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30th Ohio Infantry

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
30th Ohio Infantry Light burn's Brigade Colonel Theodore Jones November 25, 1863 Killed 5 ............ Wounded 30

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

37th Ohio Infantry

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
37th Ohio Infantry Light burn's Brigade Lieutenant Colonel Louis Von Blessingh November 25, 1863 Killed 5 ............ Wounded 33

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

Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Robber's Roost

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
The Dreaded Crossing Along the Cheyenne-Deadwood stage route, stories still are told of outlaws and buried gold. Bandits haunted the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage line during the gold boom that began in Deadwood in 1876. By the . . .

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

Stewards of the Grassland Prairies

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
"Vast seas of grass as far as the eye can see", wrote the migrants traveling west in the 1840s. Before the plowing of "America's bread basket" native grassland prairies made up more than 500 million acres in the central . . .

(Natural Features • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cows, Wildlife and Gold

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Lusk, Wyoming.
The Cheyenne River drainage system has been the locus of human activity for thousands of years. Native Americans used the corridor in search of wild game and wild plants resources. When gold was discovered in the Black Hills . . .

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

Along the Cheyenne to Deadwood Stage: Hat Creek Stage Station

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
In 1874, the U.S. Army discovered gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The resulting gold rush required a stage line that could carry gold from the remote mining town of Deadwood, Dakota Territory, to Cheyenne, a . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1916 Easter Rising Memorial Marker

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Brooklyn, New York.
We commemorate and honor the 100th anniversary of the men, women and children who gave their lives for the Republic of Ireland in the 1916 Easter Rising Dedicated by The Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee March 19, . . .

(20th Century • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hat Creek Stage Station

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
1876 - 1887 In memory of the pioneers who operated the stage line and those who traveled the old Cheyenne-Deadwood Trail Erected on the site of the Old Fort Hat Creek by...

(Forts, Castles • Communications • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War ll Veterans

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, Philippines.
Veterans of World War ll Guimba, Nueva Ecija Officers of the Veterans Federation of the Philippines Guimba, Nueva Ecija Post Chartered under Republic Act 2640 (List of 17 officers from the post) As of May 15, 1988 . . .

(War, World II • Heroes) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Fountain of Garmilla

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, Mexico.
Fuente de Garmilla Toma su nombre de la denominación original de la calle donde se construyó, habiéndose inaugurado el 7 de diciembre de 1780, en una graciosa rinconada del barrio de la Cruz. Aún se conserva en buenas . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S.S. Sabine Parrott Rifle

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Traverse City, Michigan.
This 6.4 inch 100 Pounder Parrot[t] Rifled Naval Cannon served on the U.S.S. Sabine during the Civil War. It is the only one from that ship that survives today. The cannon was cast in 1862 at the West Point Foundry . . .

(War, US Civil • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Memorial

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Traverse City, Michigan.
The Civil War Soldier statue was purchased by public donations from the Chicago Bronze Company and dedicated at a public ceremony on Decoration Day, May 30, 1890. Over 300 Civil War Veterans were joined by 4,000 citizens at . . .

(War, US Civil • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 12 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bahle's

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Suttons Bay, Michigan.
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Bahle's Founded in 1876 For more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for contribution to the economic . . .

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

1st Wisconsin Cavalry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 1st Wisconsin Cavalry 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. Cavalry Corps. Text on the Back Side of the Monument: This regiment, Colonel Oscar H. LaGrange commanding, crossed the Tennessee . . .

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

Sojourn at Camp Pleasant

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near Chamberlain, South Dakota.
When the Corps of Discovery reached present-day Chamberlain on September 16, 1804, they were ready for a break. Since May, one member of the expedition, Sergeant Charles Floyd, had died, possibly of appendicitis. Another, . . .

(Waterways & Vessels • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb

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Woodruff, Wisconsin.
On this site, Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb, a well-respected and loved physician, provided medical care from her office and treatment room during the 1940s and 1950s. One of only two doctors for the vast northern Wisconsin area, . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Turning Point in Place and Time

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Bayfield, Wisconsin.
You are standing at the “turning Point” for the Bayfield Waterfront Walk and across the water is a place of significance where “turning points” in history occurred. Madeline Island, or “Mooningwanekaaning Minis,” the “place . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Schooner Pretoria

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Bayfield, Wisconsin.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places In the waters off Outer Island lies the wreck of the Pretoria, one of the largest wooden vessels ever to sail the Great lakes. On September 1, 1905, Captain Charles Smart . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Somerset County Court House Green

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Somerville, New Jersey.
The Somerset County Court House, constructed in 1909, is a fine example of Beaux-Arts Classicism. It was designed by the firm of Gordon, Tracy and Swartwout. James Reilly Gordon was one of America’s greatest courthouse . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Man-Made Features • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Smithfield

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Smithfield, Virginia.
Smithfield, incorporated in 1752, became a busy colonial port and was county seat of Isle of Wight through 1800. British troops under Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold occupied the town on 15 Jan 1781. During the Civil War, a . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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