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Loving v. Virginia

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Richmond, Virginia.
Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter, defined under Virginia’s 1924 Racial Integrity Act as an interracial couple, married in June 1958 tn Washington, D.C and returned home to Caroline County, Arrested in July for violating . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Peebles

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Peebles, Ohio.
Platted in 1881 by Isaiah Custer on the junction of old Zane's Trace (1796-97) and the Cincinnati & Eastern Railway (1881). Incorporated 1886. Named after John G. Peebles, Portsmouth, Ohio businessman. David Nixon . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Seaman

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Seaman, Ohio.
Founded 1887 by John Q. Roads on the Cincinnati & Eastern Railway (1881) and the Old West Union Road (1807). Incorporated 1911. Named after Franklin Seaman who donated land to the railroad for a station. Home of Will Rogers, . . .

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

Jett Building

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Baker City, Oregon.
John Jett’s stonemason’s skills are manifest in the inscription carved at the roof level of his building - “J.H. Jett Marble Works, 1901.” The Jett Building was the first in Baker City of volcanic tuff construction. Ten . . .

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

The Parish of San Francisco

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, Mexico.
“Parroquia de San Francisco de Asis” En el año de 1700 comienza la construcción del Templo de San Francisco de Asís, concluido después de 1709. En 1756, se erigió como Parroquia, siendo su primer párroco el Padre José Diana. . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

McCord House and Shop

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Baker City, Oregon.
“McCord’s Corner” contributed much to Baker City history. S. (Syrenus) B. McCord was the first mayor of Baker City. City residents elected him to four terms, and he also served several terms as county treasurer. In 1873, . . .

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

Gerstle-Solomon Building

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Baker City, Oregon.
This building was one of Baker City’s first masonry structures when constructed about 1879. Solomon’s One Price Clothing House originally occupied the first floor of the north half of the building. By the 1990s, footware had . . .

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

Monument to the Mexican Revolution

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, Mexico.
* Sufragio efectivo No reelección* Francisco I Madero 20 de noviembre, 1910 Precursores de la Revolucion Aquiles Serdan · Carmen Serdan · Ricardo Flores Magon · Enrique Flores Magon · Antonio I Villareal Combatientes Pascual . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Truro, Nova Scotia.
Erected by the Citizens of Truro In Honor of the Men who during The Great War 1914 - 18 nobly upheld the honor of the Empire in France and Flanders and gave their lives that right shall prevail [World War II] 1939 - 45 . . .

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

Centennial of Presbyterian Church Formation in Canada

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Truro, Nova Scotia.
Legend This plaque commemorates The centennial of the formation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1875; The ministry of the Rev. Daniel Cock (1771-1805) of Greenock, Scotland, and the Rev. David Smith (1771-1795) of . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battle of Kingsport

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Kingsport, Tennessee.
On December 13, 1864 approx. 300 Confederate cavalrymen from 2nd Ky. Cav. under Col. R. Morgan delayed the advancing 5,500 Union cavalry under Gen. Stoneman enroute to Saltville, Va.. This monument is dedicated to those . . .

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

The Great Indian War Path

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Kingsport, Tennessee.
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(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battle of Kingsport

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Kingsport, Tennessee.
[Inset] On December 10, 1864, Union Gen. George Stoneman led 5,700 horse artillerists and cavalrymen east from Knoxville, Tennessee, to destroy iron-, lead-, and saltworks in Virginia that were essential to the Confederate . . .

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

Suffering and Survival

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Kingsport, Tennessee.
Union and Confederate forces in Sullivan County battled to control the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad and the Holston River, strategically vital transportation routes for moving soldiers and supplies. The county . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Presbyterian/United Church

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Truro, Nova Scotia.
Town of Truro Registered Heritage Property Nova Scotia Provincial Heritage Property

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Crooked Road

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near Bastian, Virginia.
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Coalfields region, Southwest Virginia is blessed with historic and contemporary music venues, musicians, and fretted instrument makers. Historically isolated, the region retained its . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Major Daniel McCook

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Portland, Ohio.
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(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Virginia State Penitentiary

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Richmond, Virginia.
The Virginia General Assembly authorized a state penitentiary in 1796 during a penal reform movement aimed at rehabilitating convicts through confinement and labor. Benjamin H. Latrobe, who later designed the United States . . .

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

Richmond Hill

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Richmond, Virginia.
Richmond Hill was an early name for Church Hill. Richard Adams, one of the most prominent men in Richmond, built a house on this site by the 1790s, and a second house, still standing, was constructed here about 1810. William . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Ohio Invasion

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Portland, Ohio.
Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins of Virginia, with 350 Confederate cavalrymen, crossed the Ohio River near this point on September 3, 1862 and advanced to Racine. After occupying the town for a few hours and after seizing . . .

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