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Friends Select School

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Friends Select School provides a strong, academic education to elementary and secondary school-aged children. Overseen by two Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), the school traces its roots to the . . .

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

Connaught Square

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Thunder Bay, Ontario.
This square was named in 1936 for Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria. He was serving in Canada with his regiment in 1870, when Colonel Wolseley named Prince Arthur's Landing (later Port Arthur) in . . .

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

Historic Rice Public Library

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Kittery, Maine.
Rice Public Library opened on 5 November 1888. The institution’s first trustees included former New Hampshire Gov. Ichabod Goodwin, who was married to Arabella’s cousin Sarah Parker Rice. Their mansion is one of the . . .

(Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vibrant Community

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Shiloh, Tennessee.
Topped off with a temple, a chief's residence, or a governmental building, this mound served as the social and ceremonial focus of the community. The summit offered an unparalleled view of religious ceremonies, dances, . . .

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

Thunder Bay Tourist Pagoda

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Thunder Bay, Ontario.
This tourist kiosk was erected in 1909 to promote Port Arthur's social and economic merits to visitors and investors. Its eye-catching architecture and strategic location reflect civic boosterism and the city's rivalry with . . .

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

Daytona 500

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Daytona Beach, Florida.
1997 Daytona 500 Champion Jeff Gordon #24

(Environment • Sports) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Memorial

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South Portland, Maine.
In honor of those who served in the War for the Union 1861 - 1865 "Yours has the suffering been the memory shall be ours." "Your silent tents of green we deck with fragrant flowers." Erected by Thatcher Post No. 111 . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cutoff Fever

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Vale, Oregon.
Eager to save time on the Oregon Trail, emigrants often attempted shortcuts. Between 1845 and 1854, three wagon trains left this campsite seeking a cutoff to the Willamette Valley. The Meek Cutoff of 1845 Frontiersman . . .

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

Rev. John O'Dowd

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South Portland, Maine.
First Rector of the Sacred Heart Church

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vale Oregon Trail Kiosk

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Vale, Oregon.
(Inside this kiosk are seven panels which deal with the Malheur River and Meek's Cutoff. "Pathway to the "Garden of the World" Excitement filled the air May 22, 1843 as nearly one thousand Americans left Missouri toward . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

From Arsenal to Icon

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Springfield, Massachusetts.
The massive building ahead served as Springfield Armory's Main Arsenal, a storage facility for the weapons manufactured here. Constructed between 1847 and 1850 during the term of Commanding Officer James W. Ripley, the . . .

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

Barnes' Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Barnes' Brigade. Van Cleve's Division - Crittenden's Corps. Colonel Sidney M. Barnes September 20, 1863 1st Position. 35th Indiana - Major P. Dufficy. 8th Kentucky - Major John S. Clark. 21st Kentucky - Colonel S.Woodson . . .

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

Harker's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Harker's Brigade. Wood's Division - Crittenden's Corps. Colonel Charles G. Harker. Sept. 20, 1863, Daylight, 1st Position 3rd Kentucky - Colonel Henry C. Dunlap. 64th Ohio - Colonel Alexander McIlvain. 65th Ohio - Major . . .

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

51st Illinois Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Illinois 51st Infantry. Bradley's Brigade. 11 a.m. September 20, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Buell's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Buell's Brigade Wood's Division - Crittenden's Corps. Colonel George P. Buell Sept. 20, 1863. Daylight 100th Illinois - Colonel Frederick A. Bartleson. 58th Indiana - Lieutenant Colonel James T. Embree. 13th Michigan - Major . . .

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

42nd Illinois Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Illinois 42nd Infantry Bradley's Brigade 11 a.m. September 20, 1863.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boy and Girl Under the Umbrella

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Pere Marquette Township, Michigan.
For generations of Ludington residents, the statue of the "Boy and Girl Under the Umbrella" was the center piece of the City Park. The statue, made entirely of a cast metal, originally had been positioned on the front lawn . . .

(Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Changing Size and Color

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Shiloh, Tennessee.
Seven hundred years ago you would have been looking at a mound covered with bright red clay instead of green grass, and you would have been gazing respectfully at a ceremonial building on the top. The largest mound rises 25 . . .

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

Daytona 500

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Daytona Beach, Florida.
2004 Daytona 500 Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr #8

(Entertainment • Sports) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mississippian Indians

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Shiloh, Tennessee.
The Mississippian-the ancient people who lived here-were unlike their ancestors in several ways. Instead of being nomadic hunter-gatherers, they were farmers who devised an agricultural lifestyle based on corn. They settled . . .

(Anthropology • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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