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Great Pyramid

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, Guatemala.
Se conoce como la principal estructura del Mundo Perdido, tiene una altura de aproximadamente 32 metros. De planta cuadrada, tiene escalinates en los cautro lados. Durante el period Preclásico, cerca del año 300 antes de . . .

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

Odon Veterans Memorial

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Odon, Indiana.
Dedicated to all Odon Indiana and surrounding area veterans. In honor and memory of our men and women in our armed forces who rendered service to our country during wartime and peacetime; at home and overseas. We must never . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

14th Ohio Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
14th. Regiment Ohio Infantry, Croxton's Brigade. 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. September 19, 1863.

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

Haven Hill Lodge

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White Lake Township, Michigan.
It was an expression of new wealth and mobility created by the early automobile industry. Twenty years after his father founded Ford Motor Company in 1903, Edsel Ford began buying the hilly property that became his family's . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The "Acanaladuras" Palace

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, Guatemala.
Palacio de las Acanaladuras Es un complejo de edificios residenciales conocidos como Palacio de las Acanaladuras el cual debe su nombre a la decoración en forma de paneles con acanaladuras verticales que tiene en los muros . . .

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

The Eastern Acropolis of Yaxhá

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, Guatemala.
Acrópolis Este La última etapa constructiva de la Acrópolis corresponde al periodo Clásico Tardío (600 – 700 d.C.). Sobresalen el Palacio Oeste (estructura 218), que sirvió de acceso a la plaza y el Templo de la Manos Rojas; . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Laura Lee DeFazio Morabito

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Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
Laura Lee DeFazio Morabito, born in Clarks Summit, was educated in the Abington Heights School system. She participated in numerous school activities including Girls Softball, Basketball and the Marching Band. Laura Lee . . .

(Air & Space • War, Afghanistan • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

74th Indiana Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text from the front side of the monument: 2nd Brigade - Croxton. 3rd Division - Brannan. 14th Corps - Thomas. 74th Regiment Indiana Infantry Text from the back side of the monument: Indiana's Tribute To Her . . .

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

Right Reverend William O'Hara, D.D.

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
First Bishop of Scranton. Born in Ireland April 14, 1816. Ordained Priest in Rome Dec. 21, 1842. Consecrated Bishop in Philadelphia July 12, 1868. Died in Scranton, Feb. 3, 1899. His body awaits the Resurrection in the crypt . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Bivouac of the Dead

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat the soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet that brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping-ground their silent tents are spread, and glory guards with solemn . . .

(War, World I • War, World II • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated to all veterans who served their country

(War, World I • War, World II • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Avondale Mine Disaster

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Here in the Washburn Cemetery lie the remains of 61 of the 110 victims of the September 6, 1869, Avondale Mine disaster in Plymouth Township, Luzerne County. The miners, most of whom were of Welsh descent, were interred on . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Haven Hill Carriage House

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White Lake Township, Michigan.
It was a garage and a playhouse. The Carriage House was planned to be the chauffeur's home and to shelter Ford family vehicles. But the chauffeur moved into the Lodge, and the Carriage House became a playhouse for the Ford . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edith Darlington Ammon

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“Men…with but the thought of gain and gold were dreaming of tracks and trains, of massive walls and wreathing smoke from towering chimneys, while we dreamed of fame and power, of peaceful paths where once was strife, of . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Johnson House at Kingston

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Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
A residence and farm, a stagecoach stop, a tavern, an office building and a museum! In 1812, Scotch-Irish immigrant Alexander Johnston (who lived to be almost 100 yrs.) began erecting this landmark structure. The stone for . . .

(Notable Buildings • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Buffalo Country

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near Huntley, Montana.
The great plains of eastern Montana was home to thousands of buffalo before Euro-American hunters nearly wiped them out in the early 1800’s. The animals were central to the Indian lifeway. In the dog days, hunters herded . . .

(Native Americans • Animals • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Founding Of Marksville

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Marksville, Louisiana.
Marcos Litche, a native of Venice, Italy and a traveling peddler, migrated to the Avoyelles Post c. 1794. Because of a broken wagon wheel, the pleasant environment, and friendliness of the Indians and local residents, he . . .

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

Wall Section Through Rampart of Fort Pitt

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This restored wall presents a section through a typical masonry rampart of Fort Pitt. Originally built of brick burned at the site and stone quarried in the area. The fort was a five-sided structure with a bastion at each . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Revolutionary • War, French and Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mayer Hotel Site

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Marksville, Louisiana.
A two and one half story Eastlake Victorian structure with twin turrets stood on this site. Built by Alfred Mayer. Served for many years as the city's main hotel and renowned throughout state for its French cuisine.

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

Marksville Methodist Church

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Marksville, Louisiana.
Organized in 1897 by Rev. W.T. Woodward in a frame church. Present church building erected in 1958.

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