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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

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West Hartford, Connecticut.
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL. D. Born in Philadelphia December 10, 1787 Founded At Hartford the First School for the Deaf In America 1817 Died at Hartford September 10, 1851 (east face) Friend Teacher benefactor (south . . .

(Education • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Laurent Clerc

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West Hartford, Connecticut.
Laurent Clerc The Apostle To The Deaf Mutes Of The New World (north face) Laurent Clerc A.M. Born in La Balme, France December 26, 1785 Landed at New York August 9, 1816 Died at Hartford July 18, 1869 (south face) . . .

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Old North Cemetery

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West Hartford, Connecticut.
Old North Cemetery This graveyard was established in 1790, when Thomas Merrell of the West Division Parish (West Hartford) sold three quarters of an acre to the Town of Hartford. From time to time there were additions, the . . .

(Colonial Era • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Center Cemetery

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West Hartford, Connecticut.
Old Center Cemetery The land for this cemetery, the oldest official burying ground in West Hartford was acquired in 1719 by the Town of Hartford for the benefit of its West Division Parish (West Hartford). It remained the . . .

(Colonial Era • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Memory of French Soldiers

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West Hartford, Connecticut.
In Memory of French Soldiers Who died in West Hartford During the Revolutionary War Erected by the D.A.R. 1923

(War, US Revolutionary • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bay View Historical Museum

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Bay View, Michigan.
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Woman's Council, formerly Chautauqua Cottage

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Bay View, Michigan.
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Gilead Church

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Brunswick, New York.
Gilead Church Lutheran, organized about 1746 by Palantine settlers, 400 feet east of this spot. Moved 2½ miles south to present site in 1817.

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

Epworth Hall

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Bay View, Michigan.
Originally dedicated, July 23, 1891 Restored and rededicated on its 99th anniversary July 23, 1990

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

District No. 6

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Brunswick, New York.
District No. 6 c.1830 Brick school built on land granted by Luther and Olive Eddy. Later named the Lincoln School by students.

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

Cottage

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Bay View, Michigan.
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Stafford's Bay View Inn

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Bay View, Michigan.
J. W. Howard completed this spacious inn in 1887, naming it the Woodland Avenue House because of its proximity to that street. Later he called the hotel the Howard House. In 1923 the popular resort became the Roselawn in . . .

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Burning Man Timeline

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Black Rock City, Nevada.
"This here timeline was originally conceived and written by Mansonian chief Joe Oliver aka EXACT LEE. It was rewritten and gagged up and redrawn by David Silverman aka TUBATRON aka That Flaming Tuba Guy." Year of the Man 1 . . .

(Notable Events • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 14 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chickasaw County CSA Monument

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Houston, Mississippi.
(Front Side) Dedicated to the men of Chickasaw County who served in the War for Southern Independence 1861 - 1865 (Back Side) Infantry 2nd Miss. Regiment, Co. G 6th Miss. Regiment, Co. F 9th Miss. Regiment, Co. F 11th . . .

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

Chickasaw County Veterans Memorial

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Houston, Mississippi.
Dedicated to the citizens of Chickasaw County who served our country in peacetime and war with honor Dedicated to the memory of all boys of Chickasaw County who gave their lives in service to their country World War I John . . .

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

Pinson Square

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Houston, Mississippi.
Erected in 1982 in honor of Joel Pinson who donated 80 acres original survey for the town of Houston in 1836. He requested it be named for his friend, Sam Houston, previous governor of Tennessee and only president of Republic of Texas.

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

Palmer's Division

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Palmer's Division — Crittenden's Corps. Major General John M. Palmer. 1st Brigade - Brigadier General Charles Cruft. 2nd Brigade - Brigadier General William B. Hazen. 3rd Brigade - Colonel William Grose. (September 19, 1863, . . .

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

Cruft's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Cruft's Brigade Palmer's Division - Crittenden's Corps. Brigadier General Charles Cruft. September 19, 1863, 12:30 P.M., 1st Position. 31st Indiana - Colonel John T. Smith. 1st Kentucky - Lieutenant Colonel Alva R. Hadlock. . . .

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

Hazen's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Hazen's Brigade Palmer's Division - Crittenden's Corps. Brigadier General William B. Hazen. September 19, 1863, 12:30 P.M., 1st Position. 9th Indiana - Colonel Isaac C.B. Suman. 6th Kentucky - Colonel George T. Shackleford. . . .

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

Hood House

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Parker, Colorado.
In September of 1911, Fredrick B. Hood had come to Parker not only as a stock holder in the newly formed Parker State Bank, but to serve as the bank's cashier and manager as well. He purchased land on what was then called . . .

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