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Wolf Hollow

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Glenville, New York.
A Fault And Displacement of 1000 Feet in Earth's Surface Rocks. Here, In 1669, The Mohawks Ambushed Their Algonkian Invaders

(Anthropology • Colonial Era • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Church in Glenville

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Glenville, New York.
First Church In Glenville Built 1785, Here Stood The "Church At The Woestina" (Church In The Wilderness) Removed To Rotterdam 1812

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hoffmans Ferry

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Glenville, New York.
Here About 1790 Harmanus Vedder Established A Ferry Which Bore His Name Until 1835 When The Ferry Rights Were Bought By J. Hoffman

(Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gulf War Memorial

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Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated to all Gulf War Veterans For a soldiers love and dedication is more than their name in stone Sgt. Sherwood R. Baker Apr. 26. 2004

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, 2nd Iraq) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wolf Hollow

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Glenville, New York.
New York Wolf Hollow A Fault And Displacement Of 1000 Feet In Earth's Surface Rocks. Here, In 1669, The Mohawks Ambushed Their Algonkian Invaders

(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wharlest Jackson, Sr.

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Wharlest Jackson was a Natchez Civil Rights activist who lost his struggle for racial equality on February 27, 1967. The explosion of a bomb implanted under his truck took his life. Members of the Ku Klux Klan targeted . . .

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

"Hell's Angels"

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Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
303rd Bombardment Group (H) Molesworth, England 12 September 1942–11 June 1945 More combat missions (364) than any other 8AF B-17 Group Dedicated to tall who served with this highly decorated group from its activation 3 . . .

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Agnes Flood Line

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Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
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(Churches, Etc. • Disasters • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sussex County Public Safety Memorial

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Newton, New Jersey.
Sussex County Public Safety Memorial Dedicated to Those Who Have Given Their Lives in Service to Our Community Law Enforcement Roll of Honor John D. Kinney Newton – 1934 · Joseph C. Walter Jr. New Jersey State . . .

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

"Motoring" to Pine Lake

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West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
It was a time of exciting change, as the first automobiles tangled with horses and trolley cars in the streets and countryside. On June 23, 1902 a group of leading businessmen and industrialists came together at the Detroit . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Paul Boüet Laffitte

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near Mansfield, Louisiana.
The progenitor of the Laffitte family in northwest Louisiana was born in Pouyroquelaure, Gascony, France on March 4, 1746 to Francois Jean Boüet and Marie de Laffitte. He immigrated to Louisiana in 1764 and eventually . . .

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

Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Rose Hill is the oldest black baptist congregation in the state, with origins dating to 1837. This 1908 building replaces the first wooden church and contains a 1912 Moller pipe organ. Randle Pollard was the first official . . .

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

Foster Mounds

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Foster Mounds consists of two mounds located on either end of a large village or plaza. Mound A was built in four stages during the Plaquemine Period, sometime after AD 1400. Its original size and shape have been modified to . . .

(Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Catherine Creek Italian Colony

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Natchez, Mississippi.
On January 21, 1905, a number of families from struggling farming communities near Bologna, Italy, left Genoa bound for New York aboard the S.S. Montevideo. Many of these families ventured south, some settling in this area . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Papa Lightfoot & The Natchez Blues

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Natchez, Mississippi.
Side 1 The rich legacy of blues, jazz, and gospel in Natchez has often been obscured by the tragic shadow of the notorious Rhythm Club fire that claimed some 200 lives here in 1940. Alexander “Papa George” Lightfoot was one . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quanah Parker Trail

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Jayton, Texas.
Comanches traveled trails in Kent Co., NE to Croton Salt, S to Old Mexico and to evade U.S. Cavalry. Arrow sculptor: Charles A. Smith

(Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Apple Island

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Orchard Lake Village, Michigan.
Originally a gift from the glaciers, Apple Island is also a modern-day gift to West Bloomfield Schools from the Ward Family. This 35-acre-jewel, located at the center of Orchard Lake, sparkles with 10,000 years of history . . .

(Environment • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mitchelville Building Sites

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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
The Maps and Pictures below identify the approximate locations of roads and buildings that were in Mitchelville circa 1862-1868.The Town of Mitchelville had praise houses, stores, schools and numerous homes. Unfortunately no . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Religion in Mitchelville/School in Mitchelville

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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Religion in Mitchelville Before Mitchelville was established, African slaves on the island congregated at impromptu religious services under trees. The churches built in Mitchelville were the center of religious, social, . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Education • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Reconnecting with Family

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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Reuniting with family was one of the first concerns of African slaves who escaped to Hilton Head Island. Slavery split up families. Owners could sell family members for profit or punishment. On Hilton Head Island, and places . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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