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First Hereford Cattle in Texas

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Henrietta, Texas.
It was at or near this spot in the year of our Lord 1876 that the first registered Hereford cattle set their hooves in Texas and there- after revolutionized the beef cattle industry of the United States of America. This . . .

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

Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church

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New Brighton, Pennsylvania.
Founded in 1837 as an outgrowth of St. John A.M.E. Bridgewater First church of denomination between Pittsburgh and Cleveland Original building built on 3rd Ave. Used until 1878. Chartered in 1880. Current church building erected in 1894.

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

Students Massacred on April 12, 1962

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, Guatemala.
Primer marcador: Guatemalteco: Aquí sacrifico su juventud el Br. Cesar Armando Funes, la tarde del 12 de abril de 1962, en defensa de la libertad y la democracia. Guatemala, Sept. de 1962 Segundo marcador: Cesar Armando . . .

(Politics • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Julio and Enrique de la Riva

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, Guatemala.
En 1913 Julio y Enrique de la Riva jovenes emprendedores, fundaron lo que hoy orgullosamente son las empresas De la Riva al celebrarse el 85 aniversario continuan con la experiencia, calidad y tradicion de sus productos Su . . .

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

Murder of Abner Abdiel Hernandez Orellana

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, Guatemala.
La Asociacion de Estudiantes Poder Estudiantil Abner 93 del I.N.M.N. rinde homenaje a la memoria de: Abner Abdiel Hernandez O. siendo este lugar testigo de su muerte al frente de la lugar estudiantil 93 Presidente: Erwin . . .

(Education • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Westminster Massacre

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Westminster, Vermont.
(east face) William French Shot at Westminster March 13, 1775, Erected by the State Of Vermont in 1873. (north face) Daniel Houghton Shot at Westminster March 13, 1775, by an act of the Vermont Legislature of 1904 These . . .

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Westminster World War II Monument

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Westminster, Vermont.
In Honor Of The Men Of This Community Who Served Their Country In World War II ?Metcalf, Raymond O. Aiken, Charles A. • Aiken, Lyle C. • Avery, William B. • Beam, Ernest F. Jr. • Boudrieau, Leonard F. • Carroll, Harold J. • . . .

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

Horton Bay

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Horton Bay, Michigan.
Named for pioneer settler Samuel Horton, this village was founded as a lumbering community in 1876, complete with sawmill, shanty boys, boarding house, company store, blacksmith shop and draft horses. The store and many . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Arts, Letters, Music • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sebastián de Arévalo

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, Guatemala.
Sebastian de Arevalo 1727-1772 Editor de la Gaceta de Guatemala 1729-31 Homenaje de la Sociedad de Geografia e Historia de Guatemala. En el III centenario de la imprenta: 1960. English translation: Sebastián de Arévalo . . .

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

Pinehurst and Shangri-La

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Horton Bay, Michigan.
Jim and Elizabeth Dilworth operated Pinehurst, an inn providing meals and tourist lodging. The Hemingways were family friends and Ernest often stayed here. His wedding reception was held here in 1921 and next door at . . .

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

Gertrude Stein

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San Francisco, California.
Experimental American writer whose Paris salon brought together many of the artists and authors who would help define modernism in literature and art

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

“Tommygun” Inventor

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Newport, Kentucky.
Brig. Gen. John T. Thompson, USA, inventor of Thompson submachine gun, was born here in 1860. A West Point graduate of 1882, he was early advocate of automatic weapons and improved many small arms. Awarded Distinguished . . .

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

Kennedy Speech

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Cincinnati, Ohio.
From a platform erected on this site President John F. Kennedy made a speech on October 8, 1962

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

Edward Dudley Brown / Noted Horseman

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Midway, Kentucky.
Side A Edward Dudley Brown This well known African American horse owner, trainer, developer, and jockey was born into slavery, 1850. Raised as a stable boy near Midway, he was nicknamed "Brown Dick" after the record-setting . . .

(Sports • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Public Education in Terrell

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Terrell, Texas.
On July 3, 1883, the citizens of Terrell voted overwhelmingly to establish and support a system of public schools. The first classes were held in September of that year in buildings that had previously been occupied by . . .

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

Pathfinder

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Huntsville, Alabama.
Pathfinder is a 75-ton simulator which was used to practice lifting and handling the real Orbiters. It was originally built at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1977 as a stand-in for Space Shuttle Enterprise to fit-check the . . .

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

T-38 Talon

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Huntsville, Alabama.
Since the 1960s, NASA astronauts have trained for the stresses of spaceflight in the high-altitude, two-seater, supersonic T-38 Talon. Developed by Northrop Grumman, the T-38 became the world’s first supersonic jet trainer . . .

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

Main Engines

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Huntsville, Alabama.
The Pathfinder’s three main engines are real. The two lower engines powered the first flight of Columbia in 1981. The engine located at the top was used in ground test firings. At launch, the three Space Shuttle Main Engines . . .

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

Auguste Voinche Store

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Marksville, Louisiana.
Oldest commercial building site remaining in city. Built by Voinche, native of Paris, France. Later Victorian upper structure on only underground basement in city. Basement used to hide cotton from Union troops during Civil War.

(War, US Civil • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Joseph Catholic Church

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Marksville, Louisiana.
Founded by Rev. Fr. Jules Janeau in 1869 with worship in a Gothic frame Church. Replaced in 1926 by Msgr. Henry Van de Putten with this Romanesque structure designed by W. T. Nolan.

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