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Stone Academy

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Sylvania, Ohio.
This school is a half-scale replica of the two story school that was built on this site in 1844. It was named "Stone Academy" because it was built out of local cut quarry stone. In 1869, a brick building replaced it called . . .

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They Paid For Peace

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Louisville, Kentucky.
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Gottlieb Muffat

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, Austria.
In einem Vorgängerbau dieses Hauses, dem sogenannten Eineder - oder Muffathaus, Lebten im 18. Jahrhundert mehrere Mitglieder der Musikerfamilie Muffat. Der Komponist und Kaiserliche Hof- und Kammerorganist Gottlieb Muffat . . .

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Antonio Salieri

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, Austria.
An dieser Stelle stand das Wohn- und Sterbehaus des Komponisten und Hofkapellmeisters Antonio Salieri 1750 - 1825 [English translation:] At this location stood the house in which the composer and Court Chapel Master, . . .

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Bluefield Virginia

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Bluefield, Virginia.
The place was first known as “Pin Hook.” In 1883 the New River branch of the N. & W. Railroad was completed here and the first coal shipped from the Pocahontas mines. The town of Graham was incorporated in 1884 and named for . . .

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

West Virginia / Mercer County

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near Bluefield, West Virginia.
West Virginia (Mercer County). "The Mountain State"—western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French during . . .

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Franz Schubert

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, Austria.
Wohnte 1822-23 in diesem Haus bei seinem Freunde Franz v. Schober u. schuf hier u.a. die H-Moll Sinfonie Lived in this house, 1822-23, with his friend Franz von Schober, and wrote here, amongst others, the B Minor . . .

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Settling the Dust

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West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
The lakes and landscape of Oakland County weren't ready for the automobile in the early 1900s. Weekend visitors, in noisy "self-propelled" vehicles, churned up dust on unpaved roads and trespassed on private property. To . . .

(Environment • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Historic Community of Raritan Landing

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Piscataway, New Jersey.
A small port town called Raritan Landing thrived here between 1710 and 1870. Centered on the intersection of River Road and Landing Lane, Raritan Landing grew to include approximately 100 people and some 70 structures by the . . .

(Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lovely Mountain Baptist Church

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Radford, Virginia.
On 15 Nov. 1869, the Rev. Capt. Charles S. Schaeffer of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands met with the people of Lovely Mount (later Radford) and organized the Lovely Mount Baptist Church. In 1898, the . . .

(African Americans • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

101 Main Street

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Penn Yan, New York.
Built in early 1830s by Eben Smith Federal Style The first hardware store in Penn Yan An upstairs passageway once led to the Central House Hotel

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103 Main Street

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Penn Yan, New York.
Initially a shoe making business In 1889 the location of T.S. Burns grocery store

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115 Main Street

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Penn Yan, New York.
Built in 1864 by Charles V. Bush on the site of the American Hotel. In 1874 became the Cornwell Opera House with 3 businesses on the main floor including Cornwell Brothers Books

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Felipe Santiago Ricalde

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, Belize.
This bust was erected to honor the late Felipe Santiago Ricalde former Mayor and Area Representative of Corozal Town and its surroundings, on 12th March 1990 by the Mayor of Corozal Town Paulino Montalvo and the Corozal Town . . .

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Café Frauenhuber

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, Austria.
1788 gründete hier der Leibkoch der Kaiserin Maria Theresia, Franz Jahn ein Nobelrestaurant, eine sogenannte Traiteurie, wo berühmte Konzerte stattfanden. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart führte hier 1788 ein Pastorale von Händel, . . .

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131 Main Street

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Penn Yan, New York.
1833 - 1857 site of Yates County Bank Built in 1889 by Charles V. Bush for Lown's dry goods store Has a Lamson cash carrier system still operational

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130 Main Street

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Penn Yan, New York.
Remodeled by George McAllister in 1861 Current Building Italianate Commercial Style

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Fort Barlee

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, Belize.
Fort Barlee Fort Barlee was constructed in Corozal Town by Lieutenant Governor Frederick Palgrave Barlee (pictured here) in the late 1870's. The fort was built to protect British interests and Yucatecan settlers in Corozal . . .

(Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Remembering Historic Railways

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Orchard Lake, Michigan.
Two railways came together here. The West Bloomfield Trail follows the path of the Grand Trunk Railroad, built through the region in the 1880s. If you were standing here in 1900, you also would see a light rail trolley line . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Corozal Town Central Park

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, Belize.
Corozal Town Central Park The Central Plaza of Corozal Town has been used for various activities and events since the town was founded in 1849. Social, cultural, sporting events and even a brief occupation in 1870 by Marcus . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Disasters • Man-Made Features • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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