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The Lone Tree

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near Egan, South Dakota.
Here on the Highway, in front of this marker stood the "Lone Tree" for more than two generations. It was planted a mere cottonwood seedling in the hole left by pulling out the original survey stake (surveyed in September . . .

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

Early Western Highway

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Hayes, South Dakota.
Fur trade route from Missouri River, Ft. Tecumseh (Pierre) to Ft. William (1832). John (1834) later Laramie via Badlands Pass S of Scenic and White and Niobrara Rivers. Harney’s Expedition (1855) to overawe the Sioux and . . .

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

Fitch's Covered Bridge

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near Delhi, New York.
Placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1999 Rehabilitated in 2001 by Delaware County Department of Public Works. Donated By Greater Delhi Area Chamber Of Commerce

(Roads & Vehicles • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Coweta and Northeastern Russell County:

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Phenix City, Alabama.
During the tumultuous decades prior to the Removal of the Creeks from their ancestral homelands in the 1830s, the vicinity of the town of Coweta became an important location for interaction between the Creek Nation and the . . .

(Agriculture • Native Americans • Industry & Commerce • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battle of Columbus

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Columbus, Georgia.
South face At 8:00 P.M. Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865, Federal forces, trying to secure the crossing of the Chattahoochee River, attacked strong defences near Columbus, Georgia. In the face of heavy musketry and artillery . . .

(Notable Events • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Benito Juárez García

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, Mexico.
Lic. Benito Juárez García Presidente de México 1858-1872 San Pablo de Guelatao Oaxaca, México 21 de marzo de 1806 México, D.F. 18 de junio de 1872 Insigne patriota Impulsor de México moderno con las Leyes de Reforma . . .

(Native Americans • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Corliss Street Tunnel

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Corliss Street Tunnel 1914 Stanley L. Roush, architect; D.N. Sprague, chief engineer

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Government Island

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Stafford, Virginia.
Utilized by Native Americans for millennia, and purchased by the federal government in 1791, Government Island's unique stone was used in the original construction of both the U.S. Capital and the White House. Aquia . . .

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

POW ✯ MIA Monument

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Columbus, Georgia.
POW?MIA You Are Not Forgotten Dedicated to all Our Nation's POW ? MIA Past – Present Fort Benning Sergeants Major Association 18 September 2004 Rear World War I 06 Apr 1917 – 11 Nov 1918 POW-7,470 MIA-116,108 World War II . . .

(War, World I • War, World II • War, Korean • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The First Mass Celebrated in Mexico

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, Mexico.
En esta isla de Cozumel, en un lugar situado a pocos metros de este templo, se celebro la primera misa en territorio nacional. La celebro el Padre Juan Diaz, Capellan de la expedicion que encabezaba el Capitan Don Juan de . . .

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

Cozumel's Tribute to the Defenders of the Nation

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, Mexico.
Cozumel Rinde homenaje a los Defensores de la Patria en el centenario de la primera Invasión Norteamericana Septiembre 13 de 1947. Reversa: Teniente Juan de la Barrera · Cadete Juan Escutia · Cadete Agustin Melgar · Cadete . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Moses Dallas: Confederate Naval Pilot/American Slave

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Columbus, Georgia.
Moses Dallas was a lifelong slave whose final years were spent in an unconventional arrangement during America's most tragic period, whose strategic role in a daring raid resulted in his death. A native of Georgia, he was . . .

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Period of Firsts

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Quantico, Virginia.
1941 •First Marine Aircraft Wing organized at Quantico. Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. 1942 •U.S. General McArthur requested 150,000 jungle camouflage uniforms. The splotchy pattern known as “frogskin” was the first . . .

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

An Established Front

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Quantico, Virginia.
1951 •The Navy was assigned Joint-Service (Navy, Marine Corps, Army & Air Force) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) responsibilities for explosive training, as well as research and development. 1958 •The Basic School (TBS) HQ . . .

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

Corner of Ocean and Brighton Avenues

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Long Branch, New Jersey.
Several hotels stood on this west end site, but the grandest were the Stetson House and the West End Hotel. The Stetson was L-shaped and had 300 rooms. Although smaller than other grand hotels, it was socially desirable and . . .

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World War I Doughboy

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Eufaula, Alabama.
To Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice 1917 — World War — 1918 John Asbury Boswell Robert W. Brannon-Hinton W. Holleman Porter R. Doughtie-Daniel T. Tully Lest We Forget.

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

James Bowser Plantation

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Suffolk, Virginia.
James Bowser, the only negro from Nansemond County to fight in the American Revolution, enlisted as a private in the Virginia Continental Line and was honorably discharged in 1782. Bowser returned to the county at the close . . .

(War, US Revolutionary • Patriots & Patriotism • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Linlithgow Palace

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, Scotland.
English The west range, the plainest of the four fronts of the palace, was completed about 1504 in the reign of James IV. The row of large rectangular windows at the first floor level represent a suite of royal rooms: from . . .

(Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 14 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Stith Pemberton

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Columbus, Georgia.
Beginning in the 1850s, John Pemberton manufactured wholesale drugs and chemicals in Columbus and operated drug stores here. He moved to Atlanta in 1870 and began selling Coca-Cola from his drugstore. By 1886, he had . . .

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

Bricks & Clay Products

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Columbus, Georgia.
For millions of years, the Chattahoochee River flooded its banks, dropped its silt, and created vast deposits of clay. Because of this accumulation of clay, brick making began south of Phenix City at least as early as 1940. . . .

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