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Battery C, 160th Field Artillery Battalion, 45th Infantry Division Memorial

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Haskell, Oklahoma.
[Honor Roll of Veterans] (back) The Town of Haskell This memorial testifies to future generations our everlasting appreciation for all Korean War Veterans. Some gave much, others gave all. Yours was a much appreciated gift . . .

(Native Americans • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Rotary Club of Savannah

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Savannah, Georgia.
On January 5, 1914, the Rotary Club of Savannah met for the first time at the DeSoto Hotel. Founded by John S. Banks and a group of local businessmen, this was the second Rotary club established in Georgia. The nation’s . . .

(Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War Memorial

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Charlotte, Vermont.
The Roll of Honor of Charlotte, Vermont [Died in service] Harry Hanks • DeLial W. Magee • Julius S. Munnette [Veterans] William F. Abare • Donald Aunchman • Edward J. Bessette, Jr. Harold H. Bessette • Moses Booska • Roy . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quinlan Schoolhouse

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Charlotte, Vermont.
This school was one of thirteen one-room schoolhouses in Charlotte. It was built around 1850 and was in use until 1950. One-room schoolhouses were built throughout the town in order to educate the children of nearby farm . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Charles Lunalilo

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Waikoloa, Hawaii.
The grandson of a half-brother of Kamehameha the Great, he became the first king to be elected. Well-educated, Lunalilo was very popular with the people and became the first Hawaiian to leave his property to charity.

(Native Americans • Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War II Memorial

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Charlotte, Vermont.
Charlotte Honor Roll [Died in service] William M. St.George • Romeo LeClair George Sturgeon • Parker D. Leonard [Roll of Veterans]

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Village of Port Henry

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Port Henry, New York.
Porter's Mills built by Benjamin Porter 1765 Burned during the Revolution: rebuilt 1786 Became Lewis' Mills 1789 First Post Office established 1827 Called Port Henry in honor of Henry Huntington of Rome, N.Y. St. . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shore Line

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Port Henry, New York.
of Butterfield's Bay Boats were moored along north Main Street before building of railroad through here

(Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Champlain Academy

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Port Henry, New York.
Site of Port Henry's first tavern 1826. This building erected as Pease House 1850

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

Site of First Blast Furnace

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Port Henry, New York.
Erected in 1824 by Major James Dalliba Converted into Stove Works in 1827.

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

WOOK-TV Building

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Washington, District of Columbia.
WOOK-TV, on the air from 1963 to 1972, was the first "all-Negro" television station in the nation. White founder Richard Eaton also started its predecessor, WOOK-Radio, in 1947 in the nation's first "Negro-oriented" radio . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Jepson House Education Center

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Savannah, Georgia.
This Italianate mansion was built in 1856 for Savannah grocer and Civil War mayor Thomas Holcombe and later owned by former Confederate officer and Superior Court Judge Robert Falligant and his descendants. The Oglethorpe . . .

(Architecture • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Porter's and Lewis's Mills

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Port Henry, New York.
Built 1766; supplied lumber for Fort Crown Point and Arnold's Fleet[.] Entire valley dependent on grist mill.

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Daisy Godfrey

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Port Henry, New York.
Capt. Godfrey was a pilot, operating canal boats on Lake Champlain and the Canal. Awarded the N. Atlantic Medal in WWII.

(Industry & Commerce • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The 1929 Lake Champlain Bridge

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Port Henry, New York.
The first Lake Champlain Bridge between Crown Point, New York, and Chimney Point, Vermont, opened in 1929. Primarily serving tourists when it opened, it ultimately became an important connection for residents and businesses . . .

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

Delta Air Lines

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Hapeville, Georgia.
Delta Air Lines began in 1924 as a crop dusting company, based first in Macon, Georgia, and then Monroe, Louisiana. C.E. Woolman led a group of investors in buying the company in 1928 and renamed it Delta Air Service. . . .

(Air & Space • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bear Gulch Ski Basin

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near Ashton, Idaho.
Look around you. You are standing amid a faded dream - a dream to create a premiere ski resort out of wilderness. Much of eastern Idaho during 1938 was considered a frontier when Forest Ranger Rufus Hall searched for a . . .

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

Sawtell's Ranch

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near Island Park, Idaho.
In 1868, Gilman Sawtell started a dude ranch and Henry's Lake fishery that did much to develop this natural resort area. Sawtell did everything from supplying swans for New York's Central Park zoo to building a network of . . .

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

The 2011 Lake Champlain Bridge

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Port Henry, New York.
On November 7, 2011, after 25 months without a bridge, traffic once again began to flow over Lake Champlain at the Crown Point-Chimney Point crossing. The opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge restored the vital . . .

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

Harriman Wildlife Refuge

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Island Park, Idaho.
Henry's Fork meanders through an 16,000 acre wildlife refuge that retains diverse habitats for many kinds of birds and animals. Lodgepole pine forests and open meadows provide many opportunities to enjoy wildlife here, and . . .

(Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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