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Ferndale Center Building

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Ferndale, Michigan.
At the southwest corner is the Ferndale Center Building. Originally named the C.H. Harrison Building, it housed the newly incorporated Ferndale City Hall offices in the 1930's. For many years, this three story building was . . .

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Hallett Nature Sanctuary

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New York, New York.
When Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Central Park in 1858, they left relatively untouched the rocky Promontory on the north edge of the swamp which was to be transformed into the Pond. The four-acre woodland . . .

(Animals • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

W.T. Stead

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New York, New York.
This tribute to the memory of a journalist of worldwide reknown is erected by American friends and admirers. He met death aboard the Titanic April 15, 1912 and is numbered amongst those who dying nobly enable others to live. . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Beale Street #2

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Memphis, Tennessee.
First there was a slope of woodland that met the Mississippi River. Chickasaw Indians hunted there until the early 19th century. Then there was Beale Street. It began as the main road of South Memphis and by 1850, when that . . .

(African Americans • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shipwreck of the Faithful Steward

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Bethany Beach, Delaware.
The Faithful Steward, bound from Londonderry Ireland to Philadelphia, ran aground on a shoal September 1, 1785 with 249 passengers aboard. Stormy weather drove the vessel toward shore where it became stranded in 4 fathoms . . .

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

Civil War in Tennessee

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near Ardmore, Tennessee.
Middle Tennessee experienced small-scale battles and engagements throughout the war, Many occurred along present-day I-65. At Elkton (Exit 6), Federal forces controlled the Elk River Bridge and protected the Prospect . . .

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

12 Mile House

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Sharonville, Ohio.
Historic Landmark 12 Mile House ? Built 1842 ? Located 12 miles from the Ohio River, it was on the stage coach route between Cincinnati and Dayton. Bricks for this building were made on site as was customary in those days. . . .

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

Winchester

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Winchester, Ohio.
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders galloped into Winchester about 8:30 am on July 15, 1863. The rebels immediately began searching businesses and private residences for firearms, food, horses and . . .

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

Blue Ash

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Blue Ash, Ohio.
On the morning of July 14, 1863, John Craig Hunt and his ten-year-old son, Wilson, watched from their Blue Ash farmhouse as Confederate raiders led six horses from the barn. When the boy asked his father about his . . .

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

Deer Park

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Deer Park, Ohio.
While many Ohioans panicked in the path of Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry — hiding their valuables and fleeing their homes — the Schencks and the Thompsons resolved to defend both. During the Civil . . .

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

Evendale

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Evendale, Ohio.
More than a week after the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, nearly 2,000 rebel soldiers remained on Northern soil. In the early morning of July 14, 1863, the crack Confederate cavalry division of Brigadier . . .

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

Sharonville

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Sharonville, Ohio.
Around 3 am on July 14, 1863, more than 2,000 grimy hard-looking, heavily armed cavalrymen, most without uniforms plodded toward Main Street from the west. Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's Raiders had . . .

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

The Lumber Jack, circa 1900

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Truro, Nova Scotia.
The Lumber Jack represents the exciting role Truro has played in development of forestry in Nova Scotia. Truro has always been, and still is today, a centre of forestry activity. The forest industry continues to be the . . .

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

The House of Amado de la Mota

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, Mexico.
Casa Mota Casa de descanso de Don Amado de la Mota, originario de Tolimanejo (hoy Colón), en 1845 militar y comandante de la Guardia Nacional; amigo del General Tomás Mejía, propietario de la Hacienda del Lobo y sus anexas, . . .

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Truro Post Office / Le Bureau de Poste de Truro

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Truro, Nova Scotia.
This building, opened in 1884, was erected to house the Post Office, Customs and Internal Revenue. Designed under the supervision of federal Chief Architect Thomas Fuller, the Truro Post Office was part of a nation-wide . . .

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Miamiville

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Miamiville, Ohio.
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's 2,000 cavalrymen, laden with artillery and wagons, began fording the Little Miami River around 7 am on July 14, 1863. Scouts rode ahead to establish defensive perimeters. . . .

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

Miamiville

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Miamiville, Ohio.
Early on July 14, 1863, Confederate Colonel Basil Duke's brigade was the first of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry to splash across the Little Miami River at Porter's Mill. Duke's initial objective was to capture . . .

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

Vero's Handicrafts

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, Mexico.
Artesanias Vero Verónica Álvarez Aguillón “Todo de Lana” Antigua propiedad de Don Vicente de la Mota y Domicilio del ex Presidente Don Mariano Hernández (1937-1941) English translation: Vero’s Handicrafts Verónica . . .

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Camp Dennison

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Camp Dennison, Ohio.
On Sunday afternoon, July 12, 1863, Camp Dennison's commandant, Lieutenant Colonel George W. Neff, learned of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's approach from Indiana with more than 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen. Neff had . . .

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

Williamsburg

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Williamsburg, Ohio.
About 4 pm on July 14, 1863, Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his raiders stopped in Williamsburg to establish their first campsite in Ohio. Approximately 2,000 cavalrymen remained in the rebel force. Many . . .

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