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Veterans Memorial Building

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New Iberia, Louisiana.
This building was built on property purchased from Dr. Andrew Emmer by the Iberia Parish Police Jury in 1948 during the period of patriotism following World War II. Designed by noted Louisiana architect A. Town Hays and . . .

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

Mary Shafer

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near Cridersville, Ohio.
In Memoriam Mary Shafer 1814-1837 First person buried in this cemetery. Carried by eight men on poles through woods and swamps and laid to rest at this place.

(Settlements & Settlers • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Washington Navy Yard and Annex

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Washington, District of Columbia.
This marker is made up of five separate panels. This historic Sentry Tower and Wall, which date to 1906, once marked the northern boundary of the Navy Yard Annex. The Washington Navy Yard, located just east of this site, has . . .

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

George Tarasovic

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
A junior college transfer who, though he played only one year at LSU, was named both an All-American and All-SEC selection that season. His college career was abbreviated due to military service in the Korean War. After . . .

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

Slave Housing

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near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Over 200 years ago, four log dwellings stood here. The first, constructed in the 1770s and destroyed by fire ca. 1790. was the "Negro quarter," a large 17 x 34 foot structure intended for multiple enslaved individuals or . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Patriots & Patriotism • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Seafaring Town

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Clinton, Connecticut.
A Seafaring Town You are standing beside the Indian River in the heart of the 1663 settlement of Killingworth, sited on its protective harbor. In 1838, the shoreline portion parted from northern Killingworth and became . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Abraham Pierson

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Clinton, Connecticut.
In Honor of The Good and Learned Abraham Pierson First President of Yale College 1701-1707 Pastor of Killingworth Church Now Clinton 1694-1707 The Time of His Death Beloved and Regretted By All. ( east side ) Erected By . . .

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

O'Bannon Hall

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Quantico, Virginia.
In command of a small mixed naval force, on 27 April 1805, he seized the harbor fortress of Derna, Tripoli, and raised the American Flag for the first time in the old world.

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

Divided Loyalties

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Maynardville, Tennessee.
The Civil War made civilian life in Union County difficult and dangerous. Most residents opposed secession and were staunch Unionists. men joined such Federal regiments as the 1st Tennessee Infantry and the 2nd and 9th . . .

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

Walker's Ford

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Maynardville, Tennessee.
(preface) On November 4, 1863, to divert Federal forces from Chattanooga, Confederate General James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from the city to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's garrison in Knoxville. . . .

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

119 Westside Street

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Tuskegee, Alabama.
This two-story brick structure, built in 1870, is an example of the Italianate Style. Many of these buildings no longer exist, being replaced by later growth in downtown districts. The Italianate Style is distinguished by . . .

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

100th Meridian Oklahoma/Texas State Line

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near Hollis, Oklahoma.
The 100th meridian first marked the boundary between the Republic of Texas and the vast Louisiana Purchase establishing this boundary was one of the most far reaching events in which the nation engaged. In 1927 the U.S. . . .

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

Bernal Magic Town

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, Mexico.
Bernal Pueblo Mágico In 1642, familias españolas llegaron y despojaron a los chichimecas para fundar Bernal, nombre árabe que significa “peñasco”. San Sebastián Bernal pertenece al municipio de Ezequiel Montes desde 1941. . . .

(Native Americans • Colonial Era • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Palmtag Cutting Shed

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Tres Pinos, California.
Once a common site in the rural Hollister area, apricot cutting sheds were where the harvested apricots were cut in half and then were placed on wood trays to be dried in the sun. The apricot season usually started at the . . .

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

Welcome to Grand Coulee Dam

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Coulee City, Washington.
Grand Coulee Dam is the key structure in water utilization for the Columbia River Basin. The dam began operation in 1942 and is one of the world’s largest concrete structures. It is a mile long and contains almost 12 million . . .

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

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Coulee City, Washington.
Near this site President Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt delivered the address dedicating Grand Coulee Dam. Nearly 20,000 people attended the ceremony which was preceded by an inspection of the dam’s construction.

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Cary Mill

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near Genoa, Nevada.
Here stood the first grist mill in Carson Valley built in Mill Canyon Genoa in 1854 by wheelwright Thomas Knott for Colonel John Reese. It was moved to this site by William M. Cary in 1865. Behind the mill stood a dwelling . . .

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

Carson Trail - Entering Carson Valley

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near Minden, Nevada.
"We soon entered the lower end of Carson Valley. The steep mountains on our right, are thickly covered with pines... on the east side of the valley, the mountains present no green thing; all is naked and dreary." - Franklin Langworthy, Oct. 9, 1850

(Settlements & Settlers • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carson Trail - Original Mormon Station

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Genoa, Nevada.
"At the... foot of the mountains, the Mormons... have established a trading post.... Passing on from this place, as fast as we could,... to save what money we had, we continued up Carson Valley" - Edward Patterson, Jul 11, 1850

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

Carson Trail - Hot Springs

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near Genoa, Nevada.
"We passed around a barren portion of the mountain, where there gushed from the base... almost a thousand springs of hot water in half a mile,... The springs form a hot water lake all along their course." - William R. Rothwell, Aug 18, 1850

(Settlements & Settlers • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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