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Fighting an Invasion

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Ochopee, Florida.
Invasive species are destructive or aggressive plants and animals that greatly alter the natural balance of native area. They out compete native species for resources and reduce biodiversity. Invasives are extremely . . .

(Animals • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Birds of Big Cypress

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Ochopee, Florida.
The watery areas of Big Cypress National Preserve attract colorful flocks of long-legged wading birds that sweep across the shallow wetlands stalking their prey, while other waterbirds dive below the surface to search for . . .

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

Under the Southern Cross Americal (23rd) Infantry Division

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Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
The Americal (23rd) Infantry Division is unique in the annuals U.S. Army history. It was the only modern Army division that began with a name and no number assigned to it. Each time it was activated in war it grew out of a . . .

(War, Cold • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome To the Gulf Coast Visitor Center

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Everglades City, Florida.
Hours: April to November 9:00-4:4:30 November to April 8:00 -4:30 Come upstairs to the National Park visitor center for information, park maps, exhibits, videos and more! Along The Tamiami Trail Things to see and do (From . . .

(Animals • Entertainment • Environment • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Church of the Ascension

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New York, New York.
This English Gothic structure designed by Richard Upjohn was built in 1840-41 and redecorated about 1888 from plans by Stanford White. "The Ascension," the well known mural by John LaFarge, is above the altar. Here President . . .

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

Everglades National Park

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Everglade City, Florida.
Everglades National Park is known for stunning wildlife viewing and it unique mix of temperature and topical plants and animals. Its diverse habitat are a refuge for many endangered species. Take time to discover this subtle . . .

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

Meadow Cemetery

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near Meadow, Texas.
This burial ground has served Meadow and northeast Terry County since 1921. Meadow originated in the early 20th century as Primrose, where settler W.N. Copeland opened a store and post office. The town later moved and was . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gomez Baptist Church

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near Brownfield, Texas.
On August 3, 1903, nine worshipers gathered together under a wagon sheet to organize a Baptist church. Led by the Rev. J. R. Miller, the congregation met once a month in the Gomez schoolhouse. A one-room sanctuary, erected . . .

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

The Petersfield

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New York, New York.
This building is named after and located on the site of the Petersfield Farm, the original home of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New York. The original structure was built in 1906 by Stuyvesant Fish, a . . .

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

Localities of the Campaign

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Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
In the west and northwest lie the Cumberland Mountains. Immediately west of Lookout are the Raccoon or Sand Mountains. Their continuation north of the Tennessee is Walden's Ridge. Sequatchie Valley lies between Walden's and . . .

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

American Society of Heating and Ventilation Engineers

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New York, New York.
On this site, where stood the Broadway Central Hotel, the American Society of Heating and Ventilation Engineers was founded on September 10, 1894, to advance the proper heating and ventilation of all classes of buildings . . .

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

Campaign for Chattanooga

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Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.
At the opening of this campaign Bragg, commanding the Confederate Army, held Chattanooga. Rosecrans, commanding the Union Army occupied the western base of the Cumberlands from McMinneville to Winchester. Crittenden's Corps, . . .

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

African-American Veterans Memorial

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East Meadow, New York.
Dedicated to the memory of The Tuskegee Airmen 761st Tank Battalion The Buffalo Soldiers In grateful tribute to all those Black servicemen and women who served so honorably and valiantly in all of America's wars from the . . .

(African Americans • War, US Revolutionary • War, World II • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ford Block

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Sackville, New Brunswick.
This building stands on land originally part of the Bowser Farm property purchased from Daniel Hawkins in 1777. In 1894 local merchant George E. Ford acquired a five acre lot, on which he constructed this block as a . . .

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

The Connecting Terminal and General Mills Elevators

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Buffalo, New York.
The Frontier Elevator/ General Mills. The large General Mills elevating and milling complex at 54 Michigan Ave. began as a small Buffalo-owned elevator company, Frontier Elevator, incorporated in 1886 by six local . . .

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

Copp Block

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Sackville, New Brunswick.
The Copp Block was built for A.B. Copp, lawyer, politician, Secretary of State and Senator. The ground floor has served as a law office ever since construction and Senator Copp maintained an office here from 1897 until his . . .

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

The Henderson Block

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Sackville, New Brunswick.
Built by Henry Fawcett and A.B. Copp in 1900, this block was the home of the Sackville Book Store, owned by W.R. Goodwin until 1906, and then also a drugstore operated by W.R. Rodd, a druggist and optician. For a time, it . . .

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

Changing Hands --- Changing Lands

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Campo, Colorado.
“There really is a Place Called Baca County; I think she’s mighty fine; She was good enough for my dad’s kids; Likewise she’ll do for mine; Her sunrises are all colors; Her sunsets are all the same; The only thing she needs . . .

(Agriculture • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Santa Fe Trail

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near Boise City, Oklahoma.
Surveyed by J.C. Brown 1826-27 Heaviest traffic during California Gold Rush 1849 Abandoned on completion of A.T.&S.F. railroad in 1880

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

George Ross

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Born: May 10, 1730 - New Castle, Del. Died: July 14, 1779 - Philadelphia, Pa. He served in the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1777 and was 46 years old when he signed the Declaration of Independence. Burried: . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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