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Brown Mansion

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Brownville, New York.
Home of Gen. Jacob Brown Commander Northern Frontier Forces, War of 1812 Commanding General U.S. Army 1821 until his death in 1828

(War of 1812 • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lambertville Outlet Lock

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Lambertville, New Jersey.
The outlet lock at this location was built to allow canal boats to pass between the Delaware & Raritan Canal and Pennsylvania's Delaware Canal. Canal boats loaded with coal from the Lehigh Valley would come down the Lehigh . . .

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

Mayday!

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Stonycreek, Pennsylvania.
The day begins with a cloudless, bright blue sky over the mid-Atlantic states. Seven crew members assigned to Flight 93 prepare for the early morning nonstop flight from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, California. . . .

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

The Cypress Swamp

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Ochopee, Florida.
The watery forest was born from a slow-moving creek whose waters rise and fall year after year, flooding the shallow banks and then withdrawing. Here brown waters reflect the tall trees, Spanish-moss and clouds in the sky. . . .

(Waterways & Vessels • Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sleeping Bear Point Life Saving Station.

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Glen Arbor, Michigan.
More then fifty ships have wrecked along this stretch of Lake Michigan. These buildings housed the men of the United States Life Saving Service who guarded this hazardous shore. Equipped with line throwing cannons and rowing . . .

(Waterways & Vessels • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The English Frigate “Augusta”

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Annapolis, Maryland.
was destroyed an sunk in the Delaware River by Col. Smith's American Battery October 23rd, A.D. 1777 ——……… —— This Cannon is one of the sixty four.

(War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thornton Gap

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near Luray, Virginia.
During the Civil War, this gap in the Blue Ridge was of significant tactical importance for the movement of troops, artillery, and supply wagons. The Thornton’s Gap Turnpike, a macadamized (hard-surfaced) road, passed . . .

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

Swigart's Mill

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East Berlin, Pennsylvania.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

455 West Market Street

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York, Pennsylvania.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

459 West Market Street

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York, Pennsylvania.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

J. Allen Baer House

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York, Pennsylvania.
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

William C. Goodridge, Entrepreneur

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York, Pennsylvania.
Born a slave in 1806, William C. Goodridge was freed in 1822, when he began his long, successful career as a businessman. His first enterprise was a barber shop, located on York's Centre Square. Next, he opened a five-story . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Tripoli Monument

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Annapolis, Maryland.
The oldest military monument in the United States honors heroes of the War against the Barbary Coast Pirates, the new republic's first war. In 1804, President Jefferson ordered the nation's tiny naval force to the . . .

(Landmarks • Heroes) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Tripoli Monument

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Annapolis, Maryland.
In the memory of Somers, Caldwell, Decatur, Wadsworth, Dorsey, Israel. The love of Glory inspired them, Fame has crowned their deeds, History records the event. The Children of Columbia admire and Commerce laments their . . .

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

Farm Machinery From The Past

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Luray, Virginia.
During the 1800's farmer’s took everything from a from a simple hoe to a thresher “snorting black smoke” into the ?elds in pursuit of better harvest. Machines were run by hand, by oxen or horses, and ?nally by steam engines. . . .

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

The Greatest Single Feature

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near Luray, Virginia.
“The greatest single feature is a possible sky-line drive along the mountain top. . .Few scenic drives in the world could surpass it.” —Southern Appalachian National Park Committee, 1931 By 1929, more than 23 million . . .

(Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Armstrong

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Manorville, Pennsylvania.
Located on the nearby river bank, this outpost was built in June, 1779, and abandoned that autumn. It served the Brodhead expedition against the Senecas and was named for Maj. Gen. John Armstrong.

(Native Americans • Forts, Castles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Reformed Theological Seminary Site

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York, Pennsylvania.
This tablet, marking the site of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in the United States during its location at York, from 1829 to 1836, is placed by Zion's Classis in grateful remembrance of the church fathers . . .

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

Arch Creek Bridge

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North Miami, Florida.
The natural limestone that once spanned the Arch Creek served as a crossing place for prehistoric Tequesta Indians, Seminole War soldiers and early pioneers. It was a natural wonder of great beauty and a scenic gathering . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anderson Cottage

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St. Augustine, Florida.
By the year 1870, a widowed Clarissa Fairbanks Anderson had built on her property, known as “Markland,” a gable-roofed, frame “winter cottage” for guests. In 1885, her son, Dr. Andrew Anderson, Jr., sold part of the property . . .

(Man-Made Features • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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