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Goodenough - Spicer Stable

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Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Built c. 1918

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A Tribute to Anthracite Coal Miners

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
This monument is dedicated to the thousands of anthracite coal miners whose labor under inhuman working conditions served as an inspiration to people of the United States and to the world. The heroic contribution of the . . .

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

The King from Hanover

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Hanover, New York.
Hanover resident, 1816-1836, at Dennison's Corners and Keach's Corners. Clerk of Dennison's Corners School #10 and of Forestville Baptist Church. Studied law, taught, and married in Silver Creek. Attended Fredonia Academy. . . .

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

Shamrock’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

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Shamrock, Texas.
Early area settler George Nickel and his wife, Dora (Hggard), raised their family in a dugout home in Wheeler County. For his Irish heritage and for its symbolism of luck and courage, George suggested “Shamrock” . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Hugo de Vries

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, Netherlands.
Hier woonde en wirkte Hugo de Vries 1884 - 1916 [English translation:] Here lived and worked Hugo de Vries, 1884-1916.

(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Federal Hospital

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Old Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Pierce and Payne College building used for a Federal hospital to care for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Pleasant Hill was near here.

(Science & Medicine • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The First Town Meeting

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Arkwright, New York.
The first town meeting in Arkwright was held on this site May 2, 1830 in the home of Simeon Clinton.

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The Loading and Supply Dock

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Supplies for the mine are stored at the loading dock and brought into the mine when needed in empty coal cars. 1. A thrower for switching the tracks, and spare track 2. Compressed air hoses 3. Chain for a Coal Conveyer or . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spicer Barn

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Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Built c. 1880

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First Cheese Factory

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Arkwright, New York.
First Cheese Factory in Chautauqua County erected here in 1861 by Asahel Burnham

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frew House

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Frewsburg, New York.
Frew House First house erected in Frewsburg. Built 1807 by Hugh and Mary R. Frew

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Natural Seawall

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Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Many of Maine’s beaches are covered with cobblestones, but here powerful ocean storms have assembled them into a massive seawall. As the waves break, they scour rocks from the base of the beach and carry them up on the . . .

(Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Home of Reuben E. Fenton

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Frewsburg, New York.
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Charles de L'Ecluse (Clusius)

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, Austria.
Hier wohnte von 1573 bis 1588 Charles de L'Ecluse, genannt Clusius aus Arras, der berühmteste Botaniker seiner Zeit. Errichtet 1865 von der k.k. zool. bot. Gesellschaft in Wien [English translation:] Here lived from . . .

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

The Battle of Pleasant Hill

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Old Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Front On this 4 square miles in around the village of Pleasant Hill, approx. 15,000 Confederates under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor attacked approx. 25,000 Union troops under Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks on April 9, 1864. That was the . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mariners Beware!

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Bass Harbor, Maine.
Maine boasts more than 70 lighthouses – an indication of the over 3,400 miles of shoreline that weaves in and out of craggy cliffs and cobble beaches along this rugged coast. Built on rocky promontories and offshore islands, . . .

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The Village of Pleasant Hill

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Old Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Front The Village of Pleasant Hill was founded at this location just inside the DeSoto Parish in 1846. Pleasant Hill was a major road intersection with roads radiating to Mansfield, Natchitoches, Grand Ecore, Ft. Jessup, . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

376-380 Lafayette Street

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New York City, New York.
This six-story building, erected in 1888 for William C. Schermerhorn, is one of New York’s outstanding manufacturing structures of the period. It demonstrated that a utilitarian building could have real artistic merit and . . .

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Gustav II Adolf / King Gustaf II Adolf

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, Sweden.
Statyn, som föreställer Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632, kung från 1611), är Sveriges första ryttarstaty och har en lång och besvärlig tillkomsthistoria. Riksens ständer (dåtidens riksdag) beställde den redan 1757 av den . . .

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McCook's Brigade

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
McCook's Brigade Second Division, Granger's Reserve Corps. Second Brigade Colonel Daniel McCook. September 20, 1863, 2 to 8 p.m. 85th Illinois, - Colonel Caleb J. Dilworth. 86th Illinois, - Lieutenant Colonel David W. Magee. . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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