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Dundee's Old Mill

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Dundee, Michigan.
Dundee's first saw mill was built here in 1828, by Riley Ingersoll and Samuel and William Gale, on land acquired by William Remington, July 28, 1823. A brush and dirt dam was constructed across the River Raisin in 1827, by . . .

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

First Clash On Loudoun Soil

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near Taylorstown, Virginia.
You are standing within the foundation of a shed used for a bunkhouse early in the war. In the spring and summer of 1861, twenty-one men of Capt. William W. Mead's Loudoun Cavalry (Co. K, 6th Virginia Cavalry) were posted . . .

(War, US Civil • Patriots & Patriotism • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Original Mount Vernon High School

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Alexandria, Virginia.
The original Mount Vernon High School was located here on 8.8 acres that were once part of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. Fairfax County purchased the land for $400 per acre in November 1938. Construction funding . . .

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

Perry Center

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West Millgrove, Ohio.
1876 Perry Center 1946 (map on front, text on reverse) When the state of Ohio was chartered, it mandated that every township set aside land for schools.The result was the classic one room schoolhouses that were built in the . . .

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

Longstreet Encampment

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Sweetwater, Tennessee.
In mid to late 1863, Sweetwater was a supply and staging area for the Confederacy. It was the last secure depot on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, south of the Union lines. In November 1863, General Longstreet, with . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple of Guadalupe

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, Mexico.
Templo de Guadalupe En 1575 don Pedro Martín de Bonilla, rico y piadoso vecino de Campeche, costeó la erección en este lugar de una ermita en honor a la Virgen de Guadalupe de Villuercas, a la que se le atribuyen . . .

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

Dundee - Hub of the Highways

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Dundee, Michigan.
The first land patent for land in the Village of Dundee, was issued to William Remington, from Livingston County, New York, on July 23, 1823. Riley Ingersoll, Dundee's first white settler, settled here in 1824. The . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 13 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Seven Dolls

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, Mexico.
Las Siete Muñecas El edificio debe su nombre a una ofrenda de siete muñecas burdos de barro, que se encontraron en su interior. Esta construcción es de plant cuadrangular, con una cámara cenral rodeada por un corredor. Su . . .

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

Osmundo Arriola

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, Guatemala.
Osmundo Arriola 4 XII 1886 – 8 X 1938 Primer poeta laureado ¡Eres Quezaltenango: Como una cumbre, y estas mas cerca de los jardines donde florecen los nardos de oro de las estrellas…! (de “Querido Rincon”) English . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Great Western Railway

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Windsor, Ontario.
The main line of “The Great Western”, from Niagara Falls through Hamilton and London to Windsor, was opened in 1854. The company extended its line from Hamilton to Toronto in 1855, from Komoka to Sarnia in 1858, and from . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rosario de Paz Chajchalac de Mendizabal

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, Guatemala.
Fraternidad Quetzalteca Al pueblo de Quezaltenango Honor a la primera Reina Indigena Rosario de Paz Chajchalac de Mendizabal Septiembre 1985 Adicional marcador: Certamen Reina Indigena 1934-1979 Mujeres que han representado . . .

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

Benedictus de Spinoza (1632-1677), Amsterdammer, Filosoof/Philosopher

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, Netherlands.
Spinoza is op deze plaats als zoon van joodse vluchtelingen geboren. Zijn belangrijkste werk is de Ethica. Daarin verwerpt hij alle traditionele voorstellingen van God en stelt hij dat de ogenschijnlijk chaotische natuur is . . .

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

Juan José Ortega

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, Guatemala.
La Municipalidad de Quezaltenango al ilustre Doctor Juan José Ortega en el Primer centenario de su nacimiento. 7 de noviembre de 1958. English translation: The Municipality of Quetzaltenango to the illustrious Doctor Juan . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cathedral of the Holy Spirit

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, Guatemala.
Iglesia del Espíritu Santo (Catedral) El templo original del Espíritu Santo, hoy Catedral, fue el segundo construido en el país (en 1532) Ordenada por el Obispo Francisco Marroquín. La fachada colonial estilo barroco que . . .

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

Devils Golf Course

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Furnace Creek, California.
Interbedded salt and water-bearing gravels are more than 1,000 feet thick beneath the Devils Golf Course. Great horizontal forces exerted by crystallizing salt, push these columns upward wind and rain carve them into fantastic shapes.

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A. R. Wilson Quarry

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Aromas, California.
Named for Arthur R. Wilson, who founded Granite Rock Company on February 14, 1900, this quarry has been the heart of Granite Rock's business since the beginning. In more than a century of continuous operation, the quarry has . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Mint Robbery

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Denver, Colorado.
The first man to rob the Denver Mint was “Small Bad Jim” – James Clark. The gold bars were so heavy that he began dropping them only one mile away in what is now Cheesman Park. Six days later, the desperado was captured 25 . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Apache Pass - A Corridor Through Time

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near Bowie, Arizona.
There are two markers on a single kiosk Apache Pass is a low divide separating the massive Chiricahua Mountains from the Dos Cabezas Mountains. This landscape formed a rugged corridor through which people and goods were . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mining Cabin

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near Bowie, Arizona.
Mining activity in Apache Pass started when members of the California Volunteers discovered a, “...gold and quartz bearing ledge...” in 1864. The “Harris Lode” as it became to be known, was later developed by the Apache Pass . . .

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

Parke Camp Site

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near Bowie, Arizona.
In March 1854, Lt. John Parke of the Topographical Engineer Corps led a survey party in search of an all-weather route for the transcontinental railroad. After a march of 55 waterless miles through Sulphur Springs Valley, . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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