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Villa Lusthusporten

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Djurgården was originally an enclosed royal hunting ground accessed through various gates. During the 17th century, there was a summer house (Lusthus) here, giving the nearby gate its name (Lusthusporten). In the 19th . . .

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Welcome to Colorado - Lamar Country

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Lamar, Colorado.
Welcome to Colorado Colorado’s vast plains, rugged mountains, and grand plateaus, so magnificent in their beauty and variety, seem at times to overshadow the state’s history and people. But look closely. The story of . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Experience the Past on the Santa Fe Trail

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Lamar, Colorado.
Location, Location, Location Thousands of caravans used the Santa Fe Trail between 1821 and 1880. The trail clung close to the Arkansas River for hundreds of miles across the open plains. The Arkansas Valley offered gentle . . .

(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Santa Fe Trail

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Lamar, Colorado.
The Santa Fe Trail was the main trade route between Franklin MO and Santa Fe NM. The main part of the trail was 780 miles long. Thousands of freight wagons rumbled along the trail each year, except for the winter months. The . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bangor World War II Honored Dead

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Bangor, Maine.
These Bangor WWII Veterans Gave The Ultimate Sacrifice [Names not transcribed]

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

Purple Heart Memorial

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Bangor, Maine.
Dedicated to all men and women wounded in all our wars. My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my country’s way to show they care. If I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in my . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Korean War Memorial

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Bangor, Maine.
This memorial is to honor All Korean War Veterans with special tribute to Maine Congressional Medal of Honor recipients Cpl. David B. Champagne Cpl. Clair Goodblood Sgt. George D. Libby Maj. Charles J. Loring, Jr. Col. . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Bangor, Maine.
In Memory of All Veterans Freedom Is Not Free

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Auburn WWI Memorial

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Auburn, Alabama.
In memory of The Auburn Men who gave their lives in the World War

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

The Auburn Guards

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Auburn, Alabama.
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(Notable Persons • Politics • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Fort Boise Snake River Crossing

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near Nyssa, Oregon.
(Inside the kiosk are seven panels which deal with Fort Boise and the Snake River Crossing.) "Pathway to the "Garden of the World" Excitement filled the air May 22, 1843 as nearly one thousand Americans left Missouri . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Starvation Camp

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near Nyse, Oregon.
About 18 September 1860, 26 survivors of the Utter disaster arrived south of here. Only 10 remained when an army relief expedition arrived 5 weeks later. On September 9 & 10, in Idaho, the Elijah P. Utter wagon train . . .

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

Old Oregon Trail

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near Nyssa, Oregon.


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Oregon Trail

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Homedale, Idaho.
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The South Alternate Route of the Oregon Trail

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Adrian, Oregon.
During the late 19th century thousands of Americans left farms, families and friends to trek the Oregon Trail toward new lives in the West. The trail was nearly 2,000 miles across prairies, mountains and parched deserts. . . .

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

Beaubassin 1672-1750

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near Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia.
This area was the site of the Acadian village of Beaubassin, first known Bourgeois settlement. Raided in 1696 and again in 1703 by a force from Boston under Captain Ben Church. Occupied by French troops in 1746 who travelled . . .

(Disasters • Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vicente Riva Palacio

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, Mexico.
Vicente Riva Palacio 1832 – 1896 Nació en la ciudad de México. Participó en la Revolución de Ayutla y estuvo al frente del Ejército del Centro durante la intervención extranjera. Fue gobernador de los estados de México y . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Beaubassin

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near Fort Lawrence, New Brunswick.
[Face] The Acadian village of Beaubassin on this site was founded by settlers from Port Royal around 1672. Upon the arrival of Major Charles Lawrence with British troops in April 1750, the French authorities had the village . . .

(Disasters • Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trans Canada Highway

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near Fort Lawrence, New Brunswick.
Formal opening of the Nova Scotia portion of the Trans Canada Highway from the New Brunswick border to terminals at Caribou and North Sydney, a distance of 279 miles, took place November 22, 1968, at this point; having been . . .

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

The Tecpan throughout time

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, Mexico.
El Tecpan a través del tiempo Tras derrotar a los mexicas e inmediatamente después de la toma de Tlatelolco, Hernán Cortés ordenó construir el Tecpan para que fuera la sede del poder Judicial de la Capital de la República . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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