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Frankfurt Romani Memorial

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Mehrere hunderttausend europäische Roma und Sinti wurden unter nationalsozialistischer Herrschaft ermordet. An über 20.000 deutschen Roma und Sinti wurden "rassenbiologische" Untersuchungen durchgeführt. Zwangssterilisation, . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Perkinsville Ferry

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Grants Pass, Oregon.
Joel Perkins was an ambitious young man looking for riches. Perkins arrived in Oregon in 1844 at the age of 23 with his mother, father, and four siblings. In 1851 Joel followed wagon tracks from the Willamette Valley to one . . .

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Aqueduct

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, Mexico.
Acueducto Esta monumental obra hidráulica, distintiva de Querétaro, fue construida entre 1726 y 1735, cuando comenzó el reparto de agua en la Caja de la Cruz. Es una muestra del talento y creatividad de Juan Antonio de . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fountain of the Marquis II

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, Mexico.
Fuente de el Marqués II Obra monumental que recubre el antiguo Tanque de Agua que surte a gran parte de la ciudad. Se construyo durante la administración municipal 91-94. Tiene cuatro fuertes con pequeñas fuentes de media . . .

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

Hauptwache / Main Guardhouse

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, Germany.
1730-1733 Barocker Bau mit Pfeilerarkaden unter hohem Mansarddach Baroque building with pier arcades under a high mansard roof Wachstation mit Arrestzellen der Frankfurter Bürgerwehr Guardhouse with detention rooms of the . . .

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Residence of Epigmenio and Emeterio González

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, Mexico.
En parte del área que ocupa esta calle estuvo el edificio en el que vivieron, hasta el inicio de la lucha por independencia nacional los insurgentes Don Epigmenio Gonzalez y Don Emeterio Gonzalez H. Ayuntamiento 13 de Sep. . . .

(Colonial Era • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Royal Inland Road

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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro ha sido inscrito en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial en virtud de la Convención para la Protección del Patrimonio Mundial Cultural y Natural. La inscripción en esta Lista consagra el Valor . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grand Central Hotel

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Tahoe City, California.
Called the finest establishment between San Francisco and Virgina City, this elegant three and a half story resort signified the start of North Tahoe's tourist industry. Terminal for the Tahoe-Truckee Flyer Stage Line And . . .

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The House of the Marquesa

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, Mexico.
Esta casa perteneció a la señora Marquesa de la Villa del Villar del Aguila – En junio de 1821 sirvió de alojamiento a Don Agustin de Iturbide y Aramburo, Jefe del Ejército Trigarante. Comisión Local de Turismo 1946 English . . .

(Man-Made Features • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Church of the Monastery of Santa Clara de Jesus

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Iglesia del Monasterio de Santa Clara de Jesus El 21 de julio de 1633, en solemne rito fue consagrado este templo, que construyó el arquitecto José de Rayas Delgado. El estilo es propio del renacimiento tardío. Sus portadas . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Southern Pacific Railroad Station

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Los Altos, California.
The town of Los Altos as we know it owes its existence to the Southern Pacific Railroad. Needing a shortcut between Palo Alto and Los Gatos, the Southern Pacific Railroad acquired the downtown "triangle" in 1907 from Sarah . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Loyola Corners

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Los Altos, California.
In the early 1900's, Southern Pacific Railroad ran tracks down what is now Foothill Expressway connecting Los Altos with San Jose and San Francisco. A railway depot was built not far from here and called "Loyola Corners", . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

316 Main Street

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Los Altos, California.
Built in 1908, this structure housed the first commercial business in the new town of Los Altos. William and Lillian Eschenbruecher operated their hardware store here for more than a year before electricity and water became . . .

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The Ecology of the Blackwater River

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Bagdad, Florida.
The Blackwater River begins in Bradley, Alabama, and winds approximately 60 miles before reaching Blackwater Bay. Three major tributaries—Big Juniper Creek, Big Coldwater Creek, and Pond Creek—feed the river. The Florida . . .

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Joachim von Sandrart (1606 - 1688)

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, Germany.
Verfasser der ersten deutschen Kunstgeschichte Teutsche Academie der Bau-‚ Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste und einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Maler seiner Zeit kam im „Haus zum Schwalbächer“ in der Neuen Kräme am 12. Mai 1606 . . .

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Bagdad After the Mill

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Bagdad, Florida.
The closing of the Bagdad Land & Lumber Company in 1939 brought the end of an era. The industry that had created the community was gone, and the residents of the village had to find ways to survive. There were other mills, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Underground Railroad

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Deep River, Connecticut.
The Underground Railroad Led by George Read, Founder of the Town’s Ivory Industry, Deep River Became Known in the Nineteenth Century as "All Abolitionist" and a Refuge for Runaway Slaves on the Underground Railroad. In . . .

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Chester

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Chester, Connecticut.
Chester Chester is located on land known as Pattaconk or Pattyquounck in Indian deeds of the 1660's. Settled largely by families from Saybrook, it became the Fourth Ecclesiastical Society of the Saybrook Congregational . . .

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

deKoven House Community Center

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Middletown, Connecticut.
1782 deKoven House Community Center 1942 Middletown, Connecticut 1748 John Lewis deKoven 1821 Founder 1871 Clarence Seymour Wadsworth 1941 Donor Dedicated to the deKoven and Wadsworth families who loved this house and . . .

(Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walter Süskind

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, Netherlands.
* Lüdenscheid 29 October 1906 † Na Evacuatie Auschwitz Januar-Februar 1945 Hij onttrok tijdens de duitse bezetting, met groot gevaar voor eigen leven, vele joodse medeburgers aan deportatie [English translation:] Born: . . .

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