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Robidoux Pass

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Gering, Nebraska.
Robidoux Pass was named for Joseph Robidoux III of St. Joseph, Missouri, who established a trading post and blacksmith shop here in 1849, just in time to witness the beginning of the great California gold rush. This pass is . . .

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

Robidoux Trading Post

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Gering, Nebraska.
In 1849 Joseph Rogidoux III of St. Joseph, Missouri, licensed in the Indian trade, ordered removal of his outfit from the vicinity of Fort Laramie to this strategic pass over Scotts Bluff, where there was ample wood and . . .

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

Battle of Pilot Knob

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near Arcadia, Missouri.
Through Shut In Gap passed the most direct route from the Arcadia Valley to Fredericktown. Advance elements of the rebel army rode through the gap undetected and were not spotted until they approached a Union picket post at . . .

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

Battle of Pilot Knob

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Arcadia, Missouri.
The three towns of Arcadia, Ironton, and Pilot Knob are located in the Arcadia Valley. The valley’s iron mining industry helped spur population growth and led the St. Louis & Iron Mt. Railroad to extend its tracks to Pilot . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battle of Pilot Knob

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Arcadia, Missouri.
Slemons’ brigade, riding in advance of the rebel army, was first spotted at 1 p.m. by pickets here at the Russellville Junction. After the pickets had sounded the alarm, a cavalry patrol rode here to verify the pickets . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battle of Pilot Knob

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Arcadia, Missouri.
On this hillside stood Ft. Curtis. It commanded the high ground overlooking the junction of the road that connected Ironton and Pilot Knob with Fredericktown. In 1863 it was abandoned for Ft. Davidson because it was too far . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Yaxhá

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, Guatemala.
El nombre maya de la ciudad se aprecia en su jeroglífico emblema que representa la cabeza de un loro y fonéticamente se lee como Yax (verde-azul) ha (agua). El conjunto urbano fue ocupado durante dieciséis siglos (600 a.c. - . . .

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

Life in Pleasant Valley

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near Flintstone, Maryland.
Before the park was developed in 1974, this valley was rich with farmland and timber. Seven farms worked the soil and grew corn, winter wheat and rye. Two of the farms raised dairy cows. The Raines family farm had . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Minor Astronomical Complex at Yaxhá

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, Guatemala.
Complejo Astronómico Menor (Plaza C) Los edificios que conforman el complejo fueron construidos entre el 700 y 800 a.C., se considera que debajo se encuentran construcciones aún más antiguas. El conjunto representa una . . .

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

Madisonville

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Madisonville, Louisiana.
Originally called "Cokie" (from Coquille) because of the abundance of shells in the area. Renamed for Pres. James Madison, c. 1811. Site of Navy Yard in early 1800's. According to legend, Gen. Andrew Jackson, enroute to New . . .

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

Plaquemine Tribe World War 1 Memorial Tablet

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Plaquemine, Louisiana.
To her hero members who took part in the World War of 1917-1918. Henry Dardenne Killed In France Dr. H.F. Vulliamy • Dr. A.A.Landry, M. Tullie • Joe Thibodeaux, W. Richard • Elmer Schuler, W.P. Obier • W.H. Hakenjos, C.C. . . .

(War, World I • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Field Headquarters - Army of Tennessee

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Field Headquarters - Army of Tennessee. General Braxton Bragg. September 20, 1863. Polk's Corps - General Leonidas Polk. Hill's Corps - Lieutenant General Daniel H. Hill. Longstreet's Corps - Major General John B. Hood. . . .

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

Intersection of the Eastern and Quarry Causeways

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, Guatemala.
Intersección de Calzada Este y Calzada de las Canteras (Calzada Este y Calzada Lincoln) La zona de intersección de las calzadas forma una amplia plaza donde desembocó el mayor flujo de personas y recursos de Yaxhá. En el . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1st Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. Georgia. 1st Battalion Sharpshooters. Major Arthur Shaaff. Wilson's Brigade. Walker's Division. 8:30 A.M., September 19, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

30th Georgia Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. Georgia. 30th Infantry. Colonel Thomas W. Mangham. Lieutenant Colonel James S. Boynton. Wilson's Brigade. Walker's Division. 8:30 A.M., September 19, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park Overlook

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near Arcadia, Missouri.
Buford Mountain William Buford, namesake of Buford Mountain, was buried in 1842 at its base, forever to be with the mountain he loved. Its southernmost of five knobs reaches to 1,740 feet above sea level. “Just bury me by . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Francois Mountain Glades

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near Arcadia, Missouri.
Glades are Special Places Like islands in a sea of trees, rocky openings called glades are scattered across the mountainsides. Glades are very significant features of the St. Francois Mountains. They are common throughout . . .

(Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to the Top of Missouri

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near Arcadia, Missouri.
The St. Francois Mountains This area map shows the extent and location of Missouri’s St. Francois Mountains. This portion of the Missouri Ozarks is known as the St. Francois Mountains, characterized by high rounded knobs of . . .

(Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

38th Indiana Regiment

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Indiana Thirty-Eighth Regiment Infantry. (Griffin) First Brigade. (Scribner) First Division. (Baird) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Saturday, September 19th, 1863, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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

Liddell's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text from the First Tablet: Liddell's Brigade Liddell's Division, Walker's Corps. Colonel Daniel C. Govan. September 19, 1863, 3 p.m. 2nd and 5th Arkansas, - Lieutenant Colonel Reuben F. Harvey. 2nd and 5th Arkansas, - . . .

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