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Tony Ray-Jones

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, United Kingdom.
Photographer 1941-1972 lived and worked here

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

The Children Heroes of the Battle of Chapultepec

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, Mexico.
Heroico Colegio Militar por el honor de México 1846-1847 Teniente Juan de la Barrera · Cadete Juan Escutia · Cadete Agustin Melgar · Cadete Francisco Marquez · Cadete Vicente Suarez · Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca English . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ticonderoga

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Shelburne, Vermont.
History The steamboat Ticonderoga is America's last remaining side paddlewheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine. Commissioned by the Champlain Transportation Company, the Ticonderoga was built in 1906 at the . . .

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

President James Monroe

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Sackets Harbor, New York.
President James Monroe Was Greeted By Survivors Of Revolution At This Bridge August 4, 1817. Saluted With 19 Guns At Arrival In Village.

(Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Volunteer

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Sackets Harbor, New York.
Fort Volunteer War Of 1812 Built By Revolutionary Veterans Without Pay

(Forts, Castles • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Locomotive 220

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Shelburne, Vermont.
Locomotive 220 was the last coal-burning steam ten-wheeler used on the Central Vermont Railway. As a medium-sized engine it moved both freight and passenger trains and became known as the [sic] "The Locomotive of Presidents" . . .

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

Locomotive 220

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Shelburne, Vermont.
The Rail Locomotive No. 220, built in 1915 by the American Locomotive [C]ompany of Schenectady, New York, was the last coal-burning, steam ten-wheeler used on the Central Vermont Railway. As a medium-sized 4-6-0 engine (4 . . .

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

The Royal Inland Road in San Juan del Río

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, Mexico.
"El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro" Camino de la Plata Era el vínculo entre la Ciudad de México y la villa de Santa Fe, en la norteña provincia de Nuevo México, adentrándose hacia el norte en la "tierra ignota" donde las . . .

(Colonial Era • Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Prentis House

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Shelburne, Vermont.
This two-story saltbox home is built around a massive central chimney with seven flues that meet on the second floor in a beehive-shaped form. John Dickinson built Prentis House on four acres where he and his family farmed . . .

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

Vermont House Gallery

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Shelburne, Vermont.
This intimate stone structure is a conjectural restoration and reconstruction of an original log framed house built in Shelburne in the late 18th century. Vermont House features Something Old, Something New: Continuity & . . .

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

Dutton House

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Shelburne, Vermont.
Built in 1782 by Salmon Dutton, this house—the first dwelling brought to the Museum—was dismantled and moved from Cavendish, Vermont, in 1950. Dutton, who emigrated from Massachusetts, was a surveyor, town official, and toll . . .

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

Madison Barracks

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Sackets Harbor, New York.
Madison Barracks 1812 – 1946 Birthplace of Fort Drum The first permanent U.S. military encampment in the North Country was established at Sackets Harbor during the War of 1812, to protect this valuable location. Sackets . . .

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

Water Tower Observation Tower

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Sackets Harbor, New York.
Water Tower Observation Tower In 1892, a complete system for the supply of pure water, with a steel tank encased in a stone tower, was installed. This was connected to a pump station two miles away drawing water from Lake . . .

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

Semper Fidelis

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Sackets Harbor, New York.
SGT Terrance John Lawler Wounded Vietnam Warrior, 2 Purple Hearts 1964 1968 September 29, 1946 — May 30, 2017 “Don’t take life too seriously you’ll never make it out alive anyway”

(War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Polo Field

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Sackets Harbor, New York.
Polo Field After the arrival of the Seventh Field Artillery in September, 1922, Madison Barracks became well known for it’s horse activities. In 1922, Army Olympic Try-outs were held at the post. During the next three years . . .

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

Home of Dr. Samuel Guthrie

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Sackets Harbor, New York.
Home Of Dr. Samuel Guthrie Born 1782 – Died 1848 Discovered Chloroform, 1831 Invented Percussion Caps Surgeon In War Of 1812

(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Danby Water Fountain, Before 1911

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

Shaker Shed

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Shelburne, Vermont.
This building originally served a large Shaker community in Canterbury, New Hampshire, as a one-story horse and carriage stand. The simple, unadorned commercial structure was expanded in 1850 to provide storage space for . . .

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

Francis J. Minhinnett House

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Roswell, Georgia.
Cotton Mill Superintendent house built circa 1849.

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

Old Methodist Church

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Roswell, Georgia.
Became Masonic Hall in 1952

(Churches, Etc. • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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