and Confederate Veterans of Floyd County Who Fought for Our Confederacy

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

County Named, 1799

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Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
For Col. John Floyd. Born Amherst County, Va., 1750. Led party to survey land now Kentucky, 1774. With George Rogers Clark’s Indian expeditions. Back in Va., joined Colonial navy. Captured, taken to England. Escaped. Built . . .

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Samuel May / Samuel May House

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Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
(Side One) Samuel May (1783 - 1851) Son of Revolutionary War veteran John May and Sarah Phillips May, Samuel settled in Prestonsburg around 1807. Commissioned to build county’s first brick courthouse in 1818. Elected state . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Floyd County Veterans Memorial

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Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
All Veterans Gave Some These Veterans Gave All World War I (List of Names of Veterans Who Gave All) World War II (List of Names of Veterans Who Gave All) Korean War (List of Names of Veterans Who Gave All) Vietnam War (List . . .

(War, World I • War, World II • War, Korean • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

11th Mississippi Monument

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Mechanicsville, Virginia.
(front) 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Law's Brigade Hood’s Division Jackson’s Corps Lee's Army of Northern Virginia C.S.A. Dedicated 2016 In their honor The men who carried this position were soldiers indeed Stonewall . . .

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

Bloomfield Vietnam Veterans Monument

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Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Vietnam Veterans Monument George C Kosovich Jr 11-1-65 Edward L Bieber 10-23-67 Robert S Bagnall 3-8-69 Barry Jackson 3-18-69 (back) Dedicated to The Men And Women of Bloomfield Who So Bravely Answered Their . . .

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John Christian Frederick Heyer

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Friedens, Pennsylvania.
In 1842 Father Heyer became the first American Missionary to India, establishing schools and churches and ministering to women and those outside the caste system. In the US, he traveled extensively in Pa. and the Midwest . . .

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Bloomfield Korean War Memorial

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Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Korean War Memorial Dedicated to the Memory of those who served for America as part of a United Nations team to establish a foothold for democracy at the thirty-eighth (38th) parallel in Korea. Special attention is given to . . .

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

Bloomfield Civil War Memorial

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Bloomfield, Connecticut.
The Town of Bloomfield dedicates this memorial to the 129 men who signed to serve in the Union Army during the Civil War 1861 – 1865 A grateful town thanks them Dedicated Memorial Day May 28, 2012

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

S.S. Badger / Ludington Car Ferries

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Ludington, Michigan.
(Side A) S.S. Badger S.S. Badger is one of fourteen ships that served in the Ludington railroad car ferry fleet. Badger and its sister ship S.S. Spartan, were built in 1952 by the Christy Corporation of Sturgeon Bay, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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