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Olympia Fulvia Morata

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Die Humanistin Olympia Fulvia Morata 1526 Ferrara - 1555 Heidelberg lebte und wirkte von 1551-1554 in der freien Reichsstadt Schweinfurt. Bildung u. Standhaftigkeit im Glauben, Liebe, Mut u. Toleranz zeichneten sie aus. Hier . . .

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

Gerald R. Ford

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Grand Rapids, Michigan.
President of the United States 1974 -1977 Vice President of the United States 1973 - 1974 United States House of Representatives 1949 - 1973 United States Navy 1942 - 1946 I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as . . .

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

Michigan State Capitol

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Lansing, Michigan.
In 1871 Governor Henry P. Baldwin challenged Michigan's legislature to build a fireproof capitol to house the state;s governmental offices, recdords, and civil war relics. Modeled after the United States Capitol, it is one . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Austin Blair

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Lansing, Michigan.
He gave the best years of his life to Michigan, and his fame is inseparably linked with the glorious achievements of her citizen soldiers.

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

Michigan

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Lansing, Michigan.
This memorial presented to the State of Michigan by Michigan's veterans organizations and auxiliaries is one of the first multi-conflict memorials erected in the United States to memorialize the service and sacrifices of a . . .

(War, World I • War, World II • War, Korean • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Final Resting Place of Gerald R. Ford

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Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Beyond these gates is the final resting place of our Nation's 38th President Gerald R. Ford and his wife Elizabeth R. Ford President of the United States 1974 -1977 Vice President of the United States 1973 - 1974 United . . .

(Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Pullman

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Chicago, Illinois.
George Pullman established his reputation in Chicago in 1859 by inventing a way to raise buildings to the new street level required for installation of a sewer system. In 1863, he began converting railroad passenger cars . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Labor Unions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bouverans Plantation House

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Lockport, Louisiana.
This Creole and American Greek Revival plantation house was built circa 1860 by Pierre Joseph Claudet, who named, who named it for his native village of Bouverans, France. Except for a brief period, the home has been owned . . .

(Notable Buildings • Antebellum South, US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Visionary

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Chicago, Illinois.
Social Philosopher Jane Addams envisioned a peaceful world community based on cooperation, mutual understanding, and acceptance of differences. Pragmatist She advocated the participation of all citizens n the creation of a . . .

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

Edgington Mound

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near Felicity, Ohio.
This burial mound was built during the time period 1000 B.C. to 400 A.D. Because the 15 foot 9 inch mound is conical shaped, it is believed to have been built by the Adenda Culture. It is 133 feet in diameter at the base. . . .

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

Utopia

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near Georgetown, Ohio.
Utopia was founded in 1844 by followers of French philosopher Charles Fourier (1772-1837). Fourierism, based on utopian socialism and the idea of equal sharing of investments in money and labor, reached peak popularity in . . .

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

Felicity Underground Railroad

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Felicity, Ohio.
This is the site of the home of William Sleet, a black abolitionist. A blacksmith, he was a prominent member of the Felicity Underground Railroad operation. Felicity was a very important community on the Underground Railroad . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lee's Headquarters at Gettysburg

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near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
"There was no use in fighting any longer. The enemy had deployed and we were trapped. The town was before us, the enemy on either side, and behind us." --Col. John Musser, 143rd Pennsylvania Infantry On the afternoon of . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Glen Jean Athletic Club

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Glen Jean, West Virginia.
Directly across the street stood the Glen Jean Athletic Club. Alongside it was the ball bark. These, along with tennis and croquet courts, made Glen Jean a center for indoor and outdoor sports. In New River’s coal towns, . . .

(Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Garnar Tannery

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Lake Luzerne, New York.
Started in 1867 On Wells Creek By Raymond & Ely. Purchased in 1868 By Thomas Garner & Co., Book Binding & Leather Tanned. Closed in 1909. Chimney Still Standing.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Central Reformed Church

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Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Side A Central Reformed Church was formed on April 23, 1918, by the merger of the first two Reformed churches in the Grand Rapids area: the First Reformed, an English-speaking church organized in 1840; and the Second . . .

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

Voigt House

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Grand Rapids, Michigan.
This elegant and perfectly preserved Victorian mansion was built for Carl G. A. Voigt in 1895. Voigt came to Grand Rapids in 1870 and ran a mill and dry goods store with W. G. Herpolsheimer. In 1902, when the partnership . . .

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The Castle

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Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Side A Designed by local architect William G. Robinson, this castle-like edifice was constructed in 1884-86 for Colonel E. Crofton Fox and his brother Charles. Built of granite block imported from Scotland, this house is a . . .

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

Ladies Literary Club

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Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In 1870, six women who had been meeting for a year to study history, organized Grand Rapids' first Ladies Literary Association. The group was also instrumental in opening the first public library in the city that same year. . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First (Park) Congregational Church

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Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Side A On September 18, 1836, twenty-two persons, under the direction of the Reverend Silas Woodbury of Kalamazoo, founded one of the first Protestant congregations in Grand Rapids. Initially a Presbyterian parish, the . . .

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