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Marktplatz Nr. 16

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, Germany.
1780 erbaut von J.M. Keller für den Posthalter und Kantenwirt Johann Michael von Stahl. Das Haus steht in Wechselwirkung zum gleichzeitig errichteten Postamt. [English translation:] Built in 1780 by J.M. Keller for the . . .

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

Log Cabin Saloon

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Baker City, Oregon.
Mike Hoff, a “tonsorial artist” (barber) in Baker City in the 1890s, built this building for his business. After a few years, however, Hoff went into partnership with Valentine Bildner to open a saloon in the building. . . .

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

J.S. Clark High School

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Opelousas, Louisiana.
The J.S. Clark walkway is a tribute to J.S. Clark High School, its faculty, staff, students and the people of Opelousas, Louisiana. J.S. Clark High School was an endemic institution located at 1100 E. Leo Street in . . .

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

Mint-Fox Building

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Baker City, Oregon.
The Mint-Fox Building was constructed as two adjoining structures, the south half in 1888, the north in 1889. The buildings were erected by A.A. Houston, a local builder. Houston first rented the south building to two . . .

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

Kennedy Building

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Baker City, Oregon.
This site was the location of Baker City’s first brick hotel, the Cosmopolitan. The Rev. P. DeRoo, a Catholic priest who aquired (sic) extensive real estate interests, had the two-story building built in 1875. The hotel also . . .

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

Haskell Building

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Baker City, Oregon.
Haskell was one of Baker City’s leading real estate developers of the late 1800s and early 1900s. He also engaged in many other pursuits. He was born in 1850 in Ohio. At age 18, he went to Montana to become a miner. He later . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World Wars Memorial

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
[Great War Honored Dead] Douglas Langille • Harold Esty Benjamin Percy Erle Benjamin • William McLean Borden Cecil Raymond Richards • Frederick Elias King Frank Demings • Harry Hector McLellan Andrew Gray McPherson • George . . .

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Geiser Grand Hotel

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Baker City, Oregon.
When Baker City reigned as the “Queen City of the Inland Empire,” the Geiser Grand Hotel was a jewel in her crown. Built in 1889, the hotel soon earned a reputation for offering the finest accommodations between Seattle and . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Evolution of Pugwash Industry

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
Pugwash sits on top the largest salt deposit in Atlantic Canada. The train tracks, bridges, and wharves that defined the tapestry of the village infrastructure changed significantly over the decades as local industry . . .

(Environment • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pugwash Railway Station

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
The Pugwash Railway Station, completed in 1892, is one of only two stations designed by Sir Sandford Fleming that is still standing in Nova Scotia. The station is also famous for its part in the 1957 "Thinkers Conference" . . .

(Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pugwash Train Station 1961

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
The station was built in 1888. Rail service to Pugwash commenced in 1890 and ceased in 1993. Five miles of track linked Pugwash to the Shortline at Pugwash Junction. The Shortline ran from Pictou to Oxford Junction linking . . .

(Communications • Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Charles Battle Monument

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St. Charles, Arkansas.
[Northeast face] Officers and men killed on the U.S.S. Mound City {List of 124 dead} [Northwest face] Near this spot, on June 17, 1862, a decisive engagement was fought between the Conf- ederates entrenched and the . . .

(Disasters • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Our ironclads and gunboats knocked the fort to pieces

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
You wouldn't have got us had it not been for your damned gunboats. John Dunnington, colonel, chief of ordnance Fort Hindman's cannon fired at the nine gunboats bearing down on them. Confederate gunners had not practiced . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Benjamin Franklin Butler

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Lowell, Massachusetts.
Jurist, Soldier Statesman, Patriot-His talents were devoted to the service of his country and the advancement of his fellow men. Born November 5, 1818 Deerfield New Hampshire, married May 16, 1844 Sarah, daughter of Israel . . .

(Politics • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

West Baltimore Street

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Hagerstown, Maryland.
The development and use of this area was heavily influenced by the presence of two rail yard areas owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Western Maryland Railroad. Hood Street was named after John Mifflin Hood, a . . .

(Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Adelbert Ames

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Lowell, Massachusetts.
Born October 30, 1835 Rockland Maine. Died April 13, 1935 Ormond Florida. Major General, U.S. Senator, Governor. Married June 20, 1870 Blanche Butler, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Butler and Sarah Hildreth. Born Lowell . . .

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

Farming in the Valley

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Myersville, Maryland.
Many of the early settlers of Myersville were farmers of German and English descent who saw the area as a place to establish themselves and continue the farming traditions they brought with them. From this fertile wilderness . . .

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

Don Toledo/Gaspar Papy House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Following the typical model of Spanish Colonial site planning, this structure is situated on the street edge and features coquina stone construction with a protective stucco finish. The exposed fireplace is a reminder of . . .

(Architecture • Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lucy Depp Park & The Depp Settlement

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near Powell, Ohio.
Lucy Depp Park was a 102-acre development named for Lucinda Depp (1844-1929). She had inherited the land from her father, Abraham (1791-1858), an emancipated African American man and central Ohio pioneer from Powhattan . . .

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

Abraham Depp Freedom Station

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near Powell, Ohio.
Side A No one was more fiercely committed to the Underground Rail Road than former slaves.They knew first-hand the darkness and despair of bondage. Such was Abraham Depp (1791- 1858), known as Abram, born a slave on a . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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