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Mount Hope

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Rockaway, New Jersey.
John Jacob Faesch from Switzerland built iron works here, 1772. He made ordnance for Washington’s Army. Furnace closed, 1825.

(Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Resistance

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near Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
Recruitment officer Col. Cyrus Butler was shot and killed by local draft resister Joseph Lounsberry in October 1864 just west of this location. Afterwards, the government sent troops to the county and arrested over 150 men. . . .

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

Sounds of the Sea

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near Bar Harbor, Maine.
Hearing the thunder here is all about timing. The best time to witness the boom and spray is two hours before high tide. If the ocean is calm or the tide is low, you may just hear gurgling. What causes the thunder? Over eons . . .

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

Icy Depths

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near Bar Harbor, Maine.
Beneath the ocean’s surface lies a rugged seafloor much like the mountainous terrain around you. Over the last two million years, a series of glaciers scoured and shaped this land. The last of these icy bulldozers left a . . .

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

What Do Park Rangers Do?

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near Bar Harbor, Maine.
It is a job like no other. Most weeks, park rangers wear many hats. Some help people learn about wildlife. Others patrol trails, answer questions, and help folks stay safe. Some shine light on American history to build . . .

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

Unusual Pocket Beach

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near Bar Harbor, Maine.
Sand Beach is a geologic rarity – one of the few cold-water, shell-based sand beaches in the world. Sand beaches are uncommon in Maine, because cold water traps gases that dissolve seashells and most of the coastline . . .

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

Secrets of the Sand

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near Bar Harbor, Maine.
Explore the beach and discover a complex mix of marine life – and former lives – revealed in each handful of sand. As much as 70% of the sand consists of broken shells of mussels, sea urchins, barnacles, and periwinkles – . . .

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

Battle of Normandy

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Sackville, New Brunswick.
A vial of sand taken from Juno Beach has been poured into the header of this memorial to honor the 14,000 Canadians who took part in the Battle of Normandy

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

Acadia’s Founding Father

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Bar Harbor, Maine.
George B. Dorr, a gentleman scholar and lover of nature, devoted most of his adult life to the creation, maintenance, and expansion of Acadia National Park. The son of affluent Bostonians, Dorr first visited Mount Desert . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Bucknam Dorr

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Bar Harbor, Maine.
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Curwensville Dam

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near Curwensville, Pennsylvania.
Begun in 1962 as one of four dams built to protect the West Branch Basin from flooding, it was completed November 1965. Unlike the devastating floods in 1889 & 1936, Pennsylvania's worst flood in 1972 was less severe in . . .

(Disasters • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

HMCS/NCSM Sackville

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Sackville, New Brunswick.
This garden is named in honour of HMCS Sackville, a corvette that had a distinguished career during the Second World War. She was launched on May 15, 1941 in Saint John, New Brunswick and was christened by Mrs. J.E.W. Oland . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Daniel Ogden

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Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
A Revolutionary War Lieutenant from New York State, Daniel Ogden came to the Indian village of Chinklacamoose and its clear fields in 1797. He made friends with the Indians who helped him build a house near where Ogden . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dimeling Bridge

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near Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
An Indian path, the 1796 State Road and the Erie Pike crossed Clearfield Creek here. Nearby, Ardery's Sawmill and Elder's Woolen Mill were among the first in the county. In 1857, armed rafters drove floaters of logs from the . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Oxford

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Oxford, Alabama.
First incorporated as a town, February 7, 1852, in Benton County, Oxford's second incorporation was approved February 21, 1860 in Calhoun County. Long before this territory was “settled”, it was inhabited by Creek Indians. . . .

(Native Americans • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Simmons Park

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Oxford, Alabama.
The town of Oxford was first incorporated by the Alabama legislature in 1852. The original boundaries included a one square mile area enlarged in 1860. Oxford became active as a cotton and trading center but during the Civil . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Creek Indian Campaign Memorial

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Oxford, Alabama.
A Memorial to Gen. Andrew Jackson, the Tennessee Patriots, the Alabama Patriots, and pioneers who by their courage and fortitude in 1813 - 1814, won five successful battles in the Creek Indian Campaign. Side inscription . . .

(Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Town of Hobson City, Alabama

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Hobson City, Alabama.
Front Hobson City is Alabama's first incorporated black city. The area was first known as Mooree Quarter, a black settlement that was part of Oxford, Alabama. After a black man was elected Justice of the Peace in Oxford, one . . .

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

Armenian Genocide Centennial Memorial

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Moncton, New Brunswick.
In memory of the 1.5 million martyrs of the Armenian Genocide and all victims of genocide A la mémoire de 1,5 millions de martyrs du génocide arménien et de toutes les victimes de génocide

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

First Settlers / Premiers Colons

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Moncton, New Brunswick.
This part of "Le Coude" (The Bend) was in earlier times called Terre-Rouge. Three families from the Grand-Prée region first settled here: Jean Babineau & Isabelle Breau, circa 1733, followed by Joseph Breau & Isabelle . . .

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