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Giles Restaurant

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Petoskey, Michigan.
"We treet you righte both day and night and have no cause for sorrow. Eat your fill and pay your bille and come again tomorrow," was the wording on the sampler that hung in the back of Giles Restaurant for nearly 50 years. . . .

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The Great Plaza at Quirigua

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, Guatemala.
Las plazas son áreas o espacios públicos donde las personas se reunían para realizar distintas actividades, como el comercio o la presentación de actos públicos. Estas plazas también eran utilizadas por los gobernantes para . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Pop Corn King

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Petoskey, Michigan.
The building on the far left is 328 East Mitchell. The Pop Corn King is the 326 address which opened in 1913. Meryl Leach was the pop corn king in Petoskey for nearly fifty years. A second floor family residence was added . . .

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Quirigua within the Context of the Mayan Cities

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, Guatemala.
Quriguá fue un centro comercial, ubicado en el margen del río Motagua (el cauce de este río cambió hace siglos debido posiblemente a un terremoto). La posición de la ciudad era de gran importancia ya que a través de esta . . .

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Fallass Drug Store

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Petoskey, Michigan.
For the first thirty-five years this address was a drug store. It was first owned by Charles W. Fallass until 1928. John Lake was the next owner until 1935 when his business went into bankruptcy. At that time he took the . . .

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Pere Marquette Railroad Station

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Petoskey, Michigan.
Built by the Chicago and West Michigan Railroad in 1892, this building later served as the Pere Marquette Railroad’s main station and Hemingway likely used it when traveling between Charlevoix and Petoskey. It became the . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quirigua: History of the City, its Environment and Discovery

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, Guatemala.
Quiriguá: Historia de la Ciudad, su Entorno y su Descubrimiento ¡Bienvenidos al Parque Arqueológico Quiriguá! Quiriguá se localiza en el Valle del Motagua, en el Municipio de Los Amates, Izabal. Desde la antigüedad ha sido . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Friends, Family, and Fun

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near Devils Tower, Wyoming.
Music! Dancing! Baseball! Food! Drink! Friends! Relatives! All this and more took place at the Old Settler's Picnic. Pioneer gatherings at the Tower, usually on the 4th of July, started in the 1890s. These events drew . . .

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Devils Tower ... the first National Monument

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near Devils Tower, Wyoming.
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower a national monument on September 24, 1906. President Roosevelt acted under the authority of of the Antiquities Act of 1906 which declared, "that the President of the . . .

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The Guatemalan Military Museum

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, Guatemala.
Museo Heráldico y de Armas de Guatemala El ejército de Guatemala, para conservar el Castillo de San José restaurado por el Cuerpo de Arquitectos e Ingenieros del Teatro Nacional durante los años 1961 a 1969, lo habilita . . .

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Park Garden Cafe

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Petoskey, Michigan.
Originally McCarty's Saloon and Billiard hall, the walls of the Park Garden Cafe would have a lot of stories to tell if they could talk. Built in 1875, the main billiard hall was one of Ernest Hemingway's favorite haunts. . . .

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The Annex

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Petoskey, Michigan.
The Annex, managed by the Fochtman family, was popular during Hemingway’s time. Historically a saloon and billiard hall, it legally sold only soft drinks during Prohibition but also, probably, alcohol. Hemingway is reported . . .

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Potter's Rooming House

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Petoskey, Michigan.
In the fall of 1919, Ernest Hemingway decided to stay in Petoskey and work on writing stories. From October to December, he rented an upstairs bedroom from Mrs. Eva Potter, a widow living here with her children. It was in . . .

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The Braun

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Petoskey, Michigan.
Was Hemingway thinking about the Braun Restaurant when he wrote about Brown's Beanery in Torrents of Spring? In 1882, John George and Margareta Braun began a hotel/restaurant business that spanned 55 years and three . . .

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Horton Bay General Store

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Horton Bay, Michigan.
Established in 1876, this building has served as a store and post office and as the village's center of business and social life. Hemingway frequented it both as a boy and as a young man. He described its "high false front" . . .

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Walter P. and Meck Allen House

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Terrell, Texas.
In 1893, Rusk County native Walter Payne Allen (1870-1943) wed America "Meck" Peyroux Cartwright (1874-1959), a native of San Augustine. A banker, Walter was an organizer and later president of American National Bank. He . . .

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

Douglas Franklin Davis

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Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
In 1977, Douglas Franklin Davis began his retail career in Rocky Mount. In 1994 he purchased the building and it became Davis Furniture Company. He always believed in a thriving downtown. He owned three area businesses. . . .

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Spanish Town

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Founded in 1805, Spanish Town is Baton Rouge's oldest neighborhood having the oldest architectural history in the area. The surviving buildings represent popular styles from a period of Louisiana's history. Spanish settlers . . .

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

The Great Western Trail

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Vernon, Texas.
The largest, longest, and lasting the most years, is often called by its Hollywood famous cousin's name, the Chishom Trail. The two trails ran parallel to each other approximately 90 miles apart. The Chishom Trail did not . . .

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Cambridge

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Henrietta, Texas.
Founded 1860, but abandoned to marauding Indians, 1863. Settlers returned in 1870 and installed a grist mill. Developers surveyed townsite in 1874; school, church, shops, and hotel were built. Post office was established and . . .

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