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Donato Guerra

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, Mexico.
Donato Guerra General Republicano Teocuitlatal, Jalisco Fue su cuna en el año de 1832; Valiente defensor de la Republica contra la intervencion extranjera. Murio en el año de 1876 en Avalos Chihuahua. English translation: . . .

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

The Oliver House

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Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Each day, many passenger trains stopped in Depot Town. Many hotels were built to accommodate the number of travelers stopping in the area. The building, known then as the Carr Hotel was built in the 1870s. It later became . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wilderness Battlefield Memorial

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Lake of the Woods, Virginia.
The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864 resulted in almost 29,000 Union and Confederate casualties. Both armies attempted to find and bury the dead, but moved on before completing the process. Over the next few years, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Apperson Family and Lake of the Woods

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Lake of the Woods, Virginia.
Alfred Apperson was born in 1806. He married Malinda Jones in 1816 and managed a plantation until he had saved enough money to purchase 120 acres of farm land in 1846. That land would become part of Lake of the Woods 120 . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spotswood Family Cemetery

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Lake of the Woods, Virginia.
• In 2012, local historians recorded 15 field stones in rows that resembled the manner in which graves were marked in colonial and antebellum days before permanent granite headstones became popular. • In 2013, they used . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Decatur Historic District/Old State Bank

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Decatur, Alabama.
The Old Decatur Historic District dates Back to the Town's settlement in 1817; at that time it was called Rhodes Ferry Landing after Dr. Henry W. Rhodes, an early landowner who operated a ferry across the Tennessee River. In . . .

(Architecture • Disasters • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Downtown/Founders Park

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Decatur, Alabama.
?Public Buildings? 1. Public City Hall 2. Decatur Police Station 3. Decatur/Morgan Co. Chamber of Comm. 4. Decatur Public Library 5. Federal Bldg./Post Office 6. Morgan County Archives 7. Morgan County Courthouse 8. Morgan . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Decatur Historic District/Historic Depot

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Decatur, Alabama.
?The Old Decatur Historic District dates Back to the town's settlement in 1817; at that time it was called Rhodes Ferry Landing after Dr. Henry W. Rhodes, an early landowner who operated a ferry across the Tennessee River. . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Italians in Richmond

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Richmond, Virginia.
Italian immigrants were a small but cohesive segment of Richmond’s population by the 1850s. Local artist Ferruccio Legnaioli, who employed many Italian immigrant artisans, influenced the cityscape with his ornamental designs . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mulberry

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Westminster, Maryland.
This house built in 1795, by Col. Joshua Gist on land granted to him in 1782 and occupied by him until 1839. Willed to Harriet Gist 1839, occupied by her until 1865. Willed to Mordecai Gist 1865 by whom occupied until 1903. . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

“What Magic Has Been Wrought Here”

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Washington, District of Columbia.
On, May 18,1966, Crowds Gathered here to witness Lady Bird Johnson (1912-2007) rededicate eight acres of Watts Branch Park. “No one more than the residents of this area knows what magic has been wrought here at Watts . . .

(Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

National Training School for Women and Girls/ Nannie Helen Burroughs

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Washington, District of Columbia.
The National Training School for Women and Girls was founded here in 1909 by Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879 - 1961). With its focus on the “three B's” — “Bible, bath and broom” — the school taught skills such as business, . . .

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

Dr. Laura Plantz House

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Putney, Vermont.
This c. 1900 house was built for Dr. Laura Plantz (1829-1923), the first female medical practitioner in Vermont, Minnesota, and Michigan. Dr. Plantz graduated from Pennsylvania Medical University of Philadelphia. She . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Garrett Park, MD

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Garrett Park, Maryland.
In 1887, the Metropolitan Investment and Building Company laid out the town, named after Robert W. Garrett, President of the B. & O. Railroad. It was to be primarily residential, a short commuter train ride to Washington, . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Van Nassau

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Albany, New York.
Built 1614 By The Dutch Explorers. Christiaensen And Block First Trading Center Established In New York State.

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

Alum Creek &The Underground Railroad / The Underground Railroad

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Columbus, Ohio.
Alum Creek & The Underground Railroad The fifty-eight miles of Alum Creek run north to south originating in Morrow County and continues through Delaware County into Franklin County, where it empties into the Big Walnut . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Skirmish at Ivanhoe Plantation

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near Waynesboro, Georgia.
This land is part of the former Ivanhoe Plantation property of the Whitehead family. The plantations home was located near the northeast corner of the Quaker road and the Walker Bridge road (Story Mill Road). A diary kept by . . .

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

Ivanhoe Plantation

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near Waynesboro, Georgia.
Ivanhoe Plantation was established in 1765 by a Crown Grant to Thomas Whitehead from King George III of England. The plantation is located 3 or 4 miles east of Waynesboro, Georgia and 15 miles along Brier Creek going down . . .

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

The Sacking of Louisville

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Louisville, Georgia.
On Monday, November 28, 1864, Union Major General William T. Sherman's "Left Wing" commanded by Major General Henry W. Slocum reached the Ogeechee River and Rocky Comfort Creek just west of Louisville. The bridges had been . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Auto Log

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Three River, California.
Auto Log Base Diameter – 21 Feet Fell in 1917. Since then many types of vehicles have been photographed on this unusual log driveway.

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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