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Pikeville During the Civil War

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Pikeville, Tennessee.
The Bledsoe County Courthouse in front of you stands on the site of the first courthouse, which was completed by 1821. During the Civil War, in August 1862, Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg led his Army of Tennessee north from . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Center Church

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near Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Built of massive pine logs in 1875, this church has been an active house of worship, and center of community, civic activities and education for more than a century. Restored on the original site in 1971.

(Churches, Etc.) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Professor W.P. Locker

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Wiggins, Mississippi.
Born a slave on July 19, 1854, in North Carolina, Professor W.P. Locker became a highly respected educator in Stone County in the first quarter of the 20th century. In 1959, the Stone County Training School, built in 1955, . . .

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

John Perkins

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Perkinston, Mississippi.
In 1860, John Perkins his wife, ad their two daughters lived in a square~timber cabin located on a hill one~tenth of a mile to the northeast. By the mid~1890s a small community formed here, with the Gulf and Ship island . . .

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

Charnley~Norwood House (Bon Silene)

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Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
Designed in 1890 by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan (known as the "Father of the Skyscraper") and his young draftsman, Frank Lloyd Wright, this was the vacation home of James Charnley and later Fredrick Norwood, both . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Legend of Jesús de la Portería

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, Mexico.
Del origen de Nuestro Padre Jesus de la Portería de San Juán del Río, Qro., México (Es copia del original) Estando de interino el RPP, Agustín Peñaflor, RELIGIOSO DE LA ORDEN DE NUESTRO PADRE JUAN DE DIOS, en este CONVENTO . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Fowler House

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Roswell, Georgia.
Originally constructed by a Cherokee Indian as a one room cottage with a fireplace. It was enlarged and the front entrance turned to face Canton Street in the early 1900s. The house was occupied for many years by Mr. & Mrs. . . .

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

Miss Sallie’s Place

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Roswell, Georgia.
Two sisters, Miss Sallie Kimball and Mrs. V.L. Williams lived in this house which operated as the first boarding house in Roswell for a period of time. It had six bedrooms, each with a coal burning fireplace. Visiting . . .

(Architecture • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Horseshoe Barn Annex

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Shelburne, Vermont.
The Museum's collection of 19th- and early 20th-century horse-drawn vehicles was initially displayed in Horseshoe Barn. With the addition of more than 150 wagons, sleighs, coaches, and fire equipment, the collection outgrew . . .

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

Ron Stowell

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Shelburne, Vermont.
In appreciation of Ron Stowell Key member of the team that helped create and shape Shelburne Museum

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

Kilpatrick’s Cavalry on the Newnan Stage Road

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Atlanta, Georgia.
On November 14, 1864, the third cavalry of General Sherman’s Military Division of the Mississippi [USA], Brig. General Judson L. Kilpatrick, [USA], 5500 men and 6 guns, marched from Marietta via Mayson-Turner Ferry (Bankhead . . .

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

Stagecoach Inn

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Shelburne, Vermont.
Hezekiah Barnes, a U.S. militia captain turned road surveyor, strategically located his inn and trading post in Charlotte on opposite sides of the main stage route from Montreal. Built in the Georgian style, the exterior of . . .

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

Earthworks of Poverty Point

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near Pioneer, Louisiana.
The Poverty Point earthworks, located 1.1 miles north, date to 1700-1100 B.C. Built by Native Americans who hunted, fished. and gathered wild foods. The 5 mounds, 6 ridges, and 43-acre plaza present a design unique in the . . .

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

Smokehouse

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Shelburne, Vermont.
Smokehouses are small, airtight stone structures where meat was preserved. Traditionally, butchered cuts were salted and then hung in a smokehouse above a smoldering fire of corn cobs and hickory wood. Meats remained in . . .

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

Jail

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Shelburne, Vermont.
The active slate-quarrying industry of Castleton, Vermont, provided ample raw materials for the construction of this holding structure, which houses two cells and a jailer's anteroom. A single barred window admits light into . . .

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

Point Pleasant

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Bastrop, Louisiana.
Here in 1775, Francois Bonaventure, French Indian trader, built a house on 2000~acre tract and named the plantation "Old Cabbins". He was well established when Don Juan Filhoil came into this region.

(Colonial Era • Exploration • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Soldiers Memorial

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Sackets Harbor, New York.
Sergeant John Darlington Private Fred D. Petit Private Benjamin Wilson Company A 9th Infantry Drowned Near Madison Bks. N.Y. December 11, 1888 Erected By Their Comrades

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

War Memorial

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Shelburne, Vermont.
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(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Luther E. Hall

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Bastrop, Louisiana.
Born 1869 near Bastrop. State Senator, 1898-1900; State District Judge, 1900-1906; State Appellate Judge, 1906-1911; Louisiana Governor, 1912-1916; Assistant Attorney General, 1918-1921. Died 1921 and buried in Bastrop cemetery.

(Government • Notable Persons • Politics) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Parade

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Shelburne, Vermont.
Deeded to the town by Capt. Benjamin Harrington April 18, 1807

(Charity & Public Work • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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