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Mount Diablo State Park

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Walnut Creek, California.
Welcome Heading to the top? Rising to 3,849 feet in elevation, Mount Diablo dominates the foothills and offers unobstructed views. Stand on its summit on a clear day and see over 200 miles in all directions; the Sierra . . .

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

What Are Those Towers For?

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Walnut Creek, California.
Mount Diablo has always been a guide and landmark to people far bellow, and so it became a natural location for many radio and transmission towers as well. As early as 1928, the Standard Oil Company and U.S. Dept. of . . .

(Communications • Science & Medicine • Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Palmer's Division

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Chickamauga, Georgia.
Palmer's Division .......... Crittenden's Corps. Major General John M. Palmer. September 19th, 1863, forenoon 1st Brigade - Brigadier General Charles Cruft. 2nd Brigade - Brigadier General William B. Hazen. 3rd Brigade - . . .

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

Independence of Campeche

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, Mexico.
En esta casa se reunieron la noche del 6 de agosto de 1857 los iniciadores de nuestra emancipación política. 6 de agosto de 1957 Gobierno del Estado English translation: In this house, on the night of August 6, 1857 met . . .

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

Campeche's Land Gate

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, Mexico.
Puerta de Tierra Esta puerta data de 1732; se localiza entre los baluartes de San Juan y San Francisco, es uno de los símbolos de la ciudad amurallada. Conserva la mayoría de sus elementos originales, como cañoneras, . . .

(Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Bastion of San Carlos

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, Mexico.
Baluarte de San Carlos Este baluarte sustituyó a un viejo torreón conocido como La Fuerza del Bonete. Fue reinaugurado por el Gobernador don Sandro Fernández de Angulo y Sandoval con el nombre de Castillo de San Benito. Se . . .

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

Governor's Palace

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, Mexico.
Palacio de Gobierno Construido en 1963, este conjunto arquitectónico alberga los Poderes Ejecutivo, Legislativo y Judicial del Estado de Campeche. En su momento, fue la obra más emblemática de la renovación arquitectónica de . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features • Politics • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gate to the Sea

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, Mexico.
Puerta de Mar Esta puerta fue reconstruida en 1955 en memoria de la original, demolida en 1893 con sus lienzos de muralla y el cuerpo de guardia. Llegaba hasta el mar, en donde desembarcaban los viajeros y se recogían las . . .

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

100th Anniversary of the Birth of Justo Sierra

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, Mexico.
A Justo Sierra Maestro de America Enero 26 de 1848 · Enero 26 de 1948 Siendo Presidente de la Republica El C. Lic. Miguel Aleman V. y Gobernador Constitucional del Estado El C. Lic. Eduardo J. Lavalle Urbina, se erigio este . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Redoubt of San Miguel

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, Mexico.
Reducto de San Miguel La protección de la ciudad de Campeche se completó con la construcción de seis fortificaciones en su exterior: tres al poniente de puerto y tres al oriente. El Reducto de San Miguel, cuya obra fue . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bastion of Our Lady of Solitude

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, Mexico.
Baluarte de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Este baluarte fue construido alrededor de 1690, donde se ubicaba la fortificación conocida como El Bonete en 1610. Es el tercero y más grande del sistema defensivo de Campeche, que . . .

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

Juan Antonio de la Fuente

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, Mexico.
Juan Antonio de la Fuente Diplomatico Nacio en Saltillo en 1814 Se recibió de abogado Diputado al Congreso Constituyente 1856-1857 Secretario de Estado Ministro de Mexico en Francia Fallecio en 1867 English translation: . . .

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

Great Louisiana Maneuvers' Blue Army Headquarters

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Kinder, Louisiana.
The United States Army GHQ (General Headquarters) Maneuvers of 1941 were held throughout western Louisiana. These important war games helped to prepare the Army for its future involvement in W. W. II. Through mock battles . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Building of the Five Floors

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, Mexico.
Edificio de los Cinco Pisos Al pie de este edificio se localiza una serie de jeroglificos que indican el año 652 d.C. Las épocas constructivas, sin embargo, se extendieron a lo largo de varios siglos, especialmente de IV a . . .

(Native Americans • Man-Made Features • Anthropology • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Forge War Memorial

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Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated to those who served World War I 1917--1918 World War II 1941--1945 Korea 1950--1953 Vietnam 1964--1975 Erected in Grateful Recognition by the Citizens 1949

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

Kinder, Louisiana

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Kinder, Louisiana.
Named for James A. Kinder, who received a homestead certificate for land in 1892. Kansas City, Watkins, and Gulf Railway arrived in 1890. Kinder was incorporated as a village in 1903. Patrick E. Moore served as first mayor.

(Settlements & Settlers • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
This memorial is dedicated to all men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America

(War, World II • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated to those who have served this great nation ”Lest We Forget” [Dedicated] May 15, 2005 [Honor Roll of Old Forge Veterans]

(War, World II • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

P.F.C. Carpellotti, U.S.M.C.

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Old Forge, Pennsylvania.
This anchor is preserved here as a memorial to Louis Joseph “Eugene” Carpellotti, of the ship Destroyer Escort No. 720 launched at DeFoe, Bay City, Michigan. Sponsor for the occasion was Mrs. Sophie Carpellotti. U.S.M.C. . . .

(War, World II • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Maya

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, Mexico.
Los Mayas Los mayas crearon sociedades complejas con individuos claramente diferenciados por su papel político, religioso y económico. Fundaron ciudades y pueblos, construyeron grandes obras públicas (hidráulicas, camineras, . . .

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