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Frost Park

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Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
[Excerpt from Town of Yarmouth informational sign] Get your bearings Named after Charles Sydney Frost, a Yarmouth resident who became president of the Bank of Nova Scoita, this green space at the heart of the town is the . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chitimacha Veterans' Monument

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Charenton, Louisiana.
Chitimacha Veterans' Monument In Honor of All Chitimacha Veterans Who Proudly Served Lest We Forget Qapx Kimaa

(Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

F-1 Rocket Engine

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Pearlington, Mississippi.
Developed by Rocketdyne, five F-1 engines powered the S-1C first stage of the Saturn V rocket that launched humans to the moon during the Apollo Program and later to the orbiting Skylab spacecraft. The F-1, with 1,522,000 . . .

(Government • Military • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Short Lived Confederate Victory

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Helena, Arkansas.
The Confederates Take Battery C "Both brigades moved forward on the instant, rapidly, steadily unflinchingly, and in perfect order under a storm of Minie balls, grape, and canister, which poured upon them not only from the . . .

(Forts, Castles • Notable Events • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery C Revealed

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Helena, Arkansas.
Four maps drawn during the Civil War show Battery C. On each, the size and shape of the battery is different. Archaeological investigations conducted in 2011 and 2013 uncovered some surprising facts about this battery. . . .

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

The 33rd Missouri Spikes the Guns

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Helena, Arkansas.
During the Battle of Helena on July 4, 1863, less than 300 men with two cannon held this battery for several hours against 3,000 Confederates. Infantry Mans the Guns The 33rd Missouri Infantry (U.S.) defended Battery C. The . . .

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

Sieur Phillippe Mius-d'Entremont

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Lower West Pubnico, Nova Scotia.
Foundateur de la Baronnie de Pobomcoup (Pubnico) 1653 Founder of the Barony of Pobomcoup (Pubnico) 1653 Don du reveil de Pombcoup Sculpteur - Albert Deveau - Sculptor Aout - 1998 - August Remplace - Replaced Sculpteur - . . .

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

Their Guns Pounded Graveyard Hill

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Helena, Arkansas.
You are facing Battery B, the only battery on Crowley's Ridge the Confederates did not attack during the Battle of Helena. The men at Battery B, which was about three-quarters of a mile north of here, watched events unfold . . .

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

Coming to the Aid of Fort Curtis

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Helena, Arkansas.
You are facing Battery A, which stood on Rightor Hill, a high spot on Crowley's Ridge. Defended by the 29th and 36th Iowa and the 33rd Missouri, it anchored the north end of the Union line, approximately one and one-quarter . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Avenging Fire of the Gunboat

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Helena, Arkansas.
The gunboat U.S.S. Tyler gave the Union defenders a decided advantage in the Battle of Helena. Her captain could move the gunboat and its heavy artillery where it was needed most, and that is exactly what he did. Pritchett . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Cemetery Becomes a Battleground

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Helena, Arkansas.
Imagine this area covered in trees. Where you stand is a quiet cemetery. It is the first burial ground for the city of Helena and the resting place of some of the city's earliest residents. Engineers and Battle Begin the . . .

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

C&O Railroad Shops

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Clifton Forge, Virginia.
When the first train arrived in Jackson's River Station July 10th, 1857, the western terminus of the Virginia Central consisted of little more than a refueling station for wood-burning steam engines and a station house for . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Massacre of Kerr's Creek

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Kerrs Creek, Virginia.
The Massacre of Kerr's Creek took place near the Big Spring a few hundred yards from this spot. Oct. 10, 1764 A band of Shawnee Indians coming over the mountains from the Ohio surprised the fort and killed from fifty to . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

H-1 Rocket Engine

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Pearlington, Mississippi.
Developed by Rocketdyne, the H-1 rocket engine burned liquid oxygen and propellant RP-1, a kerosene derivative. A cluster of eight H-1 engines powered the Saturn S-1B rocket's first stage, providing a total of 1.6 million pounds of thrust.

(Man-Made Features • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jarrell Home

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Opelousas, Louisiana.
The expansion of the Teche Federal Bank on Landry Street in Opelousas led to the relocation of the Jarrell Home to Le Vieux Village The history of the house dates back to 1898 when it was the property of Dr. Vincent Boagni, . . .

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

100 Year Anniversary

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Ferndale, Michigan.
This beautiful historic building was constructed and then destroyed by fire in 1914. Known as The Ferndale School, it was re-built in time for the 1915 school year. Eventually known as The Central School, in the 1920's it . . .

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

Day's Bridge Summit

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Chatham, New Jersey.
A part of Washington's army crossed the Passaic River at this point. then known as Day's Bridge on June 23, 1780. The troops continued their journey and fought against the British at the Battle of Springfield.

(Bridges & Viaducts • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours Memorial

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Greenville, Delaware.
Sacred to the memory of Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours-Knight of the Order of Vasa, of the Legion of Honor and of the Order of Du Lis, Counselor of State, Member of the First Constituent Assembly, President of the Council . . .

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

Lucy Selina Furnace

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Longdale Furnace, Virginia.
You are standing near the site of the Lucy Selina Furnace, which supplied the Confederacy with pig iron for the production of cannons, munitions, and rails during the Civil War. In 1827, two Scots-Irishmen, Col. John Jordan . . .

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

Hollywood

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Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Ginger Rogers (1911-1958) was born in Independence, MO. Nicknamed Feathers, she was a dancer extraordinaire and attained real stardom paired with Fred Astaire. She got her start in vaudeville at the age 14, and her first big . . .

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