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"La Gaviota"

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, Mexico.
“La Gaviota” El inmueble perteneció a Don Amado de la Mota, el comercio se llamó “La Gaviota” en el siglo XIX. Casa habitada por Don Marciano de León Granados, músico, poeta, autor del “Corrido a Colón”, “La Dolorosa” y . . .

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

The Lux Building

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Ferndale, Michigan.
Originally built as a one-story building at the NE corner, and later that decade, a second story was added. On July 16, 1988, a stolen '88 Buick ran three red lights on northbound Woodward and broadsided an eastbound Pontiac . . .

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

Lava Hot Springs' healing waters

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Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.
(This marker is composed of series of photographs and their captions.) Good for what ails you! Idaho's hot springs have drawn people to them for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Long before indoor plumbing and hot . . .

(Entertainment • Native Americans • Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lead Bell Mining Company

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Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.
In 1921, William Godfrey and CJ Lundgren registered the Lead Bell Mining Company, Portneuf District with 1,000,000 shares at par value 10 cents. Operated 1925-1938. Sd (sic) Colton, Pres. Drecilla Godfrey, Sec. Wm Godfrey, . . .

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

Furs and farms, fire and floods...

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Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.
(This marker consists of series of photographs and their captions.) The community of Lava Hot Springs is located at a strategic crossroads between the Rockies, the Great Basin, and the West. The year-round availability of . . .

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

McCammon Railroad Center

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McCammon, Idaho.
The development of McCammon was closely associated with the transportation industry. William Murphy, in early 1863, built the first toll bridge, and McCammon became the nucleus of the Overland Stage Lines. H.O. Harkness . . .

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

Location, location, location....

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McCammon, Idaho.
McCammon's mogul (two photos at bottom left) In 1865 William H. Murphy operated a toll bridge on the Portneuf River mainly used by miners traveling from Utah to the Montana goldfields. Murphy and his wife Catherine Scott . . .

(Agriculture • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Locust Grove

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Locust Grove, Ohio.
On the night of July 15, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders set up camp along a seven-mile stretch between the villages of Jacksonville and Locust Grove. The following morning, General . . .

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

Stoney Ridge

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Jasper, Ohio.
As Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders crossed southern Ohio, Governor David Tod called out ax brigades to fell trees across the raiders' anticipated route. Downed trees were not a major problem . . .

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

Jasper

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Jasper, Ohio.
Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his main column of Confederate raiders entered Jasper on the afternoon of July 16, 1863. They brought with them the prisoners captured at Stoney Ridge, including one Joseph McDougal, . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lejeune, Lejern and How to Say It

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New Roads, Louisiana.
The common denominator of all Marine Corps virtues is "respect." Therefore, it would, indeed, be difficult, if not impossible to find a Marine, past or present, who has earned our respect more than Lieutenant General John . . .

(Heroes • Military • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

What and When is Le Village Acadien?

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Lower West Pubnico, Nova Scotia.
Le Village presents the lifestyle, culture and traditions of the Acadians of Nova Scotia at the turn of the 20th century, approximately 250 years after they first settled in the Pubnico area. This is the longest established . . .

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

Jackson

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Jackson, Ohio.
The advanced guard of Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's Confederate raiders arrived in Jackson about 9:30 pm on July 16, 1863, and found a tree barricade near the Isham House on Main Street defended by old men and boys. . . .

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

Berlin Heights Battlefield

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near Wellston, Ohio.
During the Civil War at this location the Confederate forces of General Johm Hunt Morgan fought and defeated Union forces under the command of Col. Benjamin P. Runkle. Each side consisted of approximately 1.500 men The . . .

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

Berlin Crossroads

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near Wellston, Ohio.
As Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's Confederate raiders left Jackson on Friday, July 17, 1863, they were in good spirits and singing songs. Although they had burned a mill near Berlin Crossroads, a small town located on . . .

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

Hagler’s Diner

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Oradell, New Jersey.
Haglers Diner 1928-2015 At this site stood Oradell's first diner, a legendary local hangout for working men and women that was owned and operated by the Hagler Family for approximately 85 years. Erected in 1928, the diner . . .

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

The Professional Building

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Ferndale, Michigan.
Located at the southwest corner is the Professional Building, which replaced the Aston-Wallace Building during the widening of Woodward and is now located at the south end of the same block. Cunningham's Drug Store opened at . . .

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

Wilkesville

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Wilkesville, Ohio.
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his men arrived in Wilkesville just before dark on July 17, 1863. The local home guard offered very little resistance to the invaders. The raiders plundered the village . . .

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

Salisbury Township

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near Pomeroy, Ohio.
Upon approaching the road to Pomeroy just before noon on July 18, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders faced a major challenge. Colonel Adam Johnson's detachment, which had been sent south to . . .

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

Rockville's Pump House

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Rockville, Maryland.
The Pump House was built in 1897 under the guidance of Mayor Joseph Reading, the town druggist who was elected on the “Water Works Ticket.” Known as “Rockville Electric Light and Water Works,” it was an important step in the . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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