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Literary Giants/Missouri Mule

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Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) was born in Lund, WI. In 1894 she moved to Mansfield, Mo. where in the 1930s and 1940s she published her best selling Little House books chronicling her pioneer life. These books later became . . .

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Captains of Industry

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Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
August Busch (1899-1989) was born in St. Louis, Mo. He headed what has become the world’s largest brewery, Anheuser-Busch. In 1953, he purchased the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team and inspired them to compete in six World . . .

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Mark Twain /Missouri Generals/ George Caleb Bingham

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Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Samuel Clemens (1835- 1910), who wrote under the pseudonym Mark Twain, was born in Florida, MO. His stories about Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and friends reflected his love for his boyhood hometown of Hannibal, Mo. Unconventional . . .

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Fremont Pass

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Leadville, Colorado.
This memorial is the Property of the State of Colorado Fremont Pass On Continental Divide between Arkansas and Blue River drainages Altitude 11,316 feet Western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Named in honor of . . .

(Exploration • Roads & Vehicles • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

To Arms

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Savanaah, Georgia.
The 800 stones before you have three meanings: *They represent the approximate number of soldiers killed or wounded in Savannah on the foggy morning of October 9, 1779. *The stones are arranged as a column, with ten soldiers . . .

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

The President Juárez Walkway and Founding of Santa Rosa Jáuregui

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, Mexico.
“Paseo Presidente Juarez” Centenario de la Fundacion de Sta. Rosa Jauregui 1872-1972 El Ayuntamiento de Queretaro y las autoridades de la Delegacion de Sta. Rosa Juaregui en el Centenario de su fundación dedican esta placa . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The History of Santa Rosa Jáuregui

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, Mexico.
Por superior despacho del 6 de febrero de 1753, el Excelentisímo Señor Virrey de la Nueva España, Don Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, Conde de Revillagigedo, concedió su licencia para que en el puesto de Santa Rosa se . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Camp Mont Shenandoah

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near Millboro Springs, Virginia.
Nannie Crump West, Christian missionary and youth advocate, founded Camp Mont Shenandoah in 1927 for girls from Virginia’s elite families. This residential summer camp, like others established along the Cowpasture River . . .

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

Montgomery Hall Park

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Staunton, Virginia.
Montgomery Hall Park, a municipal park for African Americans during the segregation era, opened on 4 July 1947. The Rev. T. J. Jemison of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, an African American community leader, persuaded Staunton City . . .

(African Americans • Entertainment • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Cosío Waterway

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, Mexico.
Al Sr. D. Francisco G. de Cosio que siendo Gobernador del Estado hizo donación de un surco de agua para beneficio de este barrio. Los vecinos de La Otra Banda le consagran este recuerdo de gratitud. Querétaro Agosto 22 de . . .

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

Richardson and Morton Schools

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near Louisa, Virginia.
Louisa Training School, the county’s first high school for African American students, was built three miles northwest in 1926 with aid from the Rosenwald Fund. In 1953, Archie Gibbs Richardson High School replaced it here as . . .

(African Americans • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

38,000 Reasons to Fight

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
Half the Yankees in the West [were coming]. Confederate scout I expected Mary would be a widow before I got 10 rods [55 yards]. John Matson, corporal, 120th Ohio Infantry Every soldier had his own reason to be here. Many . . .

(Notable Events • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Logtown

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Pearlington, Mississippi.
Founded here in 1848, Logtown was home to the Weston Lumber Company, founded in 1889, which became one of the largest lumber milling operations in the United States during the 1920s. By 1961 the last 250 residents were . . .

(Air & Space • Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brooklet, Georgia

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Brooklet, Georgia.
Brooklet, known for its avenue of oak trees, took shape at the end of the 19th century on property owned by A.J. Lee. Optimistic citizens built a new town beside the recently completed Savannah & Statesboro Railroad. Dr. . . .

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Fritz Salmen

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Slidell, Louisiana.
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(Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cape Forchu Lighthouse

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Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
This replica was created and donated to the citizens of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from Doug Koohtow, Holland Landing, Ontario May 28, 2014

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tsunami Buoy

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Pearlington, Mississippi.
In 1995, NOAA began the development of the Deep-ocean Assessment and Detection of Tsunami (DART) system to provide better warnings for tsunami-prone communities. Until 2004, the U.S. operated 6 systems in the Pacific Ocean, . . .

(Environment • Science & Medicine • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Four guns...opened on us and a thousand rifles from the pits

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
A bitter winter rain had turned the ground to mud. But the Confederate soldiers had to keep digging. These rifle pits, lying just a few feet from where you stand, were far from finished. Though exhausted and hungry, the . . .

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

Howell Carnegie Library

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Howell, Michigan.
Side 1 The Howell library association originated as the Ladies Library Association in 1875. That year, the ladies began offering books for lending. The need for spacious, permanent quarters grew, and in 1902, for three . . .

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Frost Park

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Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
This park named in honor of Charles Sydney Frost, M.C. Native son who, through diligence and ability, became President of the Bank of Nova Scotia June 14, 1956

(Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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