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Tompkins County Korean War Honor Roll

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Ithaca, New York.
Hollis J. Adams • Robert B. Andrews Michael J. Barra • Charles J. Fedorka Richard L. Henderson • Merle A. Hess Clarence F. Hile • Harrison C. Jacobs Bruce W. Mack • George J. Maguire Leo W. Maguire • Charles R. Niemi Luigi . . .

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

Spencer Shops Roundhouse and Turntable

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Spencer, North Carolina.
This 37-stall roundhouse and 100-foot turntable built by the southern railway are among the few survivors of a distinctive type of locomotive repair facility that was once common across North America. The radial track and . . .

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

Tompkins County Cold-Iraq-Afghanistan Wars Honor Roll

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Ithaca, New York.
Tompkins County Remembers John C. Smith, Jr. • USS Liberty 1967 Patrick L. Griffin, Jr. • Iraq 2003 Christopher D. Bordoni • Afghanistan 2012

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan • War, Cold) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tompkins County Vietnam Honor Roll

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Ithaca, New York.
Domingo I. Aguilar • Charles Adams Charles Boyer • Fred Carpenter Gary Elia • David N. Fox Terrence C. Graves • Paul J. Greenwood Jr. Charles Hamilton • Carl E. Janowsky Jr. Richard A. Miller • Donald Penney Karl F. Perry • . . .

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

The Muscle of Spencer Shops

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Spencer, North Carolina.
The Muscle of Spencer Shops While the Bob Julian Roundhouse, located just south of here, provided routine maintenance for Southern Railway's steam locomotives, the Back Shop was where the heavy lifting was done—literally. . . .

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frontier Fort

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near Spencer, Virginia.
About three miles north stood Fort Mayo, commanded by Captain Samuel Harris in 1756 and visited in that year by Washington. This fort was the southernmost of the line of stockade forts built from the Potomac River to North . . .

(Colonial Era • War, French and Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Southern Public Utilities Co. 1927 Streetcar #85

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Spencer, North Carolina.
Streetcar #85 was manufactured in Charlotte in 1927 by the Southern Public Utilities Company The trolley ran 11 years in the city, powered by overhead electric wires. It was the last streetcar running and was the centerpiece . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Norfolk & Western Caboose 555012

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Spencer, North Carolina.
Builder: International Car Company, Kenton, Ohio Date Complete: April 1976 Cost: $45,000 Built as: Norfolk & Western Railway 555012 In 1976 the Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W) placed an order for one hundred new cabooses . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Professional Baseball in Adrian

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Adrian, Michigan.
Adrian got to experience professional baseball in 1894 when the Adrian Light Guard baseball team was formed to play in the Michigan Baseball League. Although the league lasted only one year, Adrian fielded great players such . . .

(African Americans • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Anne Frank Tree

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New York, New York.
The Anne Frank Tree dedicated on June 12, 2017 by the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect with gratitude to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey This tree is a pure descendant of the chestnut tree, preserved over . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ice Harvesting Industry

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Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania.
Ice was harvested on local lakes from 1896 thru the 1940s. Vast icehouses insulated with sawdust at Naomi Lake, Pocono Lake, Stillwater Lake, Anglewood lake and Brady’s Lake kept tons of ice frozen through summer. Blocks of . . .

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

Forest Products Industry

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near Pocono Lake, Pennsylvania.
The area’s vast timber resources spawned a myriad of wood-related industries. 30 sawmills existed in 1830. With increasing demand, larger sawmills and specialty production opened, including a clothespin factory. Over 20 . . .

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

Lewis & Elizabeth Kemp Homestead

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Dayton, Ohio.
Lewis and Elizabeth (Lyons) Kemp were settlers of what became Mad River Township. With their eight children, the Kemps arrived here from Frederick County, Maryland around 1806. The stone part of the house was built shortly . . .

(Architecture • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Natalie Clifford Barney

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Dayton, Ohio.
Side A Natalie Clifford Barney was born in Dayton on October 31, 1876. Her family was wealthy and industrious, including her great grandfather who founded the Dayton Academy, Cooper Female Seminary, and Dayton Car Works. . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Naomi Pines House

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Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania.
Franklin Comfort Miller opened a summer resort on this site in 1888. His beautiful Victorian hotel offered guests lush woodlands, pure streams and healthy spring water. Naomi Lake (1895) added swimming and boating. Room cost . . .

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

Sister Dorothy Stang SNDdeN (1931- 2005)

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Dayton, Ohio.
Side A Born on June 7, 1931 in Dayton to Edna and Henry Stang, Dorothy Mae was the fourth of nine children. She attended Julienne High School and entered religious life with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1948. She . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Civil Rights • Education • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Isaac Stauffer

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Pocono Lake, Pennsylvania.
Stauffer (1834-1919) engaged in lumbering on an enormous scale, reinvesting his profits in land. He accumulated over 4,000 acres in this area. Business ventures included manufacturing, a saw mill, ice companies and Pocono . . .

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

Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad

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Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania.
In 1893 a single track line was built from Wilkes-Barre to Stroudsburg. It was the shortest route to a connecting line, taking anthracite coal to tidewater ports in New Jersey for domestic and export markets. With stations . . .

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

To the Memory of William McKinley

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Dayton, Ohio.
To The Memory of William McKinley born Jan. 29th, 1843 died Sept. 14th, 1901 soldier in the Army of the Union representative in Congress Governor of Ohio President of the United States statesman, patriot, martyr a Christian . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Patterson Homestead 1804

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Dayton, Ohio.
Colonel Robert Patterson was a Revolutionary War Indian fighter, the founder of Lexington, Kentucky, and co-founder of Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his family settled here south of Dayton in 1804 on the 320-acre Rubicon Farm, . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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