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The Challenge / The Response

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Tuscumbia, Alabama.
The Challenge "Will you not help me hasten the day when there shall be no preventable blindness; no little deaf, blind child untaught; no blind man or woman unaided? I appeal to you Lions, you who have sight, your hearing, . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Moon Tree

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Tuscumbia, Alabama.
The Moon Tree was grown from seeds that journeyed to the moon and back aboard Apollo 14 during the period of January 31-February 9, 1971. The seed was germinated by the U.S. Forest Service in Gulfport, Mississippi, and the . . .

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

History of Lake Comegys and Silver Lake

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Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Lake Comegys and Silver Lake are natural freshwater remnants of receding glaciers from the last Ice Age and are notable for their close proximity to the Atlantic ocean. The Nanticoke Tribe held summer encampments around . . .

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

Wootton's Mill

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Rockville, Maryland.
You are standing on the tract of land where Wootton's Mill once stood near Watts Branch stream. The gristmill was constructed and began operations in 1821. The saw and gristmill was powered by an overshot wheel, in which the . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Andrew Blackhawk

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near Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
This plaque commemorates the memory and deed of Andrew Blackhawk who gave the land of the current Winnebago powwow grounds to his tribe with the hope that it would be used by his people for a common gathering site. This 10 . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Native Americans • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Melrose Veterans Memorial

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Melrose, Florida.
In Memory And Honor Of All Those Who Served The United States Of America In Times Of War And Peace

(Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Wilkins Expedition

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Morpeth, Ontario.
On November 7, 1763 a fleet of small boats carrying nearly 700 officers and men of the 60th and 80th Regiments under Major John Wilkins was forced ashore by a violent storm abut three miles east of this point. The expedition . . .

(Colonial Era • Disasters • War, French and Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Escape Route

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near Free Union, Virginia.
Stretching over 2,180 miles, the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) crosses 14 states, five national parks, seven national forests, and numerous state parks and towns between Maine and Georgia. A physically daunting task, the climbing . . .

(Environment • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stuart's Hill

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near Manassas, Virginia.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived on this hill late on the morning of August 29, 1862, to lead his reunited army in the Second Battle of Manassas. By the campaign's conclusion, he emerged victorious and seized the . . .

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

A Place to Rest—or Nest

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Alexandria, Virginia.
Nearly 300 different kinds of birds find food, shelter, or a rest stop in Dyke Marsh. Birds that migrate thousands of miles along the Atlantic Flyway rest here on their way to winter homes in the Caribbean, Central America, . . .

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

Steeple Bell

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Skaneateles, New York.
Installed circa 1874 Spafford Union Meeting House 1838-1976

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Borodino Hall

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Spafford, New York.
Site of first religious society of Borodino Church c. 1833 Spafford Town Hall 1870 Borodino Grange #1272 1912-1997 Spafford Area Historical Society 1997

(Churches, Etc. • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Factory Gulf"

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Skaneateles, New York.
Founded by Amos Miner circa 1805 Carding and fulling factory woolen and clothing works "accelerated wheel heads"

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

St. John's Beach

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Skaneateles, New York.
Bishop Frederic Cammerhoff and David Zeisberger, Moravian missionaries, built the first Skaneateles shelter on this site June 1750 Historic Marker Skaneateles 1999

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sherwood Inn

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Skaneateles, New York.
Site of the old Sherwood Inn built about 1800

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

Riga

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Chirchville, New York.
First known as West Pulteney after Sir William Pulteney, Bath, England. Early land owner: renamed in honor of Riga, Latvia on April 8, 1808 Berkshire, Mass. Pioneers included Richard, Elihu and Samuel Church, who gave their . . .

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

The Japanese Garden on Mirror Lake

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Buffalo, New York.
Was originally conceived in 1970 with construction being completed in 1972. The purpose was to create a place of beauty and tranquility as well as commemorate the sister city relationship between Buffalo and Kanazawa, Japan. . . .

(Agriculture • Asian Americans • Environment • Peace) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First House

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Scottsville, New York.
West of Genesee River built 1700 feet due south, home of “Indian” Allen, 1786, and Peter Sheffer, settler, 1789

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rutherford Place

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New York, New York.
Beth Israel Medical Center purchased Manhattan General Hospital in 1964 and established a comprehensive alcohol and drug treatment facility to ease a problem plaguing New York City. Winthrop D. Chamberlin and Barnet L. . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

On they come like an irresistible thunder bolt

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
The Confederate scouts were alarmed. Looking down river to your right, one exclaimed, "One could hardly see anything in the background but smokestacks." Union soldiers disembarked from their transports. All night, knee deep . . .

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