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Michigan Pharmacists Association

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Lansing, Michigan.
On November 14,1883, seventy-seven druggists met in the State Capitol to organize the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association. Jacob Jesson of Muskegon led the effort to establish a professional association to participate . . .

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

Big Flats

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Elma, New York.
Big Flats Site of Seneca Indian Village ca. 1780-1842 later known as Milford or Hurd or Briggs Mills and then Elma Village.

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

Fort Ball

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Tiffin, Ohio.
1813. This Tree Marks The Site of Old Fort Ball Built in 1813 by Order of General Harrison.

(Forts, Castles • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elma Town Museum

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Elma, New York.
Elma Town Museum Built by C.W. Hurd, 1846. Home of the first town meeting, 1857. Moved in 1873 next to church. Became the parsonage 1929. Given to the Elma Historical Society 1984. Moved to present site 1895. Dedicated to . . .

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

Mining Methods

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Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
You are standing on the southeastern side of the Lackawanna Valley. In this area the valley is about 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide. Behind you, Moosic Mountain rises some 1,200 feet (366 meters) above the elevation of the . . .

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

Layout and Architecture

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, Mexico.
Traza y arquitectura La disposición de los edificios y la arquitectura de Cañada de la Virgen denotan espacios con usos jerarquizados, por lo que se cree que en este lugar vivía sólo la clase sacerdotal. En las inmediaciones . . .

(Anthropology • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elma Village Mill

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Elma, New York.
Before you is the reconstruction of the Hurd and Briggs double sawmill. Efforts to reconstruct a working mill for educational and historic preservation purposes began in 2008. This is the site of the original mill. The . . .

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

The Nation's Most Destructive Flood

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Torrential rains in the fall of 1926 and spring of 1927 set the stage for one of our Nation's worst natural disasters. Levees held back the water until breaks occurred at Mound Landing, MS and Pendleton, AR on April 21, . . .

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

President McKinley Visits the "Land of Cotton"

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
When William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States (1897-1901), visited Vicksburg on May 1, 1901, cotton was “king” in Vicksburg and Warren County, as is evidenced by this arch of cotton bales (each weighing . . .

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

"The Blues are the Roots, the Rest are the Fruits"-Willie Dixon

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Famed musician and prolific song writer Willie Dixon was born in Vicksburg in 1915. In 1936, he moved to Chicago, taking with him an appreciation of African field songs, gospel, blues, and country music. Over the next 50 . . .

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

1844 Springbrook Mill Gear Assembly

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Elma, New York.
This assembly was used in the water mills on the Cazenovia Creek at Northrup Road during the mid to late 1800's. Its purpose was to transmit power from water wheels to grist stones and/or saws. Around the turn of the 20th . . .

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

Burial 18 The Decapitated Man

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, Mexico.
Entierro 18 El Decapitado El Entierro 18 o El decapitado, llamado así debido a que su fue cortada después de su muerte, se encontró asociado al patio cerrado situado en la plataforma elevada, a un costado del basamento . . .

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

Baker Memorial United Methodist Church

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East Aurora, New York.
Baker Memorial United Methodist Church circa 1928 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

Tree With Bank Account

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Collins, New York.
Tree With Bank Account Nichols Elm Stopping place for stage coaches, Indian trail and survey marker. Saved in 1928 when route 39 was built. Preserved through funds collected by citizens of Collins Center. On February 7, . . .

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

Burial 13 The hierarch and ancestral veneration

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, Mexico.
Entierro 13 El Jerarca y la veneración de los ancestros Durante las excavaciones para liberar el mural se encontró un hallazgo de gran relevancia y sumamente significativo para la interpretación del recinto. El Templo Rojo . . .

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

Heeney-Sundquist Funeral Home, Inc.

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Farmington, Michigan.
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Heeney-Sundquist Funeral Home, Inc., founded in 1850, for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for . . .

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

Village of East Aurora

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East Aurora, New York.
The Sinking Ponds Site was home to Native Americans for thousands of years prior to the establishment of the Village of East Aurora by Euro-American settlers. Sinking Ponds is a Native American archeological site occupied . . .

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

Aurora

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Aurora, New York.
Known to locals for generations simply as "The View". This 180-degree vista and iconic part of the Town of Aurora's agricultural heritage gives the community the perfect place to catch a glimpse of a sunset or gaze westward . . .

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

Observing the Stars

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, Mexico.
Observando los astros En distintas partes de Mesoamérica y del mundo, las sociedades antiguas usaron un sistema para medir el tiempo utilizando como referencia el movimiento del Sol, ya que durante un año hace un recorrido . . .

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

Lansing Labor Holiday

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Lansing, Michigan.
Side A As the labor movement spread across Michigan in the 1930s, workers in Lansing organized. After a successful strike at REO Motor Car Company ended in April 1937, the Amalgamated United Auto Workers Local 182 began . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Labor Unions • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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