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Area Of The Old Council Tree

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near Cross Village, Michigan.
In this area, beneath a large tree, tribal chief of the Menominee, Ojibwe, and Odawak held many councils in the late 1700's. The tree was also used as a navigational tool during seasonal migrations.

(Native Americans • Environment) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trigg's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Trigg's Brigade. Preston's Division, - Buckner's Corps. Colonel Robert C. Trigg. September 20, 1863, 4 P.M. 1st florida Cavalry, Dismounted, - Colonel G. T. Maxwell. 6th Florida, - Colonel J. J. Finley. 7th Florida, - . . .

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

Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Fire in Guatemala City

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, Guatemala.
Por iniciativa de los alumnos de este plantel se dio hospitalidad dentro de sus aulas a mil cuarenta y cinco enfermos del incendiado Hospital Neuropsiquiatrico, ayudando dia y noche para darle confort, alimentos, y . . .

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

The Legs Inn

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Cross Village, Michigan.
(Side A) The Legs Inn, named for the stove legs that trim the roofline, is one of Michigan's most exuberant and unusual landmarks. The building reflects Stanley Smolak's creativity and the craftsmanship of local Odawa . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery B, 26th Pennsylvania

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Pennsylvania Light Artillery Battery B, 26th Independent. Samuel Beatty's Brigade. Van Cleve's Division. Crittenden's Corps. In action in this position afternoon of September 19th, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Light Houses of Grays Reef Passage

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Cross Village, Michigan.
Skillagalee Island Light Located 12 miles northwest of Cross Village. First established in 1850, the present Light was built in 1888. There are many shipwrecks near this island, in an area known as the "Graveyard of the . . .

(Communications • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The History of Redpath Memorial Presbyterian Church

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Cross Village, Michigan.
The Cross Village Presbyterian Church was first organized on February 19, 1888, and dedicated in October of 1890. In 1918, a fire that destroyed much of the town also consumed the church. The church was rebuilt in 1921 as . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Delaware

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Williamsburg, Virginia.
One of the thirteen original colonies. Capital-Dover Delaware was explored by Henry Hudson for the Dutch in 1609, but was named for Lord De la Warr, an early English governor of Virginia. In 1638 Peter Minuit established . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trail of the Whispering Giants

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Worland, Wyoming.
Carved in 1980 out of a Douglas Fir harvested in the Big Horn Mountains, Washakie County, Wyoming. This statue is one of 67 works by Peter Toth that are located throughout the United States and Canada honoring the American . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pennsylvania

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Williamsburg, Virginia.
One of the thirteen original colonies Capital-Harrisburg Although Captain John Smith entered the Susquehanna River in 1608 and Henry Hudson entered Delaware Bay in 1609, the region was not explored extensively until . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

New Jersey

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Williamsburg, Virginia.
One of the thirteen original colonies Capital-Trenton Dutch merchants established trade with the Lenape Indians and set up trading posts at present day Jersey City in 1618 and Fort Nassau in 1624. Swedish settlers came to . . .

(Native Americans • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Christiansburg Veterans Memorial

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Christiansburg, Ohio.
Christiansburg Veterans Memorial for all who served and those who died for freedom site of Odd Fellows Hall 1849- 2006

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

Poetry Methodist Church

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Terrell, Texas.
Originally called Turners Point, this community was founded in 1845 by Elisha Turner. In 1855 the Methodist congregation paid Zachariah Turner and his wife Martha $20 for the original church site. The Rev. J.W. Fields, a . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Staunton Veterans Memorial

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near Troy, Ohio.
In memory of Veterans Revolutionary War and War of 1812 They served with honor

(War of 1812 • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Georgia

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Williamsburg, Virginia.
One of the thirteen original colonies Capital-Atlanta To stop French claims to the area, Pedro Menendez de Aviles attempted a coastal Spanish settlement in 1565. England claimed the territory in the 17th century, but did . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Connecticut

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Williamsburg, Virginia.
One of the original colonies Capital-Hartford Dutch residents from New Amsterdam established a trading post near present-day Hartford in 1633, but it was the English from the Massachusetts Bay Colony who made the initial . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pioneer Square

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Worland, Wyoming.
Dedicated to those who persevered and conquered CITY of WORLAND Charles H. “Dad” Worland in 1900 dug his underground stage stop here on the old Bridger Trail. From Dad’s dugout grew the City of Worland drawing pioneer men . . .

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

Massachusetts

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Williamsburg, Virginia.
One of the thirteen original colonies Capital-Boston A group of zealous Puritans known as the Separatists or “Pilgrims” left England and established a colony at Plymouth in New England in 1620. In 1626, a Puritan settlement . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Maryland

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Williamsburg, Virginia.
One of the thirteen original colonies Capital-Annapolis In 1632, King Charles I of England granted land to George Calvert, Lord Baltimore. At Calvert’s death, his son succeeded to the title and organized a colonial . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Colby Mammoth Kill Site

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near Worland, Wyoming.
Extinct species of mammoths, horses, camels, and bison roamed this area 11,000 years ago and were being killed by humans known as the Clovis hunters. South of this spot 400 meters is the location of one of the largest known . . .

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