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Peter Altenberg

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In diesem Hotel wohnte Peter Altenberg in den Jahren von 1913 bis 1919 ————————— Franz Kafka und Max Brod stiegen hier mehrere male ab Österreichische Gesellschaft für Literatur [English translation:] In this hotel lived . . .

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

American Townsite

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
In the early 1800's the land in front of you was an important center of trade and government on the edge of the Arkansas River wilderness. Here were the homes, stores, taverns, mills, docks, and busy streets of the Post of . . .

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

Tetonia School Bell

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Briggs, Idaho.
This Bell was used at Tetonia School in the North End of Teton Valley. In the valley there were 19 communities with schools before they consolidated to the three towns; Tetonia, Driggs, and Victor. Tetonia town site was laid . . .

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

Fordson Tractor

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Driggs, Idaho.
The Fordson could pull discs and plows that would require at least four mules to pull, and it could work all day. Provided the radiator was continually filled, the fuel replenished, and the water in the air filter take . . .

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

Hancock County Bank

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Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Hancock County Bank opened on October 9, 1899. Weeks later the bank's board of directors purchased this property at the corner of Main Street and South Beach as the site of a new headquarters. Bay St. Louis's first two-story . . .

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

Pierre's Hole Rendezvous and Battle

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near Driggs, Idaho.
Over 325 non-natives were in attendance. American Fur Company with 90 trappers; Rocky Mountain Fur Company with 100 men; several smaller fur companies and numerous free trappers joined 120 lodges of Nez Perce and 80 lodges . . .

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

Pierre's Hole

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near Driggs, Idaho.
Teton Valley was known originally as Pierre's Hole. Rich in beaver, it was a favorite stamping ground for British and American fur traders and trappers between 1819-1840. "Old Pierre" Tevanitagon, an Iroquois Indian fur . . .

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

The "Pirate House"

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Waveland, Mississippi.
According to local tradition, the "Pirate House," located here, was built as early as 1802 and was frequented by famed pirate Jean Lafitte and his associates. Later remodeled as a Greek Revival structure, the house is . . .

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

Madonna of the Trail

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Springfield, Ohio.
Text on the Front (South) Side of Monument: Madonna of the Trail N S D A R Memorial to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered Wagon Days Text on the Left (West) Side of Monument: The National Road Completed by the Federal . . .

(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

75th Anniversary of the Madonna of the Trail Statue

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Springfield, Ohio.
The Ohio Society DAR on July 4, 2003, placed this Rededication Marker to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Madonna of the Trail Statue. The Statue has been restored through the efforts of: • Ohio Society Daughters of . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Arkansas Posts

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
Arkansas Post was not a single fort and trading center. From 1686 until 1863 there were no fewer than seven posts on the Arkansas River between here and the Mississippi. The flags of five nations flew over them. The 1686 . . .

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

The Colbert Raid

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
During the American Revolution, Arkansas Post belonged to the Spanish, allies of the American patriots. In 1783, British partisans led by James Colbert raided the Spanish village and fort here. It was one of the last . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edge of Empires

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
The succession of outposts here, remote from centers of New World empire, symbolized a dream of the imperial age: to connect the Gulf of Mexico to North America's vast interior by the great rivers that drained it. Following . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Post of Arkansas

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
Here on the Grand Prairie you tread on soil laid down over the centuries as the mighty Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers brought down their precious cargoes of silt from the northern uplands. The footprints of many were . . .

(Native Americans • Natural Features • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oxenstiernska Palatset / Oxenstierna Palace

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, Sweden.
Ätten Oxenstierna ägde sedan gammalt ett område väster om slottet där rikskansler Axel Oxenstierna med hustrun Anna Bååt och barnen bodde i en medeltida byggnad under vistelserna i Stockholm. 1653 uppdrog greve Axel åt . . .

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The Old Mill

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Islip, New York.
Site of paper mill built by Ebenezer Hawkins around 1820 and demolished in 1909 when the property was sold to W.H. Moffitt

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Trinity United Church of Christ

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Portage, Wisconsin.
Trinity United Church of Christ Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Trinitatus Evangelische 1871

(Churches, Etc. • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Krause Publications

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Iola, Wisconsin.
Side A A business that was to bring international acclaim to Iola was established at this location on August 18, 1964, with the organization of Krause Publications as a corporate business entity. Over the next 40 years it . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

National Day of Mourning

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Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Since, 1970 Native Americans have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native Amaericans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrams . . .

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

America's Hometown

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Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The Pilgrams landed in Plymouth, America's Hometown, in December 1620. Covering 102 square miles, it is the largest town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth's shoreline stretches 37 miles along Cape Cod Bay and . . .

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