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Garten der Partnerstadt Bethlehem (USA) / Garden of the Sister City of Bethlehem (USA)

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, Germany.
Die Partnerschaft zwischen Bethlehem und Schwäbisch Gmünd besteht seit 1991. Bethlehem ist eine der ältesten Städte der USA. Sie wurde am Heiligen Abend 1741 von einer deutschen Pilgergruppe - den "Moravians" (Mährern) - . . .

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

House of Hernán Cortés

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, Mexico.
Casa de Hernan Cortes. El Ayuntamiento en 1892. English translation: House of Hernán Cortés The City Hall of 1892.

(Architecture • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Banks Dairy Farm

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near Statesboro, Georgia.
The Banks Dairy Farm was operated on this site and included 900 acres of cultivated land combined with dairying operations. David Callaway Banks, born April 8, 1882, in Bulloch County, Georgia, was the founder of Banks Dairy . . .

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

Site of One of the First Irving Service Stations

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Sussex, New Brunswick.
On this site in 1930, K. C. Irving built one of the first Irving service stations. We are proud to donate this land to assist in the development of Peace Park, built for the enjoyment of the citizens of Sussex and their . . .

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

War Memorial

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Sussex, New Brunswick.
In memory of those who gave their lives for freedom and Canada [Dedicated] 2nd August 1970

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alice B. Cowles House

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East Lansing, Michigan.
Side 1 The Alice B. Cowles House, built in 1857, is the oldest building on the Michigan State University campus. Built as a "Farm Cottage" on Faculty Row from bricks made of clay from the banks of the Red Cedar River, it . . .

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

Tlatelolco

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, Mexico.
Tlatelolco La conjunción de edificios modernos con Monumentos Prehispánicos y Coloniales da el nombre de la Plaza de las Tres Culturas. Los Monumentos Prehispánicos corresponden al Recinto Ceremonial de México - Tlatelolco, . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Harry J. Eustace Hall

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East Lansing, Michigan.
Famous horticulturist and educator, Liberty Hyde Bailey, designed this building as the first separate horticulture laboratory in America. Completed in 1888, the structure contained rooms for classes and botanical . . .

(Education • Horticulture & Forestry • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Sussex, New Brunswick.
1914 ~ 1918 [Honored Dead] John Andrews • John Bloomfield • Allen Bremner Leonard Bunnell • George Bunnell • Harry Carr George Calhoun • Frederick W. Crawford • George Chapman Guy Chapman • Thomas DeCoursey • John Dawson . . .

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

The Small Area of Tlatelolco

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, Mexico.
La Zona Chica Se pueden contemplar diferentes etapas constructivas del límite en el recinto ceremonial, posiblemente el Coatepantli (Muralla de los Serpientes). En el patio estucado se aprecian restos de las habitaciones de . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Making Jordan Valley Home

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Jordan Valley, Oregon.
Before the discovery of gold along the banks of Jordan Creek on May 18, 1863, this arid region was the exclusive domain of American Indians, a few hardy explorers and Hudson's Bay Company fur traders. The prospect of gold . . .

(Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

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near Danner, Oregon.
This site marks the final resting place of the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, born to Sacajawea and Toussaint Charbonneau at Fort Mandan (North Dakota) on February 11, 1805. Baptiste and his mother . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Exploration • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

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Danner, Oregon.
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(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Exploration • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jean Baptiste "Pomp" Charbonneau

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near Danner, Oregon.
This plaque is dedicated as a memorial to Jean Baptiste "Pomp" Charbonneau, whose personal life experience elevated him to national recognition in American History. He began his "Road of Life" on an epic journey westward. . . .

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

Sarah Winnemucca

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Jordan Valley, Oregon.
(left panel) Sarah Winnemucca played a major role in shaping development of the American West, and especially what is known as the I.O.N. country: The Idaho, Oregon and Nevada state junction. During her lifetime, Sarah . . .

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

Stuténska Huset / The Stuten Building

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, Sweden.
Medeltida borgarhus ombyggt vid 1600-talets mitt. Den originella fasaden, som tillkom 1780 efter ritningar av stockholmsmurmästaren J.W. Friese, är avsed att vid anblicken från Slottsbacken korrespondera med Storkyrkans . . .

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

Confederate Soldiers Memorial

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Erected to the memory of the Confederate Dead by the Loudon Park Confederate Memorial Association. 1870

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

Harry Gilmor Monument

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Baltimore, Maryland.
Front panel In memory of Harry Gilmor, Lt. Col. 2nd Maryland Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia. C.S.A Back panel Harry Gilmor Born January 24, 1838. Died March 4, 1883. Distinguished in Eighteen Hundred and Seventy Seven . . .

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

Ferris State College

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Big Rapids, Michigan.
This plaque marks the first permanent site of Ferris State College established by Woodbridge N. Ferris 1884

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

Historic Downtown

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Big Rapids, Michigan.
Upper Image Caption This building was built on this location in 1886. It became Citizens State Bank in 1901. The Big Rapids Pioneer was housed in the basement of the bank with an entryway on Maple Street. Lower Left Image . . .

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