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"Ripple Rock"

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near Desbarats, Ontario.
The ripple marks on the adjacent rock face were made some two billion years ago by waves in a shallow body of water. Buried by later deposition of silt and then subjected to great pressure, the rippled sand became sandstone. . . .

(Environment • Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Water Mill

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, Mexico.
El Batán Vestigios de lo que fue probablemente la primera obra hidráulica (ingenio) de San Miguel, a fines del siglo XVI. El agua caía del acueducto y hacía girar una rueda vertical de madera, cuyo eje se apoyaba en una . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Louise de Kiriline Lawrence

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near Calvin, Ontario.
Louise Flach was born in Sweden and grew up on the scenic Baltic coast where she developed an interest in nature. Flach became a Red Cross nurse, serving during the First World War in Denmark, and then with her first husband . . .

(Environment • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gray - Spicer House

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Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Built in 1926

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Pool of El Chan

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, Mexico.
El Charco del Chan Es la poza que da nombre al proyecto de conservación. Encajada abajo en la cañada, El Charco del Ingenio ha sido durante siglos fuente de leyendas populares. Su espíritu guardian es El Chan, ser mítico . . .

(Anthropology • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Archbald, Pennsylvania.
In grateful tribute to the brave men and women of Archbald who served their country in the Armed Forces World War I [Roll of Honored Dead] John Butero • F. Barcowski Frank Barcosky • C. Barnosky Francis Coughlin • N. . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Historic Landmark

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Big Bend, Louisiana.
Sarot Old Iron Bridge is the first bridge in Louisiana to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The State Review Committee for the National Register of Historic Places in Baton Rouge first considered the . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Landmarks) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Graycliff

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Evans, New York.
Section Through Living Room. Glass walls make upper story float and lower story transparent. Terrace mimics cliff brink and makes sky part of the house. Stone extends through house. Stone sided esplanade connects house to . . .

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

Carlton Bridge

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Carlton, Pennsylvania.
The Carlton Bridge was the last remaining multi span truss bridge in Pennsylvania built by the Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, OH, a company known for its innovation and decorative style. The bridge consisted of two 136 . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

American Revolution

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Hanover, New York.
American Revolution Lieutenant John Docksteder (British) was stationed here. Sept. 1, 1779, he led Senecas down Alleghany Road to battle the Americans under Col. Brodhead near the Allegheny River.

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

East Diamond

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New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
These adjacent four corners form the East Diamond. The East and West Diamonds are commonly referred to as the Town Square. The rare Double Diamond design is part of the original 1824 drawing of New Wilmington by James Waugh. . . .

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

West Diamond

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New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
These adjacent four corners form the West Diamond. The East and West Diamonds are commonly referred to as the Town Square. The rare Double Diamond design is part of the original 1824 drawing of New Wilmington by James Waugh. . . .

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

Site of First Town Hall

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Evans, New York.
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(Political Subdivisions) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dedicated to the Memory

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Bourbonnais, Illinois.
Dedicated to the memory of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, Noel Le Vasseur, Francois Bourbonnais—early pioneers in the employ of The American Fur Company who had a post near this site. Father de Pontavisse, first priest and . . .

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

Colliery Locomotive, 1919

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
This impressive steam locomotive was used at the Powderly Colliery during the golden era of the anthracite coal industry. Weighing 24 tons, the locomotive was manufactured in 1919 by Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Birthplace of Mary Smith Lockwood

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Hanover, New York.
Birthplace of Mary Smith Lockwood 1831-1922 Pen Founder of The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jardin aux Potages

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Bourbonnais, Illinois.
Many of the nineteenth-century French-Canadian settlers of Bourbonnais Grove planted the Jardin aux Potages (literaly translated from French to English as “Garden of the Kitchen”). Altough local history does not indicate the . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lincoln Maple

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Hanover, New York.
The Lincoln Maple This maple was planted in 1965 after Pres. Lincoln was assassinated. Schoolchildren from this Balltown school, built in 1820, planted it.

(Education • Horticulture & Forestry • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gaston Public School Complex

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Joinerville, Texas.
An oil boom here in the early 1930s prompted the formal organization of the Gaston Independent School District in 1931 to cope with the community's rapidly expanding student population. The district chose Dallas architects . . .

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

The Joiner No. 3 Daisy Bradford

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Joinerville, Texas.
Discovery genius was C. M. (Dad) Joiner, 70-year-old Oklahoman who for years believed there was oil in Rusk County. Driller was E. C. Laster. Crew: Dennis May, Dave Cherry, Glenn Pool, Jim Lambert and Dave Hughes. Joiner's 2 . . .

(Exploration • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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