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Tree of Remembrance

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Palm Coast, Florida.
This magnolia tree is dedicated to the memory of those military members that have gone missing in action or were listed as prisoners of war. These personnel were from any service in active combat units serving in any war or . . .

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Invisible Wounds Memorial

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Palm Coast, Florida.
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Flat Swamp Church

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Robersonville, North Carolina.
Primitive Baptist. Begun in 1776. First pastor was John Page. Second building on site. Two miles S.

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

McCall's Spring

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near Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.
The McAfee bros., James McCoun, Jr. and Samuel Adams, first white men to explore this area, 1773. Cove Spring and Cove Spring Branch in Franklin Co. boundary line, 1794. Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith, CSA, and troops camped here on . . .

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

Schoolcraft County

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Thompson, Michigan.
(1) Manistique Light and Boardwalk The East Breakwater Light , built in 1916, is 35 feet tall and stands at the harbor entrance of the Manistique River. Soon to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Environment • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

María del Refugio Aguilar y Torres

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, Mexico.
En esta casa nació Maria del Refugio Aguilar y Torres Fundadora de la Congregación de Hermanas Mercedarias del Santísimo Sacramento Centenario de Fundación 25 de Marzo 1910 2010 English translation: In this house was . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lt. Richard Caswell Saufley / Birthplace of Naval Aviation Pioneer

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Stanford, Kentucky.
Lt. Richard Caswell Saufley This aviation pioneer was awarded two Aviation Medals of Merit by the Aero Club of America: one for efficient air service in an expedition, 1914, and another for breaking the world's altitude . . .

(Air & Space • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clark's Station

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Danville, Kentucky.
Early pioneer settlement erected before 1779. Developed by George Clark, brother-in-law of William Whitley, whose party came to Ky. about 1775. Located on Clark's Run Creek, named for George Clark, it was one of the first . . .

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Crow Inn / John Crow

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Danville, Kentucky.
Old Crow Inn The oldest existing stone house in Kentucky, built 1784, is part of this building. The house has been enlarged and Doric pillars added. Land purchased from John Crow by James Wright, 1781. Next owner, Colonel . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John William Bate

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Danville, Kentucky.
Side 1 Original site of Bate High School, built 1912 and named in honor of its founder, John William Bate. Born a slave in Louisville, Bate received an AB from Berea College in 1881 and and AM in 1891. He moved to Danville . . .

(African Americans • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rev. John Rice

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Burgin, Kentucky.
Side 1 A Va. native, Rice served in the Illinois regiment under command of Col. George Rogers Clark during the American revolution. After the war, he brought his family to Ky. and settled on Shawnee run in Mercer Co. . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The First Concrete Street in America

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Bellefontaine, Ohio.
This pavement is a replica of the original test strip placed in 1891 by George W. Bartholomew

(Architecture • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walden Siding

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near Park Valley, Utah.
Mile 697.5 from San Francisco This siding, built nearly 30 years after the laying of the track is evidence of ever increasing traffic and constant upgrading and improvement through the years as many as 10 trains a day used . . .

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Bovine

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near Park Valley, Utah.
Mile 691.6 from San Francisco Track-laying crews reached Bovine March 28, 1869 and established a section station. A freight platform was constructed in Bovine in 1885. The site was named after Bovine Mountain located . . .

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28th Alabama Infantry

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
28th Alabama Regiment Manigault's Brigade, (Hindman) Anderson Division Hardee's Corps Major W. L. Butler, Commanding November 23, 1863, 2 p.m. The regiment occupied the crest of the elevated knoll southeast of this . . .

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Medea Siding

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near Park Valley, Utah.
Mile 686.4 from San Francisco The presence of the RR made vast areas of the rangeland available to ranchers by providing the vital link to civilization. The RR furnished an avenue for supplies and an outlet to numerous . . .

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Historic Lucin

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near Park Valley, Utah.
Mile 680.5 from San Francisco Historic Lucin was established as a section station on July 6th, 1875. A nearby rail station originally held the name "Lucin," but the name and the services were relocated here to Historic . . .

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

Laufey Jakobsdóttir

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, Iceland.
Laufey Jakobsdóttir eða amman í Grjótaþorpinu Í húsinu sem stendur við Grjótagötu 12 bjó Laufey Jakobsdóttir, eða „amman í Grjótaþorpinu" á árunum 1976 til 1995. Laufey fæddist á Bóndastöðum í Borgarfirði eystri þann 25. . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hoofdwacht / Civic Guard Headquarters

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, Netherlands.
Een der oudste gebouwen van Haarlem. In zijgevel nog restanten uit de 13de/14de eeuw. Mogelijk het eerste stadhuis. Voorgevel vernieuwd circa 1650. Van 1755 tot circa 1900 'Hoofdwacht' van de Schutterij. Nu zetel van de . . .

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Mark Twain

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, Austria.
In diesem Gebäude wohnte von Oktober 1898 bis Mai 1899 der grosse amerikanische Schriftsteller Samuel Longhorne Clemens (1835-1910) bekannt als Mark Twain [English translation:] In this building lived from October 1898 . . .

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