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Llambias House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
This building is significant for its Spanish and British Colonial architectural influences and in 1954 became one of the first examples of a private residence to undergo a documented restoration. Characteristics of the "St. . . .

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

The Pugwash Conferences and Masonic Lodge

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
The Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs The Pugwash Conferences take their names from the location of the first meeting, held in 1957, in the village of Pugwash, Nova Scotia, birthplace of their host, American . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Peace • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Gathering of the Clans

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
All of the community celebrations culminate on Water Street. Canada Day has been celebrated in Pugwash since 1951 with festivities called "The Gathering of the Clans" paying homage to some of its founding settlers. This is . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Entertainment • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lynndale Building

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Baker City, Oregon.
The Lynndale Building was constructed about 1890. The northernmost of the three first-floor bays was occupied by a saloon from the building's earliest days. The establishment first was named Henry the Fourth, then The Club. . . .

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

History of Camp Salmen

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Slidell, Louisiana.
The 130 acres of the Camp Salmen Nature Park were once part of the Salmen Brick and Lumber Company. Many bricks used to build New Orleans were manufactured on this site. The only remaining building in the camp is of . . .

(Education • Environment • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bishop Building

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Baker City, Oregon.
The Bishop Building stands as a testament to the strength and durability of volcanic tuff, which was used to construct many of Baker City’s major buildings during the first decade of the 1900s. A fire gutted the building in . . .

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

Nova Scotia Clayworks

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
While lobster boats have filled the local wharves for generations, the community's most unique feature may have been the 130 ft. (39.6m) smoke stack belonging to Nova Scotia Clayworks on the opposite side of the harbour. . . .

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

Sayville War Memorial

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Sayville, New York.
[The memorial consists of a main monument plus three additional ground panels.] [Main monument, front:] To honor the men who answered their Country's call ————————————— Presented to the Village of Sayville by Edward Smith . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pugwash Harbour

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
The deep harbour of Pugwash has a long and storied seafaring heritage, with many eras of ships carrying lumber and raw materials up and down the Eastern Seaboard. [Historic Pugwash photos] "Peace cannot be kept by force; . . .

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

The Masonic Temple

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Baker City, Oregon.
In 1900, after a fire had destroyed a former wood frame hall, the Baker City Masonic Lodge erected a new brick temple. The lodge hall occupied the second floor. The first floor originally was leased to the E.P. Voruz & Co. . . .

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Mary Parish Courthouse War Memorial

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Franklin, Louisiana.
Front 1917-1918 1941-1945 IN MEMORIAM Honoring The men and women Of St. Mary Parish Who served our Country in World Wars One and Two And dedicated to the everlasting memory Of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice. Rear . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pugwash Streetscapes

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Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
Historically, the main streets were lined with hotels, merchants, and services one would expect of a long-standing port village. The village endured seven devastating fires between 1877 to 1929 that permanently changed the . . .

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

Basche-Sage Hardware Co. Building

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Baker City, Oregon.
Basche-Sage Hardware Co. was one of Baker City’s largest firms for more than 100 years. The company began when Peter Basche purchased a Baker City tin shop in 1876. In 1888, Basche merged with the Sage and Grace hardware . . .

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

St. Mary Parish Confederate Soldiers Monument

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Franklin, Louisiana.
Front LEST WE FORGET To the CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS St. Mary Parish, Who fought for the honor of their State and Country, This monument is erected. "Mostly they stood the test, Highly they earned their rest." Rear Erected . . .

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

Simon Newcomb

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Wallace Bridge, Nova Scotia.
Born at Wallace Bridge, Newcomb moved to the United States in 1853. Graduating from Harvard he became Professor of Mathematics in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the Naval Observatory. He was soon recognized as an . . .

(Air & Space • Notable Persons • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Oxbow Conservation Area

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near Galena, Oregon.
There are five markers describing the area Marker 1: A history of human interaction with the land From tribal use to ranching, gold mining, and ecological restoration, the land that is now the Oxbow Conservation Area has a . . .

(Environment • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

As told by an old timer

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Canyon City, Oregon.
There are four graves, that of two women and two men. We do not have records of their time of passing, their names, or their individual location within this enclosure, but assume it to be during the gold rush days of . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Adventist Christian Church

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John Day, Oregon.
Upper Marker: This church was built in the late 1890s by an Advent Christian minister. Dedicated in 1900 it was used for worship until the 1930s. After this congregation disbanded, the church was vacant for several years. . . .

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

Willard Sterling Boyle, C.C.

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Wallace Bridge, Nova Scotia.
Bill was from Wallace, where his grandfather worked in the quarry and kept the lighthouse. His father was the village doctor until their move to the backwoods of northern Quebec. While there, Bill was home schooled by his . . .

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

War Memorial

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Wallace, Nova Scotia.
World War I 1914 - 1918 William Baird • James Bathgate • Alexander Craib James Crooks • Kenneth Hape • Charles MacNutt Elmer MacNutt • Wellsley McCann • Daniel Reeves Chester Slack • Harold Slack • Gordon Tingley Renton . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Afghanistan • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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