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Grist Mill

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Ann Arbor Township, Michigan.
A two stone grist mill was built by William Q. Parker for purpose of grinding feed and corn meal. Operated as a commercial flour mill from 1910-1956, it was restored in 1984.

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sampson Naval Training Station Veterans

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Geneva, New York.
In honor of the men and women who served at the Sampson Naval Training Station, Route 96A, Sampson, New York during its operation from 1942 to 1946 Dedicated this 10th day of September 1988 by the Waterloo VFW Post #6433. . . .

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

Independence Townsite

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near Aspen, Colorado.
Founded July 4, 1879 when gold was discovered, Independence was the first community in the Roaring Fork Valley. A thriving mining camp, stagecoach and layover stop for all travel across Hunter’s Pass, it became a ghost town . . .

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

U.S. Submarine Memorial

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Groton, Connecticut.
To perpetuate the memory of those gallant shipmates who gave their lives during World War II. Dedicated by U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II. U.S. Submarines still on their last patrol. Sealion SS195 December 10, . . .

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

Coffee High School

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Florence, Alabama.
(side 1) Coffee High School opened at this site in the fall of 1917. Camilla Coffee donated the land in honor of her late husband, Capt. Alexander D. Coffee, son of Gen. John Coffee, a Founding Father of Florence. Because of . . .

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

Wall of Honor

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Groton, Connecticut.
In grateful memory of these submariners who died in the service of their country during World War II. They stand in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die so that freedom might live. Their final resting places . . .

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

Korean Veterans Memorial

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Waterloo, New York.
[US Armed Services Emblems] "Rose of Sharon" Symbol of the Korean War

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jervis Library

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Rome, New York.
An eminent canal, railway and waterworks engineer, he began his career in connection with the Erie Canal construction at Rome in 1817. He was chief engineer for the completion of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, and for the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Living Blues

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Southaven, Mississippi.
Living Blues, the first American magazine dedicated exclusively to the blues, was founded in 1970 by seven young enthusiasts in Chicago. Cofounders Amy van Singel and Jim O’Neal became owners and publishers of the magazine . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Amherst County / Rockbridge County

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Big Island, Virginia.
Rockbridge County Area 616 square miles Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are . . .

(Government • Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Waterloo, New York.
Dedicated to the Memory of Those Who died in the Defense of Our Country

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

The Gros Ventre Slide

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Kelly, Wyoming.
Before you lie the remnants of one of the largest earth movements in the world. On June 23, 1925, earth, rock and debris moved rapidly from an altitude of 9000 feet, across the valley bottom and up the slope of the red . . .

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

Capt. Andrew Maples Jr., Tuskegee Airman

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Orange, Virginia.
Andrew Maples grew up in Orange and completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program at Hampton Institute in 1941. He graduated from the Advanced Flying School at the Tuskegee Army Air Field on 14 Jan. 1943, was commissioned a . . .

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

Afton Wyoming

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Afton, Wyoming.
World's largest elkhorn arch

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Peavine Branch

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Southaven, Mississippi.
The "Peavine" branch of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad met the Memphis to Vicksburg mainline at this site. From the late 1890s through the 1930s, the "Peavine" provided reliable transportation for bluesmen among . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Memorial

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Waterloo, New York.
In Honor Of The Boys In Blue Who Fought In The Civil War 1861 - 1865 Lest We Forget

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cpl. Clinton Greaves (1855-1906)

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Madison, Virginia.
Clinton Greaves (or Graves), Medal of Honor recipient, was born in Madison County, very likely into slavery. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1872 and served as a corporal in Co. C, 9th Cavalry. On 24 Jan. 1877 in the Florida . . .

(African Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Blue Ridge Turnpike

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Criglersville, Virginia.
The Blue Ridge Turnpike, completed in 1853, passed near here on its 56-mile route from the vicinity of New Market to the railhead in Gordonsville. Crossing the mountains at Fishers Gap, the road linked the Shenandoah Valley . . .

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

Canoga Cemetery

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Canoga, New York.
This early burial ground once referred to as "Hause Point Cemetery", has recorded burials as early as 1805. Canoga Cemetery Association established in 1855 with 3 original acres. Received certificate of incorporation in . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stanford's Mississippi Battery.

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Stanford's Mississippi Battery. 4-3 inch rifles. Strahl’s Brigade, Cheatham’s Division, Polk’s Corps. September 19, 1863. Capt. Thomas. J. Stanford, Commanding 1st Lieut. Hugh. R. McSwine. 2nd Lieut. James S. McCall. 2nd . . .

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