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10th Mountain Division Memorial

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near Leadville, Colorado.
Memorial 10th Mountain Division World War II In memory of our 990 comrades in arms who gave their lives on the WWII battlefields of Italy and the Aleutian Islands. Campaigns Northern Apennine Mountains, Po Valley, Kiska . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Stagecoach Inn

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Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania.
A log-framed inn served travelers on Sullivan Road, circa 1850. Rooms, food and drink were available. It also housed church services and a post office for the town, then known as Tompkinsville. Operated by Frederick P. . . .

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

MacDonald Hall

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Fort Dix, New Jersey.
In memory of Florence MacDonald U.S. Army Nurse Corps Heroine of Corregidor Veteran of two World Wars Fort Dix Station Hospital Chief Nurse 1942-44

(War, World I • War, World II • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

35th Ohio Infantry

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
35th Ohio Infantry VanDerveer's Brigade, Baird's Division, 14th Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Henry V. Boynton Major Joseph L. Budd November 25, 1863 During the forenoon of November 25 Baird's Division was sent to the . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Bemus Point Hotels

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Bemus Point, New York.
Between 1871 and 1880 four separate hotels were constructed on Lakeside Drive: Felton House; Columbian Inn; Mason House; and the Hotel Lenhart.

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

Bemus Point Library

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Bemus Point, New York.
First library built on land donated by Elizabeth Bemus, librarian & study club founder chartered by NYS in 1910.

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

Train Depot

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Bemus Point, New York.
Built by the Chautauqua Lake Railway. Later used by the J.W & N.W. electric trolley line. 1887-1950.

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

36th Ohio Infantry

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
36th Ohio Infantry Turchin's Brigade, Baird's Division, 14th Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Hiram F. DeVol November 25, 1863 The morning of November 25th the 36th, with its brigade and division, marched to support General . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

John James Culbertson

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Paris, Texas.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, John James Culbertson grew up in large northeastern cities. He married Emily Lou Lee of New Jersey in 1882 and soon became a salesman for a cotton product company based in Alabama. During his . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First National Bank of Paris

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Paris, Texas.
Organized and opened for business at its present location in 1886 by William J. McDonald (1844-1926), Civil War veteran and lawyer. Earlier he had opened the Citizens Bank of Clarksville and in 1889 he established a Delta . . .

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

Lamar County, C. S. A.

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Paris, Texas.
On uneasy border of Indian Territory in the Civil War. A military transport center, on the Old Central National Road surveyed in 1844 by the Republic of Texas, to run from San Antonio, crossing Red River north of Paris. A . . .

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

Lamar County Courthouse

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Paris, Texas.
The March 1916 fire that left downtown Paris in ruins ravaged Lamar County's massive 1897 Romanesque courthouse and tower, once thought indestructible. On April 20, 1916, the Lamar County Commissioners Court chose local . . .

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

Greenstone United Methodist Church

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Avalon, Pennsylvania.
Greenstone United Methodist Church 1906

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

Paris

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Paris, Texas.
This site marks the first call for survey of the city of Paris, Republic of Texas, 1844. Geo. W. Wright, early settler, soldier in Texas War for Independence, congressman of the Republic, donated 50 acres of land for Lamar . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, Texas Independence) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Spiritual Heart in the Park

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Moose, Wyoming.
This rustic Episcopal chapel, constructed in 1925, held the first services on July 26 of that year. Prior to its construction, worshippers traveled 12 miles over rough roads to the town of Jackson. Today, that is just a . . .

(Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Natchez Trace

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Tishomingo, Mississippi.
Natchez Trace Marked by Daughters of American Revolution LaSalle Chapter Corinth, MS. 1908 Tishomingo Chamber of Commerce 1988

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Natchez Trace

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near Tishomingo, Mississippi.
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(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Natchez Trace at Mathiston

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Mathiston, Mississippi.
This monument marks the Natchez Trace at Mathiston in the county of Webster, named for the great statesman Daniel Webster. “Along this road brave spirits came over shallow brook and roaring stream, to toil and die and leave . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dick Turpin

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near Moran, Wyoming.
In Memory of Dick Turpin Soldier, Scout and Pioneer Settled here 1887 Erected by the Trustees Robert E. Miller F. Buchernroth C.R. Van Vleck Wm. L. Simpson

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

Transportation is King / Modernization

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Root, New York.
Transportation is King The world kept changing, and the Erie Canal along with it. Completed in 1825, the Canal has been rebuilt - or enlarged - twice. The original Erie Canal, known as Clinton's Ditch, was only 40 feet wide . . .

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