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Pool's Brook

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near Kirkville, New York.
Named For Peter Pool Who Built Saw Mill On This Site ca. 1815. Pool's Store Served Those Traveling Erie Canal.

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

First International Manned Space Mission

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The National Mall, District of Columbia.
Top of marker: On July 17, 1975, an American Apollo spacecraft and a Soviet Soyuz space craft docked in space for the first international manned space mission. Three months after the crewmembers of the Apollo-Soyuz test . . .

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

In Memory of Auxiliary Firemen

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, United Kingdom.
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Lord Milner

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, United Kingdom.
Alfred Lord Milner 1854-1925 Statesman lived here

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Original Mill

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Roswell, Georgia.
Original mill destroyed by General Sherman’s forces in 1864. Mill rebuilt on present site in 1882. Destroyed by lightning in 1929. Rebuilt and continued operation until July, 1975.

(Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pleasant Hill Cemetery

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Roswell, Georgia.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church traces its roots to as early as 1836 in the Lebanon Baptist Church. Sometime after 1847 the Black congregation of that church organized the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on a site near this . . .

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

The Three Greyhounds

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, United Kingdom.
The Three Greyhounds, an old English pub of around 1910, has a mock Tudor exterior made using artificial timbering, lead casements, small gables and big lanterns. The premises have been licensed since 1847, before when it . . .

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

The Plough

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, United Kingdom.
The pub dates to the late Victorian era, and was much frequented by artists and writers before the war, when it was known as "The Baby's Bottom", perhaps because it was once painted pink. It was originally a Taylor Walker . . .

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Highgate Falls Lenticular Truss Bridge

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Highgate, Vermont.
Built in 1887 by the Berlin Iron Bridge Co., this structure is one of the few surviving examples of a bridge type popular in the 1880s and 1890s. The parabolic or lenticular truss, developed by William Douglas of Binghamton, . . .

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

Museum Tavern

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, United Kingdom.
The earliest record of the Museum Tavern was in 1723, although at that stage it was called "The Dog and Duck" after the hunting that took place in the surrounding Ponds and swamps. In 1759 the British Museum was established . . .

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Snow Geese

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near Addison, Vermont.
Snow geese are relatively new to the Dead Creek refuge, having begun to use the area as recently as 1981. Their numbers have continued to increase annually, and peak populations present here in mid-October exceed 20,000 . . .

(Animals • Environment • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Leopoldo Aguilar Carvajal

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, Mexico.
Lic. Leopoldo Aguilar Carvajal Ilustre jurist queretano 1901-1983 English translation: Leopoldo Aguilar Carvajal Illustrious Lawyer of Querétaro 1901-1983

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Old Roswell Cemetery

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Roswell, Georgia.
This cemetery is located on the site of the Mt. Carmel Methodist Church which was established in 1836. The church was a log cabin built on the highest point of these cemetery grounds. It no longer stands. Many early settlers . . .

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

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

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Roswell, Georgia.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church traces its roots to as early as 1836 when Amariah Hembree organized Lebanon Baptist Church in his home near the town of Lebanon, Georgia. Church records show that Burl Hembree, a negro slave, was . . .

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

The Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area

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near Addison, Vermont.
The Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) was established in 1950 to provide breeding and migrational habitat for waterfowl. It is owned by the State of Vermont and managed by the Fish and Wildlife Department. . . .

(Agriculture • Animals • Environment • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Canada Geese

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near Addison, Vermont.
Canada geese assemble at Dead Creek from many locations within eastern North America. They are attracted to this management area because of the protection offered by the refuge and the excellent combination of forage fields . . .

(Animals • Environment • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Matz Farmstead

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near Cross Plains, Wisconsin.
The Matz Farmhouse, approx. 1907 [photo] You are standing in front of the stone remnants of the Matz farmhouse. The land was first homesteaded in 1852. Friedrich describes the initial living quarters as, “An American farmer . . .

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War Memorial

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Addison, Vermont.
(front) Addison Remembers Her Heroes 1771 - Revolutionary War - 1778 [Honor Roll of Veterans] 1812 - War With England - 1814 [Honor Roll of Veterans] 1861 - Civil War - 1865 [Died in Service] Joseph Arno • Joseph Bovia • . . .

(War of 1812 • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Bridport, Vermont.
Dedicated to the men and women of the Community of Bridport who devotedly served their country in all wars

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War Memorial

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Orwell, Vermont.
In honor of the Boys of the Town of Orwell who served in the World War Theron D. Bishop • Charles D. Collette Linas W. Duffany • Harry M. Fitzgerald Roy G. Phelps • Lawrence H. Ross [Died in Service] [Honor Roll of . . .

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