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Wendell Davis

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
One of the most prolific receivers in SEC history and a two-time All-American, he had 100 or more yards receiving yards in 12 games during his career. He once held the SEC record for receiving yards and ranked among the SEC . . .

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Joe "Nacho" Albergamo

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
He was LSU's most decorated player in 1987 for his efforts on and off the field. He teamed with Eric Andolsek to anchor a fearsome Tiger offensive line that paved the way for a school record 4,843 offensive yards. Also an . . .

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

St. Paul United Church of Christ

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Warren, Michigan.
About 1850 a small group, representing the Warren Township Outpost of St. Peter's Evangelical Church of Halfway, met in the old Methodist Church across Mound Road. In 1864 they organized as St. Paul Evangelical Church. This . . .

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

The Flynn House

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Warren, Michigan.
This large frame house was built in 1865 by a family named Jones. In 1889, Dr. Flynn bought it and his family continued to live here until 1951. Dr. John C. Flynn, born in New York in 1850, came to the Warren Village in 1880 . . .

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

Superdome Vietnam Memorial

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
Plaque 1 "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. - John . . .

(War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grist Mill

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Warren, Michigan.
This is the site of the old Grist Mill built by John and Dave Wilson in the late 1890's. In 1911 A.V. Church bought the Mill and later sold it to the Farm Bureau. In 1922 a group of Farm Bureau members organized the Co . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The William Maxwell Boyhood Home

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Lincoln, Illinois.
William Maxwell (1908-2000), author and editor, lived in this home from 1910-1920. He often returned to this home and Lincoln in his novels and short stories. His Midwestern childhood, particularly his mother's death in the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Postville Park

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Lincoln, Illinois.
In 1835 Russell Post, a Baltimore adventurer, laid out the town of Postville which became the first Logan County seat. The town square is now Postville Park. Here Abraham Lincoln and his friends played townball a predecessor . . .

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

Battle of Painter Creek

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New Cambria, Missouri.
occurring on August 8, 1862, five miles north of Stockton (now New Cambria) between Col. Joseph Porter's Confederates and Federal regiments under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Woolfolk was part of a wide-spread plan to . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lee's Headquarters at Gettysburg

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near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
In mid-July 1863, Mathew Brady and his crew set up a stereoscopic, wet-plate camera here and recorded what is arguably the most iconic of all Civil War photographs. The photo had been widely reproduced for more than a . . .

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

Why is it called a NOTCH?

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Franconia, New Hampshire.
When North America was first settled, pioneers built their homes of logs. To aid in falling the timber, they made U or V-shaped cuts at the tree’s base. Similar cuts were made in the logs to hold their cabins together. They . . .

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

Old Man of the Mountain

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Franconia, New Hampshire.
Old Man of the Mountain “The Great Stone Face” 48 ft. from forehead to chin 1200 ft. above Profile Lake 3200 ft. above sea level First seen by white men in 1805

(Landmarks) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Old Man of the Mountain

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Franconia, New Hampshire.
The rock profile you see 1200 feet above this spot had its beginning some 25,000 years ago during the great ice age. As the glacier moved southward the cliff began to take the shape you see today. As the ice age came to a . . .

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

Superdome Vietnam Wall

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New Orleans, Louisiana.
1954 Communist forces win decisive victory over French at Dien Bien Phu. Geneva Accords divide Vietnam. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is formed. President Dwight D. Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam. 1955 One . . .

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

A Delicate Balance

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Franconia, New Hampshire.
Geologists speculate that the Old Man of the Mountain, formed by a retreating glacier during the last ice age, looked out over Profile Lake for more than 12,000 years. On May 3, 2003, the delicate balance that had held the . . .

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

Washington City Canal on the Tiber Creek

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Washington, District of Columbia.
Beginning in 1815, a water transport canal was opened joining the Potomac river and the Anacostia river, then known as the Eastern Branch. The Washington Canal brought building supplies for construction of many buildings in . . .

(African Americans • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Franconia Notch

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Franconia, New Hampshire.
State of New Hampshire Franconia Notch Forest Reservation and Memorial Park Acquired with funds appropriated by the legislature of 1925 and the donations of Fifteen thousand contributors secured through The Society for . . .

(Charity & Public Work • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Columbia Air Center

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Croom, Maryland.
Columbia Air Center provided access to aviation for African American pilots during an era of discrimination. It began operations in 1941 as Riverside Field with one east-west turf runway an office and a hangar. The land was . . .

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

Thomas Johnson

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Frederick, Maryland.
In Memorium Thomas Johnson Son of Thomas Johnson and Dorcas Sedwick Born Calvert Co. November 4, 1732 Died in Frederick Co. October 25 1819 First Governor of Maryland 1777 - 1779 Erected by some of his descendants Delegate . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Robert C. Hoyle

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Iron Mountain, Michigan.
Robert C. Hoyle, native of Iron Mountain and a prominent local businessman, was founder of this flourishing historical museum complex. He started at age fifteen to collect artifacts and archival materials relating to . . .

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