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The Christmas Tree Ship

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Thompson, Michigan.
Captain Herman Schuenemann was born in Algoma, Wisconsin in 1895 to German immigrants. He began his career on the Great Lakes at an early age. He married Miss Barbara Schindel on April 9, 1891, and they had three daughters, . . .

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Crab Orchard Springs

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Crab Orchard, Kentucky.
Site of popular watering place 1827 until early 1930's. Famed for number and excellence of mineral springs. Crab Orchard Salts, medical remedy, produced here by evaporation.

(Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Baughman Mill

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Stanford, Kentucky.
Completed in 1881 and originally named Lincoln Mills, it struggled to be successful until purchased by S. H. Baughman in 1892. Joined by his brothers, Jim and John, and brother-in-law, Walter McKinney, it became J. H. . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cummins Homestead

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Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Neighbors, horticulture, and wheat John Cummins frequently exchanged labor with his neighbors, helping with sowing, harvesting, processing and building. He became interested in trees, nuts, flowers and fruits, and worked to . . .

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

Old St. Mary’s Church

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Newport, Rhode Island.
Church of the Holy Name-Mary our Lady of the Isle-Oldest Catholic Parish-Rhode Island 1828. President John F. Kennedy was married-this church 1953.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Laurel Falls Trail

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Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
The trail ascends gradually for 1 1/3 miles to Laurel Falls. It is an easy and delightful walk through a forest which was logged and ravaged by wildfire long before the park was established in 1934. For these reasons, big . . .

(Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Main Chapels of the Cathedral of Mexico City

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, Mexico.
Las Portadas Principales de la Catedral (suroeste y sureste). Flanqueado la portada principal y separada de ella por grandes contrafuertes, rematadas por ménsulas invertidas, se encuentran las otras dos portadas . . .

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

Roman Ruins

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, Austria.
Im Jahre 1901 wurde beim Bau des Hauses an dieser Stelle ein Stück der Umfassungsmauer des römischen Lagers ausgegraben [English translation:] In 1901 during the construction of the house at this location, a section of the . . .

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

Adriaan Morriën

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

Fort Turnbull

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Shreveport, Louisiana.
This marks the site of Fort Turnbull one of the eighteen batteries and four forts which formed the Confederate defenses of Shreveport 1864 – 1865

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

This Marks the Site of Battery 1

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Shreveport, Louisiana.
This Marks the Site of Battery 1 One of the eighteen batteries and four forts which formed the Confederate defenses of Shreveport 1864 – 1865

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Former Synagogue

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, Netherlands.
Op deze plaats is in 1841 de synagoge gesticht. Ontluisterd in de jaren 1940-1945 5700-5705 Ter herdenking van de weggevoerde en omgekomen joden uit Haarlem waaronder de rabbijnen S.Ph. de Vries en Ph. Frank [English . . .

(Churches, Etc. • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Seco

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near Snowville, Utah.
Mile 743 from San Francisco The section station at Seco was established in 1873 to accommodate facilities moved from Ten-Mile, another section station three-and-a-half miles east. The work crews and inhabitants of Seco . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elinor

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near Snowville, Utah.
Mile 739.1 from San Francisco Elinor was largely uninhabited. It was a long siding, measuring 2,300 feet in length, and was constructed in the early twentieth century to accommodate increased rail traffic. It was possibly . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

New York City Marble Cemetery

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New York City, New York.
New York's second non-sectarian cemetery was started in 1831, one year after the first. The underground family vaults are individually marked by many monuments. James Lenox, a founder of the New York Public Library, is . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kelton

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near Park Valley, Utah.
Mile 734.1 from San Francisco Kelton served as a section station for the Central Pacific Railroad from 1869-1942. The location was originally called Indian Creek but was soon renamed Kelton in honor of a local stockman. . . .

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

Corona Historic Preservation Society

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Corona, California.
Established in 1911 by S.B. Hampton, this was the center of 2,000 acres of groves, the largest single lemon ranch in California. The remaining headquarters and surrounding buildings were converted to Corona Heritage Park & . . .

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kerby(ville) 1850's to Present

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Kerby, Oregon.
In 1854, Mr. James Kerby obtained first donation land claim in what became Kerbyville. Nearby gold fields attracted many miners and the town became a center of commerce. Mr. Kerby became the first postmaster in September . . .

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

Peplin

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near Park Valley, Utah.
Mile 727.3 from San Francisco Peplin was a small temporary occupation. Central Pacific track layers reached this point on April 9, 1869, but the earliest documented use as a siding was 1888. The remains of Peplin siding . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Las Ormigas Spanish Land Grant

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near Mansfield, Louisiana.
Historic Site 1795 Las Ormigas Spanish Land Grant Ceded by the Spanish Crown to Jaciento Mora Six leagues square (207,360 acres) Mora Sold this Grant to Samuel Davenport Luther Smith William Barr Edward Murphy December 15, . . .

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