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Inyan Kara Methodist Episcopal Church

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near Sundance, Wyoming.
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(Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

We Made It! The End of the Great Basin

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Genoa, Nevada.
You’re now standing at the western edge of the Great Basin. If you were an emigrant headed to California, you would have entered the Great Basin 450 miles back along the trail in southern Idaho, or 500 miles back in Salt . . .

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

Enfield World War II Monument

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
World War II 1941 – 1945 George Austin Jr. • Oscar Bailey • Robert A. Bailey • Wilfred Blain • Wilfred Bocash • Mark Booth • Louis C. Brown • Raymond T. Brown • John R. Bruce • Gerald M. Butman • D. Neil Campbell • G. . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Enfield Korean War Monument

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
Korean War 1950 - 1953 Donald E. Cantlin Jr. • James H. Collins • Robert S. Gaudette • Ernest T. Ibey • Alfred E. Kidder • Charles Pollard • Richard C. Pollard • Roger Pollard • Ralph B. Schmanska • Arnold D. Marek • . . .

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Enfield Revolutionary War Monument

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
Revolutionary War 1775 – 1783 Jonathan Basford • Nathan Bicknell • Elisha Bingham • Jonathan Bosworth • John Bowley • David Choate • Solomon Choate • Theophilus Clough • Daniel Colby • Rowell Colby • John Colcord • James . . .

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

Dedicated to Those from the Salamanca Area

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Salamanca, New York.
Dedicated to those from the Salamanca area who gevae their lives in the Indo-China War Keith Franklin, Orrie Macomb Jr. Lloyd Darling, Arnold Robbins Victor Smith, Charles Harrison Jr. Gregg Smith Also to all other people . . .

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

These Gates Erected by Salamanca

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Salamanca, New York.
These gates erected by Salamanca Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution are a tribute to the memory of those who served in World War I Dedicated May 30, 1931

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Why All of the Stumps?

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Elk Rapids, Michigan.
It has often been asked, "Why the stumps in the river?" In a way, the stumps tell the story of Elk Rapids. In the beginning the trees grew there while the land was still dry. As one can see in the photograph of the blast . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Horticulture & Forestry • Waterways & Vessels • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Downtown Enfield Village

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
Downtown Enfield Village This village, formerly called North Enfield, grew around mills powered by the Mascoma River. In the 1840s, railroad service and economic investment by the Enfield Shakers laid the foundation for its . . .

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The Copeland Block

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
The Copeland Block A four-story wooden structure with brick facade built by Ira Copeland in 1897 for $10,000 and restored in 2000. This imposing building was home to many businesses including the Enfield Post Office, . . .

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Office of the Enfield Advocate

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
Office of the Enfield Advocat In this 1900 wood-frame building, the village’s first weekly newspaper, the Enfield Advocate,was published until 1946, and postcards and souvenir books of Mascoma Lake were printed and sold to . . .

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

Frank Williams Department Store

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
Frank Williams Department Store Site of an 1855 tin shop rebuilt in the 1860s as a mercantile store. By 1904 it was known as one of the largest department stores in New Hampshire.

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Fogg’s Hardware Store

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
Fogg’s Hardware Store Built in 1901 after fire destroyed the business. Hardware and stoves were sold from the first floor. The second story provided living accomodations. Restored in 2005.

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Leviston House

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
Leviston House Built in 1855 in the Greek Revival style and known as the Leviston House for the Robert and William who owned the prosperous tannery located behind it from c. 1868 to 1888.

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Leviston Tannery

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Enfield, New Hampshire.
Leviston Tannery Built adjoining the river in 1848 and rebuilt after a fire two years later. Operated by various owners, including Robert and William Leviston circa 1868-1888 who employed fify men at its peak.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Reformed Church Parsonage

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Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
This house was acquired in 1995 by actress Mary Tyler Moore, a descendant of Conrad Shindler, and donated to Shepherd College Foudation in honor of her father, George Tyler Moore. Between 1869 and 1995, this house served as . . .

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First Poles

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Williamsburg, Virginia.
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(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Heritage Village

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Miamisburg, Ohio.
Side A On this site Daniel Gebhart established a tavern in 1811. Taverns were where people gathered to eat, rest, and share news. During spring freshets, boatmen from the Great Miami River stayed at the tavern. Joining them . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lloyd Street Synagogue

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Baltimore, Maryland.
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Medicine Creek Rest Area

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near Presho, South Dakota.
Flowing just north of here, Medicine Creek runs through the center of Lyman County, emptying into the Missouri River 27 miles (43 kilometers) to the northeast. The place-names of this Central South Dakota area read like an . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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