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Second Expansion Period Group

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Fort Bliss, Texas.
These warehouses were built for the Eighth Quartermaster Corps in 1921 as a supply depot for Army outposts and units away from Fort Bliss. Unrest related to the Mexican Revolution (1910-1921) led to the establishment of a . . .

(War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mount Marion Cemetery

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Strawn, Texas.
Located on land once owned by William W. Johnson, whose coal mining operations spurred major development in nearby Thurber, this cemetery was named for Johnson’s daughter, Marion, who died at age three. It later became the . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mary Jane Gentry

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Strawn, Texas.
Born in Boston in 1912, Mary Jane Catherine Gentry became an accomplished educator, historian, author and world traveler. Her 1946 University of Texas Master’s thesis, written under supervision of Walter Prescott Webb, was . . .

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thomas House

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Strawn, Texas.
Designed by Dallas architect Thomas J. Galbraith and completed in 1919, this house is an excellent regional example of the Prairie School style of architecture. Its strong historical associations with area ranches and with . . .

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

Guernsey State Park Museum

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near Guernsey, Wyoming.
The Guernsey State Park Museum is the most impressive log and stone building in the park. The massive structure is the result of Civilian Conservation Corps* construction. Most of the material for the museum was crafted by . . .

(Education • Environment • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Castle

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near Guernsey, Wyoming.
The Castle is the largest and most complex picnic shelter in Guernsey State Park. Although the shelter looks like a stronghold, it is easily accessible. The log and stone structure was constructed by the Civilian . . .

(Entertainment • Environment • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Million Dollar Biffy"

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near Guernsey, Wyoming.
This massive sandstone and log latrine was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s. The structure is 21 feet wide and 42 feet long although it looks larger because of the masses of rock at the corners. The . . .

(Environment • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Post Hospitals

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Fort Bliss, Texas.
The five brick buildings in this area are the post's first two hospitals. The first, Building 8, was constructed in 1893. Both floors were originally encircled by a wood verandah. A covered walkay extended to adjacent . . .

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

Charles R. Bishop Childhood Home

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near Lake George, New York.
Charles R. Bishop (1822-1915) considered one of Hawaii's greatest benefactors. Married Princess Bernice Pauahi. Buried Hawaiian Royal Tomb.

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

Alley of Matamoros

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, Mexico.
Callejon de Matamoros Antiguo Convento de Santa Clara Este callejón, de encantos monjiles, es uno de los pocos vestigios de lo que fuera el espacioso Convento de Santa Clara de Jesús, considerado el más grande de la Ciudad, . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fountain of Santo Domingo

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, Mexico.
Fuente de Santo Domingo Vecina del templo y convento de la Orden de Predicadores, esta caja de agua, ubicada en la esquina que conforman las calles del Diezmo y Estampa de Santo Domingo, formaba parte del sistema de . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Charity & Public Work • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vicente Guerrero Garden

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, Mexico.
Jardín Vicente Guerrero (Antiguo Convento de Santa Clara) En este espacio estuvieron las habitaciones de las monjas del Convento Real de Santa Clara de Jesús durante más de 200 años. Con la exclaustración en 1864, este . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S.S. Pogy (SS 266)

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Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Keel Laid 15 September 1941 Launched 23 June 1942 Commissioned 10 January 1943 On 15 April 1943 the U.S.S. Pogy departed Pearl Harbor to begin her first patrol. The Pogy sank 3 vessels, including a 5,000 ton transport . . .

(War, World II • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Parish of Atotonilco and Miguel Hidalgo

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, Mexico.
H. Ayuntamiento de San Miguel de Allende "El Ayuntamiento del Bicentario 2009-2012" En esta Parroquia del Santuario de Jesus Nazareno en Atotonilco el cura Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla tomo el estandarte para abanderar el . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brimmer Point

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Guernsey, Wyoming.
This overlook sits high above the reservoir providing the visitor a panoramic view of the park. It was named for George E. Brimmer, attorney, philanthropist and staunch supporter of Wyoming’s State Parks. Construction of . . .

(Entertainment • Environment • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civilian Conservation Corps

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Guernsey, Wyoming.
During the Depression years, under the New Deal program, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Emergency Conservation Work program (later known as the Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC) to employ people in large . . .

(Environment • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

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Kansas City, Missouri.
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM), located in Kansas City's historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, is dedicated to preserve the rich history of professional African-American baseball of the early 1900s to the 1950s and . . .

(Civil Rights • Sports • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

American Jazz Museum

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Kansas City, Missouri.
The American Jazz Museum is an important cultural institution dedicated to its mission of celebrating and exhibiting jazz through performance, education, exhibitions and research at America's Jazz Crossroads - 18th and Vine. . . .

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Birthplace of José Alfredo Jiménez

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, Mexico.
En esta casa nacio Jose Alfredo Jimenez Homenaje de su pueblo en el XXV aniversario de su vida de compositor 17 de diciembre de 1972 English translation: In this house was born José Alfredo Jiménez Tribute from this, his . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Masonic Block

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Rochester, Michigan.
Built in 1899-1900, the Masonic Block was designed by Edward R. Prall. The Rochester Building Association raised funds for the project. Among its leaders were William Clark Chapman, general manager of Western Knitting Mills . . .

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