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A Busy Iron Port

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Port Henry, New York.
The aerial photograph of Port Henry taken about 1925 leaves no question as to the nature of this place: a busy port shipping the products of its furnaces by water and by rail. Two new furnaces, begun in 1922, represented the . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

LC&M Caboose

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Port Henry, New York.
This caboose was built in 1946 at Fisher Hill Shop, Mineville N.Y. It is constructed from an iron ore car and weighs 16 tons. The Lake Champlain and Moriah Railroad used this caboose on the main line from Mineville to Port . . .

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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, United Kingdom.
In a house on this site in 1764-5 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 lived, played and composed

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cedar Point House

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Port Henry, New York.
Inn and restaurant serving iron ore industry workers, railway workers, travelers, and visiting officials early 1880s to ca. 1964

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Ziggy Stardust

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, United Kingdom.
This marks the location of the cover photograph for the iconic David Bowie album 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'

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

Jimi Hendrix

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, United Kingdom.
Guitarist and Songwriter lived here 1968-1969

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

James E. Croft

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Janesville, Wisconsin.
Croft, Pvt James E 20 March 1897 Allatoona GA 12th Bty Wis Lt Art Medal of Honor Citation:Took the place of a gunner who had been shot down and inspired his comrades by his bravery and effective gunnery, which contributed . . .

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

Safeway

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Silver Spring, Maryland.
On this site in 1951, Wheaton welcomed Safeway into the community with a supermarket located at 11215 Georgia Avenue. Safeway was one of the first to offer free parking, refrigerated produce and "Cool Shopping Comfort" in . . .

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

Welcome Aboard!

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Penn Quarter, District of Columbia.
"Any man who may be asked...what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal and pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'" -President John F. Kennedy Throughout its history . . .

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

Memorial Tree Planting

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Southwest, District of Columbia.
Memorial Tree Planting April 21, 1995 Yoshino Cherry Redbud In memory of the children of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building America's Day Care Center Oklahoma City, OK

(Disasters • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

River Farms to Urban Towers

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Southwest, District of Columbia.
Front Behind you stands St. Dominic Church, established 1852. It anchors the city's only Dominican parish and is its sixth oldest Catholic church. St. Dominic's survived two upheavals — a fire in 1885 and the threat of urban . . .

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

Slave

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Paris, Tennessee.
"Now they have come to the place where their faith can no longer feed on the bread of repression and violence. They ask for the bread of liberty of public responsibility. It must not be denied them.” Dr. W. Mordecai Johnson, . . .

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Wesley Crockett

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Paris, Tennessee.
From 1837 to 1841, John W. Crockett, the son of David Crockett, represented the same congressional district as his father, after the legendary frontiersman died at the Alamo in 1836. He married Martha Hamilton in 1828 and . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

"Tranquility"

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Camden, Tennessee.
An early post office of this name was opened Sept. 28, 1835, in the home of William H.H. Burton, which stood at this site. It remained here until Aug. 27, 1837, when it was moved to the public square of Camden and the name . . .

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

Senator Mildred Jolly Lashlee

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Camden, Tennessee.
Mildred Jolly Lashlee was the first woman elected to the Tennessee Senate for a full “regular” term. Elected in November 1944, she represented the 26th Senatorial District. Before her election she was appointed to complete . . .

(Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

The Model School

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, Mexico.
Antigua Escuela Modelo Las Escuelas Modelo eran una propuesta innovadora que incluía la construcción de edificios y su equipamiento, de tal forma que facilitaran la aplicación de las nuevas propuestas pedagógicas promovidas . . .

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

Social and Political Change on South University

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Ann Arbor, Michigan.
When local merchants began the Ann Arbor Art Fair in July 1960, South University catered to both townspeople and students. During 40 years of social and political change, the fair grew into a city-wide extravaganza. In the . . .

(20th Century) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Aqueduct

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, Mexico.
Acueducto Uno de los elementos fundamentales para el desarrollo de cualquier civilización, sea grande o pequeña, es el agua. Su aprovechamiento requirió de la creación y perfeccionamiento de diversos métodos de . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Frideric Handel

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, United Kingdom.
Composer lived in this house from 1723 and died here

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Mansion at Paseo de la Reforma 483

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, Mexico.
Paseo de la Reforma 483 La casona fue construida en 1929 por el empresario inglés sir Patrick O'hey para su esposa y fue ocupada durante varios años como casa habitación. Es estilo neogótico ecléctico y su fachada está . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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