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Skólavörðustígur 13

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, Iceland.
Borgastjórinn í Reykajavík veitti þessu húsi viðurkenningu árið 2012 vegna vel gerðra endurbóta. Húsið var byggt árið 1926 eftir teikningum Guðmundar H. Þorlákssonar byggingmeistara. Það er góður fulltrúi fyrstu kynslóðar . . .

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

Shingwauk Hall

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Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Shingwauk Hall was erected in 1935 to house a residential training school established in 1873 by the Reverend Edward F. Wilson. Under this Anglican missionary's tutelage the institution, named after the well-known Ojibway . . .

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

Col. John Prince

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Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Here, on a portion of his former estate, is buried Col. Prince who emigrated from England in 1833 and settled at Sandwich, Upper Canada. As commanding officer of the Essex Militia, he stirred up a violent controversy by . . .

(Notable Persons • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tyler Public Library

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Tyler, Texas.
The library has served to expand the horizons and dreams of Tyler's citizens while connecting them to the cultural and historic heritage of mankind.

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

Hampson Boren Gary

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Tyler, Texas.
Born in Tyler, Gary was responsible for organizing the Smith County Rifles. He was also a soldier, public servant, diplomat to Egypt and minister to Switzerland.

(Notable Persons • War, Spanish-American) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brady P. Gentry

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Tyler, Texas.
Gentry served as a U.S. Congressman and Texas Highway Commission Chair. He was instrumental in the development of Texas Farm Roads and the Interstate Highway System. He also was a benefactor to Tyler Junior College.

(Education • Politics • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thomas R. Bonner

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Tyler, Texas.
Bonner was a farmer, soldier, banker, lawyer and Speaker of the the House for the Texas Legislature. He founded the first bank in Tyler and was instrumental in building the Tyler railroad.

(Politics • Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

These Mill Stones

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Cherry Creek, New York.
These mill stones came from Connecticut. Drawn to Cherry Creek by oxen 1837. Solomon Hinche purchased the property from Noah Wheeler. The property had a mill called Hinche Mill. Henry and Bertha Peters purchased the Hinche . . .

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

Hoosick WW I & II Memorial

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Hoosick, New York.
Hoosick This memorial is placed to honor the boys who lost their lives in World Wars I and II Earl Rudd Andrew Williams Leon Wilcox Lester Goodermote

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Puma Mural

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, Mexico.
Mural del Puma Este mural fue descubierto durante las exploraciones arqueológicas de 1963. Forma parte de un conjunto de plataformas y templos que integran una unidad arquitectónica conocida como Grupo del Mural del Puma. . . .

(Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Memorial

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Ellington, New York.
Memorial Honoring all veterans from Ellington who have ever served faithfully in any branch of the armed forces of the United States of America

Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

104th Illinois Infantry

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Illinois 104th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Corps, November 25, 1863, 5 p.m.

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

Celoron Veterans Memorial

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Celoron, New York.
Celoron Veterans Memorial World War I Herman Faulkner, Herman Kent World War II Cyrus M. Greiner, Harold Lind Kermit Miller, Ronald H. Ramsey Harold Seekins, Boon Takagi Howard A. Wheeler, Gilbert Yasher Korea William H. . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Major General Merritt A. Edson

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Rutland, Vermont.
who was awarded the Medal of Honor Colonel Merritt A. Edson for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty as Commanding Officer of the First Marine Raider Battalion, with the First . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Louisiana Eighth Battalion

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near Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
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(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Louisiana 22nd Infantry

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near Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
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(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mayville Station

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Mayville, New York.
The serene scene of today is nothing like the frenzied activity that once took place here. Travelers switched from train to steamboat to trolley on trips to attractions along Chautauqua Lake. The present station was built on . . .

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

Korea War Memorial

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Rutland, Vermont.
The Korean War left an enormous legacy that has changed the very course of the world. The struggle not only saved the southern half of the Korean peninsula from Communist rule, but also set it on the road toward Democracy. * . . .

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

The Holland Land Company Vault

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Mayville, New York.
The Holland Land Company Vault This vault was built by William Peacock, local agent of the Holland Land Company, who came to Mayville, Chautauqua County, in 1810. In this vault were kept the records of the land company . . .

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

Rutland World War I Memorial

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Rutland, Vermont.
A Tribute to the Men and Women of Rutland who served in the World War In Memoriam Berta Barrett • Thomas Bashaw • Nicholas Belifore • Henry T. Bolduc • Harold Brown • Benjamin Carter • Frederic P. Clement, Jr. • Grant H. . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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