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Adalbert Stifter and the Solar Eclipse

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, Austria.
Von hier aus beobachtete Adalbert Stifter am 8. Juli 1842 die einzige im Wien der Neuzeit eingetretene totale Sonnenfinsternis Errichtet 1994 auf Initiative des Jugendclubs "Dingi-Vindemiatrix" mit Förderung durch die MA7 . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Southern View

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Forneys Creek, North Carolina.
Notice the forest that surrounds the tower. This is a spruce (Picea rubens) and Fraser fir (Abies fraseri). It is a forest under stress. The dead trees you see are Fraser fir, victims of a European insect. Another threat, . . .

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

Eastern View

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Forneys Creek, North Carolina.
On a clear day you can see Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the eastern United States, 73 miles (117km) away in North Carolina's Black Mountains. Can you see Mount Mitchell today? clear days can allow views that exceed . . .

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

Northern View

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Forney Creek, North Carolina.
People come to Clingmans Dome to experience the 360-degree view but how does the view today compare to centuries ago? We really don't know, but we do know that haze, largely caused by air pollution, can greatly diminish your . . .

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

Remnants of the Oregon Trail

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near Huntington, Oregon.
From Alkali Springs, called by many pioneers Sulphur Springs, the emigrants traveled on to Birch Creek, which offered much needed water and grass for their livestock. First named "Riviere aux Bouleaux" by French-Canadian fur . . .

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

Van Ornum Massacre

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near Huntington, Oregon.
In October 1860 the Van Ornum Party, survivors of the Utter Disaster, reached Farewell Bend. Here they again encountered Indians. On September 9 & 10, in Idaho, the Elijah P. Utter wagon train suffered a two-day attack by . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Van Ornum Wagon Train Massacre

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near Huntington, Oregon.
By October 1860 the Van Ornum party reached Farewell Bend. They were survivors of the Elijah P. Utter wagon train that was attacked by Indians on September 9 and 10, just west of Castle Butte in Owyhee County, Idaho. The . . .

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

Francisco Morazán

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, Honduras.
Homenaje al General Francisco Morazan Presidente de la Rep. Federal de C.A. ---------- Tercera Gran Cruzada Civica del “Liceo Militar del Norte” Agradecimiento: Juventud Copaneca Sec. de Cultura y Turismo Esc. Nac. de Bellas . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Memorial

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Port Jervis, New York.
This monument was erected by the patriotic generosity of Diana Farnum and was dedicated July 4th, 1886, to the memory of the Men of Deerpark who, by their services and lives in the Civil War of 1861-5, aided in preserving . . .

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

Camp Davis, Military Instructional Camp, C.S.A.

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near Guyton, Georgia.
Camp Davis was one of three Camps of Instruction authorized January 1862, by Governor Joseph B. Brown of Georgia, to enlist, determine fitness for duty, and train for the Confederate States of America Army. Camp Davis opened . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Blendon Township's Early Presbyterian Churches and Church Bell

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near Westerville, Ohio.
Side A The first Blendon Presbyterian Church was located at the intersection of Dempsey and Hempstead Roads on what is part of Blendon Central Cemetery. Timothy Lee (1785-1862) donated land at the northeast corner for a . . .

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

Michigan's First Jewish Settler

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Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Ezekiel Solomon, a native of Berlin, Germany, who had served with the British army, arrived at Michilimackinac in the summer of 1761. He is Michigan’s first known resident of the Jewish faith. Solomon was one of the most . . .

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

Phelps Acre Park

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near Westerville, Ohio.
Phelps Acre Park Dedicated October 24, 2015 We want to express our deep gratitude to the Central College Presbyterian Church for loaning us this historic church bell from one of Blendon Township’s first Presbyterian churches . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ball's Ferry

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Toomsboro, Georgia.
On Nov. 24, 1864, the 1st Alabama Cavalry [Union] reached Ball’s Ferry (1/4 mile N) to secure it for the passage of the Left Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [Union], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Comanche Crossing Centennial

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Strasburg, Colorado.
Erected by Union Pacific Railroad in commemoration of Comanche Crossing Centennial Marking point where rails were joined to form the first continuous land link by railroad across the U.S.

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Farewell Bend

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near Huntington, Oregon.
The last camp on the weary journey across the Snake River plains. Here the Oregon Trail left the Snake River and wound overland to the Columbia. Here camped Wilson Price Hunt, December 23, 1811; Capt. Bonneville, January 10, . . .

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

Ontario Oregon Trail Kiosk

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Ontario, Oregon.
(The Oregon Trail kiosk houses thirteen panels which deal with Native Americans, the Fur Trade, the Oregon Question, Oregon Fever, and trials of the Oregon Trail.) "Pathway to the "Garden of the World" Excitement filled . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 16 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fairview Park

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near Delmont, Pennsylvania.
Due to racial segregation into the mid-20th century, African Americans were excluded from many amusement parks and recreational facilities. Local Sunday School superintendents formed the Monongahela Valley Sunday School . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hugo Country

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Hugo, Colorado.
Sand Creek Massacre At dawn on the morning of November 29 I was still in bed when I heard shouts and the noise of people running about the camp. I jumped up and ran out of my lodge. From down the creek a large body of troops . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to Lincoln County

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Hugo, Colorado.
Welcome to Lincoln County, Home of Pioneer Hospitality! With its cowboy and homesteader heritage, Lincoln County is infused with an old-time spirit of hospitality. The discovery of gold in the Colorado mountains brought . . .

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