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City of Jackson

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Jackson, Alabama.
Side 1 First home of Creek and Choctaw Indians, Jackson’s first pioneer settlers arrived about 1800. The little village was first called Republicville, then Pine Level, before its incorporation by an act of the Mississippi . . .

(Education • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William H. Carson House

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Caro, Michigan.
Built in 1903

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

Jackson Prisoner of War Camp

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Jackson, Alabama.
Side 1 Just west of this spot, along Ocre Ave. on a 10-acre tract, was the site of a WWII prisoner of war camp. The camp was one of twenty such labor camps in Alabama. Hdqrs. for the camp was at Camp Shelby in Hattisburg, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War, World II • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Williams’ Temple CME Church

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Thomasville, Alabama.
Side 1 Founded by the CME (Christian Methodist Episcopal) Church as the only school for black students in the area in the early 1900’s, Williams’ Temple eventually consolidated with another school in Booker City to form . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cervantes

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New York, New York.
Cervantes This statue was presented to the City of New York by the Mayor of Madrid, Spain in 1986. It stood in Bryant Park before being donated to New York University in 1989.

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bella Abzug

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New York, New York.
Bella Abzug July 24, 1920 — March 31, 1998 2 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan Born in The Bronx to Russian immigrants, Bella Abzug was a graduate of Hunter College (1942) and Columbia Law School (1947). A labor and civil rights . . .

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

Edward I. Koch

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New York, New York.
Edward I. Koch December 12, 1924 — February 1, 2013 2 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan Edward Irving Koch, Mayor of New York City from 1978 through 1989, was born in The Bronx to immigrant parents. During his three terms in office, . . .

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

No. 22 Washington Square North

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New York, New York.
Landmarks of New York No. 22 Washington Square North This house and the two on either side of it, constructed about 1830 in Greek Revival style survived from what was called “The Row” of similar structures on this side of . . .

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

Houlihan - McLean Center

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Through the generous remembrance of a member of the Board of Trustees and the Class of 1973, Gerard P. Joyce, his wife, Linda, and his family, this historic place, formerly the Immanuel Baptist Church, is gratefully . . .

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

Thomasville's Early History

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Thomasville, Alabama.
Side 1 In the summer of 1887, a notice was published confirming that the route for the Mobile and West Alabama Railroad would be the Choctaw Corner route. Soon the sounds of building could be heard over the swamp that was . . .

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

Birthplace of Galo Plaza Lasso

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New York, New York.
1906 1987 This tablet honors Galo Plaza Lasso, President of the Republic of Ecuador (1940-1952) and Secretary General of the Organization of American States, (1968-1972) born here to Maria Adelina Plaza and General . . .

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

First District Agricultural College and Experiment Station

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Jackson, Alabama.
On this site was located the First District Agricultural College, authorized by an act of the Alabama Legislature and opened in 1896. The street in front was changed from Grove Hill Road to College Avenue in honor of the new . . .

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

Veterans Memorial Bridge

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Archbald, Pennsylvania.
In memory of the men and women of Archbald Borough who served in our nation's Armed Forces Dedicated November 11, 2007

(Patriots & Patriotism • Bridges & Viaducts • War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Central Salt Works

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near Rockville, Alabama.
Here was located the large and important Central Salt Works. Official government reports indicate that salt was being mined at this works as early as 1816, but the Indians had obtained salt here for centuries prior to this. . . .

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

Upper Salt Works

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near Jackson, Alabama.
The area from Stave Creek to Jackson Creek was one of sites for the making of salt during the years 1862-64. Furnaces of native stone were built and salt water from dug wells evaporated by boiling in large kettles. Amount of . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gainestown

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Gainestown, Alabama.
Founded in 1809 by George Strother Gaines as Choctaw-Creek Indian Trading Post on Alabama River, now Gainestown Landing. Here lived Alabama Indians for whom State & River named. At Battle of Maubila De Soto's hogs escaped, . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lackawanna River Foot-Bridge

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Archbald, Pennsylvania.
This plaque is in commemoration of the foot-bridge that connected the downtown Main Street business area with Salem Street and St. Thomas Church. The foot-bridge crossed the Lackawanna River and was located between the . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thomasville War Memorial

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Thomasville, Alabama.
Dedicated to the Glory of God and in Honor of the Men and Women who have Served their Country

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

Tuscola County Advertiser

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Caro, Michigan.
The Tuscola County Advertiser began publishing on August 21, 1868. The city's oldest surviving business establishment, it was founded by Henry G. Chapin, a native of Conesus, New York. Chapin edited and published the paper . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Communications) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trinity Episcopal Church

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Caro, Michigan.
This skillfully designed board and batten Gothic Revival church, first served local Episcopalians in 1880. The congregation had been formed in 1871, the year the town was incorporated. During the 1870s Caro grew to be a . . .

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