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First High Altitude Airplane Flights March 1905

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Aptos, California.
One hundred years ago, in the skies above this monument, three soaring flights were made on March 16th, 17th, and 20th, by an aeroplane- glider flown by Aeronaut and parachute dare- devil, Daniel John Maloney, which had been . . .

(Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Big Creek Light and Power Company

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Davenport, California.
The third hydroelectric power plant in California, built by Fred Swanton, local promoter and founder of the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, began operations on this site March of 1896. In the plant's final configuration, water from . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

J. Adrian Coronado y Polanco

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, Guatemala.
Recuerda: Aqui vivio y murio el insigne maestro: J. Adrian Coronado y P. Creador de generaciones dignas y agradecidas. Sus alumnos le dedican a su memoria esta ofrenda: Lic. Manuel Antonio Porras C. Ing. Amando Vides Tobar . . .

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

William Watters

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McLean, Virginia.
William Watters (1751-1827) was appointed to a circuit at the first American Methodist Conference in Philadelphia in 1773, making him the first officially appointed American-born Methodist itinerant circuit rider. During the . . .

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

Second Battle of Winchester

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Winchester, Virginia.
(preface) After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, he led the Army of Northern Virginia west to the Shenandoah Valley, then north through central Maryland and across the . . .

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

Constructing Star Fort

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Winchester, Virginia.
Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy and his division entered Winchester on January 1, 1863. The abolitionist general, who vowed to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation aggressively, soon set to work strengthening the town's . . .

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

Civil War Earthworks

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Winchester, Virginia.
During the Civil War, armies of both sides built earthwork fortifications of varying sizes and shapes. The star fort was one of the most difficult types to construct. Although the design afforded the defenders the potential . . .

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

Second Battle of Winchester

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Winchester, Virginia.
While Union artillery from Star Fort dueled with Confederate gunners in West Fort on June 14, 1863, Winchester's civilians fretted for their safety. Some wondered if Union Gen. Robert H. Milroy would destroy Winchester by . . .

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

Third Battle of Winchester

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Winchester, Virginia.
(preface) The fertile Shenandoah Valley was the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy" as well as an avenue of invasion. Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's march north and his raid on Washington, D.C., in June-July 1864 alerted . . .

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

Brandon School

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Brandon, Florida.
During WWI, the original sandstone brick "Twin Towers" were built on land once belonging to the Brandon family. This school consolidated the area's one-room schoolhouses to better educate the young. The first principal, John . . .

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

Spanish Exploration of Temple Terrace

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Temple Terrace, Florida.
On April 25, 1757, as they explored the Hillsborough River (Rio De San Julian Y Arriaga) and searched for pine trees for ship masts. Don Francisco Maria Celi, Captain of the Spanish Royal Fleet, and 19 armed members of the . . .

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

Brandon Masonic Lodge No. 114, F. & A.M.

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Brandon, Florida.
"Freemasons" have helped build and lead America for over 200 years. The members of the Brandon Masonic Lodge, chartered Jan. 22, 1890, have done the same for their respective communities during the past 100 years. Originally . . .

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Stagecoach Road

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Pachuta, Mississippi.
Running along the west side of this highway to Pachuta & unchanged in its old course. Was original route between Mobile and Paulding, former county seat & prosperous antebellum town in Jasper Co.

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carbon Hotel

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Helper, Utah.
The Carbon Hotel was built in the early 1900's. It was first owned by C.A. Bartolino. The building was used as a hotel, bar, cafe and sporting house throughout the years. Due to the large number of single male immigrants . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Sucker Flat

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Smartsville, California.
This now quiet valley was once the site of the Gold-Rush Era town of Sucker Flat - and of the Blue Point and Blue Gravel Mines. These were two of the richest hydraulic mines in California. Which along with a number of other . . .

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

Prospect Hill

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Sioux City, Iowa.
Erected by Iowa Presbyterians In Memory of Rev. Sheldon Jackson Rev. T.H. Cleland Rev. J.C. Elliott Pioneer Missionaries who on April 29, 1869 from this hill top viewed the great unchurched areas and after prayer went out to . . .

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

Old Church Site Rockport Cemetery

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Rockport, Ohio.
Rockport Methodist Church in the community of Rockport (formerly Cranberry) was believed to be one of the oldest churches in northern Allen Co. According to the records of the church, it was formed sometime around 1840, . . .

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

Wheat Row

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Washington, District of Columbia.
This Property Has Been Placed on the National Register Of Historic Places By the United States Department of Agriculture

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

Veteran's Memorial

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Correctionville, Iowa.
To all who honorably served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America

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

Built for a Lifetime of Service

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Correctionville, Iowa.
Correctionville's first brick schoolhouse has been standing here since 1872. Correctionville residents working for a local brickyard dug the clay nearby hand-formed and fired for the schoolhouse. The building was repaired in . . .

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