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Knox County / Sevier County

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near Knoxville, Tennessee.
Knox County Established 1792; named in honor of Maj. Gen. Henry Knox Washington's Chief of Artillery in the Revolutionary War. Secretary of War in Washington's Cabinet. One of the founders and first Secretery of the Society . . .

(Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Dickerson

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Knoxville, Tennessee.
On November 4, 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from Chattanooga to attack Union Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's garrison at Knoxville. Burnside confronted Longstreet below Knoxville, then . . .

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

Flight 93 National Memorial

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Stonycreek, Pennsylvania.
September 11, 2001 10:03 AM United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a field two miles ahead of you, shattering the quiet of the Pennsylvania countryside. Those who rush to the scene look on in disbelief at charred trees and a . . .

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

A National Cemetery System

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Knoxville, Tennessee.
Civil War Dead An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury . . .

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

Knoxville: A Divided City

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Knoxville, Tennessee.
In April 1861, before Tennessee seceded, Knoxville was deeply divided. Excited residents gathered in the streets and held rallies to sway public opinion. These divisions were never more visible then than during simultaneous . . .

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

Kate Smith Memorial

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Lake Placid, New York.
In memory of Kate Smith 1907-1986. A legend of radio, records, stage, television, and screen and a Lake Placid resident for forty summers. “God Bless America, My Home Sweet Home”

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

Sonja Henie Ice Fountain

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Lake Placid, New York.
Dedicated on February 14, 1980 during the XIII Olympic Winter Games to the memory of Norway’s greatest figure skater Sonja Henie (1912-1969). Holder of 10 World Championships, 3 Olympic Gold Medals, the second awarded in . . .

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

Early Roads in Polk County

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near Livingston, Texas.
Travel was of great importance in Polk County's early days. Civilized Indians—particularly Creeks, Alabamas, Coushattas and Kickapoos—were numerous and had many trails for intercommunication. Long King's Trace (named for a . . .

(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Polk County Enterprise"

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Livingston, Texas.
Founded in 1882 as "East Texas Pinery" by J.M. and J.C. Stockton. Changed name to "Polk County Enterprise" about 1903. when the office installed first linotype machine (1920), school was dismissed so pupils could watch it . . .

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

Early Indian Trails

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Livingston, Texas.
From 1830 to 1840 five Indian trails (some several centuries old) crossed Polk County. the Coushatta and Alabama tribes started two trails and also traveled Long King's, Kickapoo, and Battise traces. These routes helped . . .

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

Bulow Sugar Mill

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near Flagler Beach, Florida.
This was the largest sugar mill in Florida. It was operated by Charles William Bulow and John Joachim Bulow from 1820 until it was burned by the Seminoles in 1836. Sugar cane was planted in January and February and was ready . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Temple of Bethlehem

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, Mexico.
“Belen” Principio este templo: 1717. Se concluye: 1775. Ereccion canonica a parroquia, el 21 de noviembre de 1975. Por el Excmo. y Revmo. Sr. Dr. D. Anzelmo Zarza y Bernal, Obispo de Leon. Primer Parroco: Jose Barajas . . .

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

The Story of Bellingrath Gardens

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Theodore, Alabama.
(plaque 1) The site of the famed gardens was originally a semi-tropical jungle on the Isle-Aux-Coirs River. In 1917 the property was acquired for a private fishing lodge by Walter and Bessie Morse Bellingrath… The primeval . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Man-Made Features • Environment • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Und Davor ein Kapellchen und Almosenstock / And for that a Chapel and Begging Stick

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, Germany.
Soziale Fürsorge im Siechenhaus So dürfte das Volkacher Siechenhaus ausgesehen haben: isoliert weit außerhalb der Stadt stand das ärmliche Gebäude. Eine Kapelle, ein Brunnen und ein eigener Hof ermöglichte den Bewohnern ein . . .

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

The Hidalgo Market

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, Mexico.
No existe en México otro mercado como este. En su tiempo fue un alarde de tecnología, un lujo y un nuevo símbolo de la suntuosa capital minera. El proyecto estuvo en manos del ingeniero-arquitecto Ernesto Brunel, y el . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Adena Mound Enon Ohio

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Enon, Ohio.
This Adena Mound is the second largest conical mound in Ohio. These large conical mounds are believed to be Adena while the many small or effigy mounds are Hopewell, a later culture. This mound is the property of the . . .

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

A Field of Honor

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Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania.
A Common Field This land is first settled in the late 1700s. For a century and a half, much of the area remains wooded, with cultivated fields and pastures surrounding a few scattered farmhouses and barns. Beginning in the . . .

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

Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
On this spot, January 31, 1893, Frank Stranahan, the founder of this city, conducted a ferry across New River, established a trading post with the Indians and operated the first U.S. Post Office. Seven tenths of a mile west . . .

(Native Americans • Forts, Castles • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Stranahan House

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
An excellent example of frontier Florida architecture, the Stranahan House was constructed in 1901 for Frank and Ivy Stranahan, two of this areas earliest residents. It sits on the site of Stranahan Trading Post. Initially . . .

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

Lieutenant José Francisco Valenzuela

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, Mexico.
El 28 de Septiembre de 1810 en este lugar el teniente realista irapuatense Dn Jose Francisco Valenzuela honrosamente perdió al vida defendiendo sus banderas contra el ataque de los patriotas Insurgentes English translation: . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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