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Jicarilla Apache (Tribe)

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Dulce, New Mexico.
The Jicarilla Apaches, primarily a hunting and gathering group, once occupied vast portions of northeastern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Pressure from Comanche Indians and European settlers eventually pushed them from . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Floyd County

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

Roots of the Catholic Faith in West Texas

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near Floydada, Texas.
Spaniards first introduced the Catholic faith into this region when conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado passed through in a 1540s expedition to conquer the fabled cities of gold. He and his men rested at a campsite in . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monument aux morts

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Aux enfants de Biard morts pour la France. English Translation To the children of Biard who died for France.

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

The Battle of Blanco Canyon

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near Floydada, Texas.
Of all the confrontations between the United States Army and Indians in Texas, the Battle of Blanco Canyon is identified as one of the most decisive clashes in the U.S. cavalry’s campaigns against the Comanches. Indians . . .

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

Celedonio Doméco de Jarauta

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, Mexico.
Al Presbitero D. Celedonio Domeco de Jarauta fusilado en este Mral el 18 de Julio de 1848. Combatió En defensa de la patria Contra la invasión Norte Americana Se construyó a iniciativa de Francisco H. Montoya y la . . .

(War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Luis González Obregón

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, Mexico.
El insigne historiador D. Luis Gonzalez Obregón (1865-1938) nació en esta casa. H. Ayuntamiento Constitucional 1938-1939. English translation: The illustrious historian Luis González Obregón (1865-1938) was born in this . . .

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

Agustín Lanuza

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A 50 años del fallecimiento del Poeta e Historiador Lic. Agustín Lanuza se dedica esta placa en la casa donde vivió Ateneo “Jaime Torres Bodet” 1936-1986 English translation: Fifty years after the death of the poet and . . .

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

Trammel's Trace

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near Henderson, Texas.
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(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marshall Illinois

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Marshall, Illinois.
To Commemorate The Hundredth Anniversary of Marshall, Illinois Founded by William B. Archer and to Honor George Rogers Clark For whom the county was named placed by The Walter Burdick Chapter Daughters of the American . . .

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

Cold War

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
The end of the Second World War brought an alignment of the developed world behind each of the world’s two superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union. The West’s struggle against the worldwide threat of Communism . . .

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

The Army’s New 50-Ton Killer

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
The M60 “Patton” medium MBT was an effective redevelopment of the M48 medium tank, designed to counter the larger armament of the Soviet Union’s T-54 and forthcoming T-62 tanks. Introduced in 1960, the M60 featured a larger . . .

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

Team Spirit

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
The Cold War saw military clashes and standoffs throughout the world, including Asia. The first conflict involving the United States Army fought on the Asian continent was the Korean War (1950-1953). Although a treaty was . . .

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

Reforger

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
American forces remained on a heightened state of alert during the Cold War, especially those in West Germany, should a war against the Soviets ever materialize. One way in which the U.S. Army prepared itself for such an . . .

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

Chief Warrant Officer 4

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
William F. Hale entered the Army in August 1972, and completed basic training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He began his specialty training, Sergeant Missile Crewman at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in January 1973. By 1991, after . . .

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

The Parker Family & Mill

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Ann Arbor Township, Michigan.
William Q. Parker and his new bride, Mary, came to Washtenaw County in 1861 from England. After two years in Lodi Township, Mary purchased 61 acres between Geddes Road and the Huron River. Here, in 1873, on the ruins of the . . .

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

The Flor Baja Fountain

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, Mexico.
Fuente de la Flor Baja Formó parte del sistema de distribución de agua limpia con el que contó la ciudad a partir del siglo XVIII; fue inaugurada el año de 1883 y sirvió a la ciudadanía hasta la segunda década del siglo XX . . .

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

Historic Bel Air

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Bel Air, Maryland.
Marker features an aerial view and 11 photos. Aerial Photo 13 Aerial photograph of Bel Air taken in 1964 showing the location of the old racetrack, construction of the bypass and John Carroll. MD Route 24 and the Harford . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fox Creek "S" Bridge Park

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New Concord, Ohio.
The Fox Creek “S” Bridge is one of a series of such bridges which lined the path of the National Road. All but a handful were destroyed during the construction of U.S. Route 40. The National Road, completed here in 1828, . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Jackson Hotel

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Poncha Springs, Colorado.
The Jackson Hotel was built in 1878 by Henry A. Jackson who left his home in Kentucky looking for a place where his family could escape the turmoil of post-Civil War reconstruction. A former Memphis steamboat captain, . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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