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St. Frances Academy

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Baltimore, Maryland.
More than thirty years before the Civil War, when blacks and women were generally viewed as property, Father James Joubert and Elizabeth Lange founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence—a religious order of black women . . .

(Education • Charity & Public Work • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Breaking Boundaries: Reverence, Renovation, and Rock and Roll

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Baltimore, Maryland.
In the early 1950s, the 900 block of Tyson Street made national news for its dramatic transformation from a dilapidated street of falling down houses to a street framed by quaint pastel-colored homes. In 1948, City . . .

(Education • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Entering the Automobile Age: The Horseless Revolution

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Baltimore, Maryland.
The development of the nation depended on transportation, and Baltimore led America in building the first long-distance railroad, one of the earliest commuter rail systems, and one of the first electric streetcar systems. . . .

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

Building High Society: Captains of Commerce

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Baltimore, Maryland.
The upper part of the Mount Vernon neighborhood was once part of Belvedere, the country estate of Colonel John Eager Howard, a Revolutionary War hero, U.S. Senator, and Maryland Governor. His magnificent late 18th-century . . .

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

St. John's Lutheran Church

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Adrian, Michigan.
The Reverend William Hatterstaedt helped organize St. John's Lutheran Church in 1847. Until their first church was completed in 1849, the original congregation, fourteen German families, met in a church that belonged to the . . .

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

Camp Williams / Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry

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Adrian, Michigan.
Camp Williams At the outbreak of the Civil War in early 1861, the trustees of Adrian College offered the use of campus buildings and grounds to the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry for training. This became known as Camp . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Adrian College

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Adrian, Michigan.
Chartered on March 28, 1859, Adrian College traces its origins back to a Wesleyan Methodist theological institute founded at Leoni, Michigan in 1845. This institution later became Michigan Union College. Strongly antislavery . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • Abolition & Underground RR) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quadrangle of the Birds

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, Mexico.
Cuadrángulo de los Pájaros Este caudrángulo palaciego fue la sede de uno de los últimos gobernantes de Uxmal. Cada uno de los edificios consta de various recintos. En medio del patio se encuentra un altar de base cuadrada y . . .

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Architecture

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, Mexico.
Arquitectura La arquitectura Puuc destaca por el avance tecnológico que comenzó a desarrollarse alrededor del 600 d.C. y que alcanzó su perfeccionamiento hacia el 770-950 d.C. El desarrollo en la técnica de los núcleos . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Throne of the Jaguar

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, Mexico.
El Trono del Jaguar Consta de una pequeña plataforma de 4.85 m. por lado y 1.20 m. de altura a la que se accede mediante escaleras ubicadas en sus cuatro costados. En medio de la plataforma se colocó una escultura de un . . .

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

The Pillory Shrine

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, Mexico.
Adoratorio de la Picota Este adoratorio consiste en un basamento cuadrada en cuyo centro está enclavado un monolito con forma de cono truncado, que al parecer estuvo recubierto de estuco y sobre el aplanado se pintaron . . .

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

The Governor's Palace

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, Mexico.
El Palacio del Gobernador Esta asentado sobre una plataforma de 8 a 12 m de altura, 187 m. de largo y 170 m. de ancho. La estructura mide 98 m. de frente por 12 m. de ancho; fue dividida en tres partes separadas por bóvedas . . .

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

The Great Temple / Great Pyramid

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, Mexico.
Templo Mayor o Gran Pirámide Este monumento mide alrededor de 80 m. en su costado norte y aproximadamente 30 m. de altura. Su forma general es la de una pirámidecuadrangular truncada, de nueve cuerpos escalonados. La . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Our Confederate Dead Soldiers' Monument

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Okolona, Mississippi.
Front Love's tribute to a thousand Southern soldiers who sleep in our Confederate cemetery, who died in the war 1861—1865. Right Side List of Dead Rear List of the Living Our Confederate Veterans 1861—1865. Left . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Pigeon-House Cluster

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, Mexico.
El Grupo del Palomar El nombre palomar se aplicó por los calados de la crestería, que semeja un palomar. El conjunto está formado por un patio rectangular rodeado de edificios de tipo palacio, de los cuales sólo se conserva . . .

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

Jewish Merchants/Jewish Life

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Orangeburg, South Carolina.
(side 1) Jewish Merchants Russell St., historic hub of Orangeburg's commercial life, was home to Jewish merchants for over 160 years. German Jews began settling in Orangeburg in the 1830s, followed in the next century by . . .

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

The Cane Ceremony

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Adrian, Michigan.
The Cane Ceremony, a traditional part of the Adrian College Commencement, has a rich and colorful heritage. As depicted in this 1940's era drawing by Will Cairns, each Adrian College graduating class ties a ribbon in its . . .

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

Old Harding Pike

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Nashville, Tennessee.
When Lewis DeMoss first settled less than a mile here around 1800, there was an old north-south trail across this river bottom, which is still known by many as DeMoss Bottom. It was one of several approaches to the northern . . .

(Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles • Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hot Springs: The Birthplace of Spring Baseball

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Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Left Side Hot Spring's reputation as a health an recreation resort attracting the rich and famous was certainly true in the late 1800's and well into the 20th century. The city had fine hotels, lively nightclubs, a beautiful . . .

(Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

World War II Observation Tower

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Delran, New Jersey.
Erected by American Legion Post #146 in 1942. Located on the former Asa Austin Farm, volunteers observed and reported planes overhead and traffic on the Rancocas Creek. Removed at the end of war.

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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