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Conrad-Caldwell House

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Conrad-Caldwell House Theophilus Conrad, tannery owner, built this home 1893-95. Designed by Clarke & Loomis architects in Richardsonian Romanesque style. After Conrad’s death in 1905, the house was sold to William . . .

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Southern Exposition

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Louisville, Kentucky.
Southern Exposition 1883 – 1887 “From Seed to Loom” August 1 – 1883 President Chester A. Arthur opened the Southern Exposition of “Art, Industry and Agriculture.” The 40 acre grounds extended from Park Ave. to Hill St. and . . .

(Agriculture • Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Fountain of the "Little Plates"

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, Mexico.
Fuente de los Platitos Graciosa construcción circular, cubierta de pequeños trozos de platos de porcelana en blanco y azul, al centro, espiga columna de dos cuerpos que soporta la diminuta taza. La obra se realizó por Don . . .

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work • War, Mexican-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The House of the Lady of Zacatecas

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, Mexico.
Casa de la Zacatecana Esta casa es un bello ejemplo de la arquitectura civil del siglo XVIII, con su patio central y una singular escalera en caracol que conduce a un ajimez, desde que admira el paisaje de nuestra histórica . . .

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

Simón Bolívar

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, Panama.
En honor al Libertador Simon Bolivar America toda honra tu memoria Barrio Bolivar David Julio 24 de 1960. English translation: In honor of the Liberator Simón Bolívar All of America honors your memory Bolivar . . .

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

Madison County / Rappahannock County

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near Etlan, Virginia.
Madison County. In the hills of the Piedmont, along the Blue Ridge Mountains, Madison County was formed from Culpeper County in 1792. Madison County is named for James Madison, the “father of the American Constitution” and . . .

(Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Christian Church

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Crowell, Texas.
An early church in Crowell. First officials: Pastor, J. E. Chase; Elders, J. W. Cope, S. J. Fenton; Deacons, E. P. Bomar, F. H. Crews; Clerk, Ben Henderson; Treasurer, J. H. Self. Site, gift of C. A. Andrews, was chosen by . . .

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

Crowell Schools

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Crowell, Texas.
The first local schools organized shortly after the establishment of the community in 1891. Commissioners divided Foard County into nine school districts, including one for Crowell. Early settler Benjamin R. Blankenship . . .

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

Confederate General John Hunt Morgan

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Abingdon, Virginia.
Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, "The Thunderbolt of the Confederacy" was placed here in the Martin tomb for a short time after his death in Greeneville, Tennessee on September 4. 1864. General Morgan's funeral was the . . .

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

Green Spring Presbyterian Church

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near Abingdon, Virginia.
Green Spring Presbyterian Church was organized by 1784 and met in a log structure that stood east of here. The present church location has been in use since about 1794 when James Montgomery deeded the property to the . . .

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

Seminary United Methodist Church

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Turkey Cove, Virginia.
The Seminary United Methodist Church was established in 1851 in Turkey Cove. Over the years this structure has served as a church, a school and a Masonic Lodge. Its first of board of trustees included W. N. G. Barron, James . . .

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

Hardeman County

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Quanah, Texas.
Created February 1, 1858 Recreated August 21, 1876 Organized December 30, 1884 Named in honor of Bailey Hardeman, 1785-1836, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and Thomas Jones Hardeman, 1788-1854 member of the . . .

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

Trinity Church of Quanah

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Quanah, Texas.
The Rt. Rev. Alexander C. Garrett (1832-1924), first missionary bishop of northern Texas, preached to local Episcopalians in a schoolroom when he first visited Quanah in 1887. The property for this church building was . . .

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

First Presbyterian Church of Quanah

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Quanah, Texas.
This congregation was organized in 1892 at the home of Mrs. A. E. deGraffenried by the Rev. Jacobs and eight charter members. This Beaux Arts classical style church building, erected by Chillicothe contractor, R. Henry . . .

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

Medicine Mound Depot

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Quanah, Texas.
Built by Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway as passenger and freight station, in area where Chief Quanah Parker's Comanches prayed and rolled in gypsum, believing it was healing dust. Later, Santa Fe Station. Site of . . .

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

Turkey Cove

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Turkey Cove, Virginia.
This valley was one of the most fertile and prosperous in the region during the Civil War. Turkey Cove contained farms large and small, prosperous and failing, and men who weighed their southern-facing economic interests . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Summers & Koontz Executions

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New Market, Virginia.
On May 22, 1865, former Confederate Captain George W. Summers, Sgt. Isaac Newton Koontz, Pvt. Jacob Daniel Koontz, and Pvt. Andrew Jackson Kite (all from the 7th Virginia Cavalry) set out from their Page County homes to . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Musconetcong River Valley Double Lime Kiln

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Washington, New Jersey.
This double lime kiln is an example of the kilns once found throughout the Musconetcong River Valley. Early settlers farmed an area until its fertility was depleted. By the early 1800s German immigrants introduced the . . .

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

Marineland-The World’s First Oceanarium

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Marineland, Florida.
Born from the partnership of W. Douglas Burden, C.V. Whitney, and Count Ilia Tolstoy, Marine Studios opened in 1938. The attraction was designed for filmmakers to shoot underwater footage and give visitors an opportunity to . . .

(Animals • Education • Entertainment • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fowler

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Brooklyn, New York.
Fowler ( plaque ) Erected by the City of Brooklyn In Honor of the Services Rendered by the 14th. Regt. N.Y.S.M. 1861 — 1865 Bull Run · Binns Hill · Spottsylvania, Aug.1862 · Fredericksburg · Mine Run · Rappahannock . . .

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