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Bozeman Pass

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near Bozeman, Montana.
Sacajawea, the Shoshone woman who guided portions of the Lewis and Clark Expedition led Captain Wm. Clark and his party of ten men over an old buffalo road through this pass on July 15, 1806. They were eastward bound and . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Bozeman Trail

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near Bozeman, Montana.
On July 14, 1806 Captain William Clark accompanied by 11 members of the expedition party camped about a mile east of here on the flat at the mouth of Kelly Canyon. The next day, Sacajawea guided the party up the canyon on an . . .

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

George Lathrop

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
In Memory of George Lathrop Pioneer of the West, Indian fighter, veteran stage driver. Born at Pottsville, Pa. Dec. 24, 1830 Died at Willow, Wyo. Dec. 24, 1915 Buried here "A good man whose life was filled with striving . . .

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

Lusk Rest Area

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
Although paved highways have existed in the U.S. since the 1920s, rest areas are a more recent feature of highway travel. In the 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson promoted a nationwide effort . . .

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

Breaks in the Prairie

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
Rawhide Buttes in front of you is an island habitat within the shortgrass prairie. Because the Buttes contain forest habitat, they support different species of wildlife than the surrounding prairie. Elk, deer, turkeys, . . .

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

Jireh

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near Manville, Wyoming.
In the early 1900s, when homesteaders flocked to eastern Wyoming where agriculture opportunities seemed very promising, the Christian Church of Dayton, Ohio organized a religious agricultural colony and college fourteen . . .

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

Mother Featherlegs

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
Here lies Mother Featherlegs Shepard. So called, as in her ruffled pantalettes she looked like a feather-legged chicken in a high wind. She was a road house ma'am. An outlaw confederate, she was murdered by "Dangerous Dick . . .

(Notable Persons • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rawhide Buttes

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near Lusk, Wyoming.
Rawhide Buttes, visible west of this point, once served as a favorite camping spot for Indians and fur trappers. Several different tales explain the origin of the name. One account holds that this locale served as a . . .

(Natural Features • Landmarks) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Crescent

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Auburn, Alabama.
Front The Crescent was an exclusive train of Southern Railway (SR) and Alabama affiliates, Western Railway of Alabama (WRA), Atlanta & West Point Railway (AWPR), and Louisville & Nashville Railway (LNR). Excepting SR, these . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

22nd Indiana Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Top Front Side of the Monument: First Brigade, Post. First Division, Davis. 20th Corps - McCook. Text on the Bottom Front Side of the Monument: 22nd Indiana Infantry Text on the Back Side of the Monument: . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Moving Dune

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
In 1985, this wooden beam was placed here at the edge of the sand dune to measure dune movement. The numbers on the beam show how many feet the dune has advanced. Try to figure out the average rate pf movement per year. The . . .

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

Oldest Building in Lusk

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Lusk, Wyoming.
Front from oldest building in Lusk owned by Ellis Johnson. Originally at townsite of Silvercliff 1886. Log part of this building is from Rawhide Butte Stage Station.

(Notable Buildings • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

2nd Indiana Cavalry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 2nd Regiment Indiana Cavalry. 2nd Brigade - Ray. 1st Division - E. M. McCook. Cavalry Corps - Mitchell. Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Indiana's Tribute to Her Second . . .

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

Sand and Ice

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
Without departed glaciers the dunes would not be here. Melting continental ice left this ridge of sand and gravel. Steady winds off Lake Michigan have plucked at the sand grains, propelling them inland, depositing a veneer . . .

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

Pierce Stocking

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
Pierce Stocking, a native of northern Lower Michigan, worked as a lumberman and spent much of his leisure time in the woods. He wanted to share his love of nature with others and conceived the idea of constructing a scenic . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Arcade of Samaniego

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, Mexico.
Portal Samaniego Esta señorial arquería conduce al portón de la casona construida en el siglo XVIII para residencia de Juan Antonio del Castillo y Mata, segundo Conde de la Sierra Gorda. El inmueble perteneció también a los . . .

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

James G. Blaine Mansion

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Washington, District of Columbia.
2000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Politician James G. Blaine (1830-1893), the three-time Republican presidential hopeful who represented Maine in the House and the Senate, built this house in 1881-82. Blaine and his family lived . . .

(Man-Made Features • Politics • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

4th Indiana Cavalry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side of the Monument: 4th Regiment Indiana Cavalry. 2nd Brigade - Ray. 1st Division - E. M. McCook. Cavalry Corps - Mitchell. Text on the Back Side of the Monument: Indiana's Tribute to Her Fourth . . .

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

Widow Glenn's House Site

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Site of Widow Glenn's House Burned during the Battle September 20, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Empire Methodist Church

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Empire, Michigan.
The "Empire Methodist Church" - built in 1895. The Empire Area Methodists gathered here for services, Sunday school, weddings and funerals till their new church was built in 1963. It is now the Masonic Temple.

(Churches, Etc. • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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