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Lorenzo Hill Hatch & John Doney Houses

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Franklin, Idaho.
These two buildings are examples of the types of houses that were built in Franklin and other Mormon communities from the 1860s to the 1880s. Typically early Franklin dwellings were simple cabins with a central hall, as the . . .

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

4th Tennessee Cavalry

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Chickamauga, Georgia.
Tennessee 4th Regiment Baxter Smith's Harrison's Brigade Wharton's Division Wheeler's Cavalry 5:30 p.m. September 20, 1863

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

Wabanaki Traditions

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near Bar Harbor, Maine.
Long before Europeans arrived, Wabanaki people hunted, fished, gathered berries, and harvested clams on what we now call Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. For generations, Wabanaki craftspeople sold handmade ash . . .

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

Old Fort of Franklin

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Franklin, Idaho.
Franklin, the first permanent Anglo-Saxon settlement in Idaho, was settled in 1860 by group of Mormon Pioneer families from Utah. The fort in which they first lived was erected for protection against Indians, men standing . . .

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

Wigwam/wikuwam

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near Bar Harbor, Maine.
house; dwelling; building; in Passamaquoddy and Maliseet The exhibit before you is a handmade, traditional birchbark wigwam originally built by Penobscot artist Barry Dana and his family in August 2011. Like all homes, it . . .

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

Oneida Stake Academy

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Preston, Idaho.
The Oneida Stake Academy was constructed with hand-hewn rock by Mormon pioneers between 1890 and 1895. Its purpose was to provide an inspirational setting for their youth to obtain a first-class education, despite frontier . . .

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

Dytankhuset / The escape training tank house

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, Sweden.
Dytankhuset Huset byggdes 1934 för att inrymma marinens nya övningstank för träning i fri uppstigning (räddning ur sjunken ubåt). Efter tio års erfarenhetsinsamling byggdes en tre gånger så hög tank i Karlskrona. Detta hus . . .

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

Pope Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli)

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, Austria.
An dieser Stelle befand sich von 1630 bis 1913 die apostolische Nuntiatur. Hier wirkte von 1668 bis 1671 Antonio Pignatelli, der spätere Papst Innozenz XII. (1691-1700). Zur Erinnerung an seinen Todestag vor 300 Jahren Wien, . . .

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

The White City

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Evans, New York.
'The Greatest in the World' From 1907 to 1921 William Conners, propietor of the Buffalo Courier Express, built a poultry farm that ultimately covered 360 acres. Literature from the operation proclaimed;"...stretching away . . .

(Animals • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dedicated to the Memory

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Evans, New York.
Evans Township. Post #5798. Dedicated to the memory of all those from the Town of Evans who served our nation in war that we might live in everlasting peace.

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

Hydraulic Race Control Gates

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Lockport, New York.
Site of gates originally constructed in 1858 to control the inflow of water to the Hydraulic Tunnel and used for mechanical power by three manufacturing establishments. The tunnel was closed in 1954, the gate stems were . . .

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

Preston's First Schoolhouse

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Preston, Idaho.
This marks the site of Preston's first schoolhouse built in 1879

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

Utah & Northern Railway

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near Preston, Idaho.
One mile south and directly west of this highway, an old 1878 railway grade is still visible, although trains have not used it since 1890. Jay Gould -- a nationally prominent financier and Union Pacific owner -- extended . . .

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

De Vinne Press Building

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New York City, New York.
Thomas DeVinne (1828-1914), for whom this building was named, was a noted and scholarly printer who produced Scribner's Monthly and St. Nicholas Magazine as well as the Century Dictionary and Century Magazine. Babb, Cook & . . .

(Architecture • Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Carlsbad Theatre

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Carlsbad, California.
The Carlsbad Theatre had its grand opening on February 8, 1927 with the showing of the film "It" starring Clara Bow. Mr. A.J. Clark, the developer and manager, hosted the ceremonies. The Theatre featured a full stage, fly . . .

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

Keizersgracht 456-462 Residences

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, Netherlands.
In 1683, the Keizersgracht 456-462 residences were constructed on the site of the carillon bell foundry of Francois (1609-1667) and Pieter Hemony (1619-1662), the most renowned bell founders of 17th Century Netherlands. . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Honor of All Those Citizens

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Villenova, New York.
In honor of all those citizens of the Town of Villenova who have served in the military service for the U.S.A.

(Military) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Honor of the Service

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Cherry Creek, New York.
In honor of the service men and women of Cherry Creek who served our country from 1812 through the present

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

The Durham-Perry Family Legacy

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Bourbonnais, Illinois.
Thomas Durham bought 160 acres on this site in 1835 from Gurdon S. Hubbard. Known as the Jonveau Reserve, the land lay in an area called Bourbonnais Grove. Durham opened 20 acres for cultivation. In January 1836, parts of . . .

(Agriculture • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elisabeth van Oostenrijk / Empress Elisabeth of Austria

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, Netherlands.
In het Doelenhotel was keizerin Elisabeth van Oostenrijk, bijgenaamd 'Sisi' (1884 en 1886) te gast. Het hotel werd in 1883 gebouwd op de plaats van de Kloveniersdoelen. Hier hing van 1642 tot 1715 Rembrandts schilderij De . . .

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