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North Prairie School

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Chilton, Texas.
On June 8, 1896, the citizens of North Prairie petitioned the Falls County Commissioners Court for a community school district, and North Prairie School District No. 65 was created. In 1910 a 2-room school housed two . . .

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

Where is Fort Hindman?

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Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.
Standing here in January 1863, you would have seen Confederate Fort Hindman. In what is now the water, the fort stood atop a 25-foot high bluff The fort's cannon could fire a mile up or down the river to protect the . . .

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

Ludwig Hevesi

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, Austria.
Der aus Ungarn stammende Kunst- und Theaterkritiker sowie Feuilletonist des Fremdenblattes und des Pester Lloyd wohnte zwischen 1875 und 1910 in diesem Haus. Er war einer der einflussreichsten Verfechter und Chronist der . . .

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

St. Joseph's Academy

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Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
On January 7, 1855, a Catholic parochial school was established on this site by the Sisters of St. Joseph who came to Bay St. Louis from Bourg, France at the request of Reverend Louis Stanislaus Buteux, first pastor of Our . . .

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

Église Ste-Anne Church

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Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, Nova Scotia.
Une chapelle fut construite à la Pointe-à-Rocco en 1784. Elle fut utilisée par des Acadiens et des Mi'kmaq de la région jusqu'à ce qu'une église plus grande soit construite sur le site en 1808. À la suite d'un incendie . . .

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

Major General William Moultrie

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Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
Major General William Moultrie 1730 - 1805 Commander of Second South Carolina Regiment During the Battle of Sullivan's Island June 28, 1776 When offered inducements by Lord Charles Montagu to desert the American cause, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve

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Broad Run, Virginia.
What is a Natural Area Preserve? Established in 1989, Virginia's Natural Area Preserve System protects some of the best examples of natural communities and rare plant and animal habitats in Virginia. The first preserve was . . .

(Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes: Beyond the Reservation

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near Fort Hall, Idaho.
The Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 is among the most important documents created between the U.S. government and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. In addition to affirming the establishment of the Fort Hall Reservation, the Fort . . .

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

Revolutionary War Artillery

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Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
The two cannon in front of you are reproductions cast in 1976 by the National Park Service for the American Bicentennial Celebration, and placed here to generally represent the location of the palmetto log fort built in . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Newe'm Bo'ai -- "Indian Road"

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near Fort Hall, Idaho.
This area was crossed by many trails used by the ancestors of the Shoshone and Bannock people. Some trails connected hunting and gathering grounds; others marked traditional ceremonial lands of the various Shoshone and . . .

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

Our Lady of the Gulf

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Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Established 1847 by Bishop J.J. Chanche, S.S., first Bishop of Natchez. Mother church of Hancock County, third oldest Catholic parish on the Gulf Coast and fifth oldest in Mississippi.

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

Denton County War Memorial

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Denton, Texas.
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(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edna Westbrook Trigg in Denton County

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Denton, Texas.
Edna Westbrook Trigg (1868-1946) was the first county home demonstration agent appointed in Texas in 1915, serving in Denton County from February 1916 through December 1937. She was named Denton County home demonstration . . .

(Agriculture • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Charles Vernon Terrell

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Decatur, Texas.
A leading public man in Texas, 1896-1939. Born in Wise County to early (1854) settlers. After two years at Texas A & M, read law and began practice in 1886. Served 1888-92 as Decatur City attorney; 1892-96 as county . . .

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

Wise County C.S.A.

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Decatur, Texas.
County named for Henry A. Wise, U.S. Senator from Virginia who supported Texas annexation, later Governor and C.S.A. general. Wise County was part of District One of 33 brigade districts of Texas established to recruit men . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Sam Woody's Cabin

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Decatur, Texas.
Tennessee pioneer Sam Woody (1826-1920) migrated to Texas in the 1840s. He brought his family to Wise County in 1854. This cabin, located near Deep Creek, was the first dwelling in the area. After Woody cut the logs, friends . . .

(Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Defense of Sullivan's Island

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Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.
As the Civil War progressed from 1861 to 1865, Sullivan's Island became the primary defensive position for Confederate forces guarding Charleston Harbor. Anchored at Fort Moultrie, by 1865 these defenses stretched the length . . .

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

Stone from Ruins of Old Bank

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Arkansas Post, Arkansas.
This Stone Was Taken from Ruins of Old Bank, built at Arkansas Post, 1839. Arkansas Post State Park. Created by Act of Legislature 1929. Introduced by Ballard Deane, Representative, Arkansas County. Act signed by Harvey . . .

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

The Post under Spain

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Arkansas Post, Arkansas.
In 1763 the Post of Arkansas became Spanish territory when, by the Treaty of Paris, the French King ceded Louisiana to Spain. For several years after the transfer, French officers and soldiers remained at Arkansas Post. In . . .

(Native Americans • Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Our Confederate Soldiers

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Denton, Texas.
(left column) Erected by Daughters of the Confederacy in memory of our Confederate soldiers, who in heroic self-sacrifice and devoted loyalty gave their manhood and their lives to the South in her hour of need. (right . . .

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