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The History of Celaya

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Celaya Obtuvo su permiso de fundación bajo el mandato del virrey Martín Enríquez de Almanza, el 12 de octubre de 1570; Ésta se llevó a cabo el 1 de enero de 1571 bajo el nombre de “Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima . . .

(Colonial Era • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lewis Learns from the Lemhi Shoshone

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near Tendoy, Idaho.
At the Lemhi Shoshone camp Lewis learned of the danger and hunger that threatened the tribe. He asked the chief about routes west, but Cameahwait's descriptions were discouraging: rocky rivers, deep canyons, terrible . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

VFW Memorial

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Owings Mills, Maryland.
Police Post 1529 in tribute to veterans of all wars and conflicts.

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial at Maryland State Veterans Cemetery-Garrison Forest

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Owings Mills, Maryland.
Maryland State Veterans Cemetery, Garrison Forest, Maryland. To all veterans, living and dead who served in the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. World War II, The Korean War, The Vietnam Conflict, The . . .

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Esperance Witch

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Duansburg, New York.
Lived Near Here In 1800s. French Settler Accused Of Witchcraft By New England Settlers. Killed By Silver Bullet Shot Through Her Window

(Notable Events) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Meriwether Lewis Makes Contact

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near Tendoy, Idaho.
Lewis's advance party entered the valley below in search of the Lemhi Shoshone, whose horses the Expedition would need to cross the mountains. The first Indians Lewis saw fled before he could reach them, but he soon came . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A.C. Wharton Market

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Lebanon, Tennessee.
As a youngster growing up in rural Wilson County, A. C. was already working his way toward success. At age 7, he traveled the countryside on a mule, gathering old bleached out bones; which he sold to a fertilizer plant for . . .

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

William Clark's Scouting Mission

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near Tendoy, Idaho.
Was the Salmon River as treacherous as Cameahwait, the Lemhi Shoshone chief, had said? Clark and eleven men had come to find out. Finding a navigable, westward-flowing river was the major objective of the Expedition at this . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dedman's Store

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Lebanon, Tennessee.
The general country store built in 1945 by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dedman on Trousdale Ferry Pike, served as a landmark in the Tuckers Cross Roads community and Swindell Hollow Road. It was a one stop store in many ways; during . . .

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

Dr. James Edmond Fisher's Office

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Lebanon, Tennessee.
Dr. Fisher was born in 1879. He graduated in 1907 from the University of Nashville Medical School. It was the same year he married Vinnie Reynolds and established his practice in this Apothecary Office in the Rome community. . . .

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

United Theological Seminary

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Dayton, Ohio.
The Church of the United Brethren in Christ first opened United Theological Seminary in 1871 on Dayton’s West Side. The school changed its name in 1909 to Bonebrake Seminary in honor of six pioneer ministers. The union of . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Conservation Landscaping

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Silver Spring, Maryland.
In 2015, Glen Waye Gardens Condominiums and Bethesda Green undertook three major methods to reduce Glen Waye's stormwater runoff: • Reforestation Project: 60 native trees were planted. • Cisterns: 6 concrete pads and . . .

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

Lincoln Takes a Stand

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Dayton, Ohio.
Abraham Lincoln spoke at this court house on September 17, 1859. He stopped here between speeches in Columbus and Cincinnati at the invitation of his friend, Dayton lawyer Robert C. Schenck. They had met while both were . . .

(Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rheumatism and Recreation

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near Tendoy, Idaho.
Pioneer miner and rancher Frank B. Sharkey, who settled near this site in the 1870s, praised this sprig as he soaked in its soothing waters. Around 1890 Eleihu Barnes erected as shanty over the springs to keep the cows out. . . .

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

Lewis and Clark: Unfurling the Flag

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near Tendoy, Idaho.
The Corps of Discovery were the first U.S. citizens to reach the Northwest by land, strengthening the American claim established in 1792 when mariner Robert Gray discovered the Columbia River. When Lewis unfurled the Stars . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Seferis

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, United Kingdom.
Greek Ambassador Poet and Nobel Laureate lived here 1957-1962

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

Sir Richard Westmacott

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, United Kingdom.
Sculptor lived and died here

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

"This is Murder!"

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
They were all volunteers-and unmarried—those 150 Union men called the "Forlorn Hope." Powerful cannon had pounded the Confederates for four straight hours. Laden with planks and hastily built ladders, they struggled up the . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Crew of Immigrants

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Had you stepped aboard the USS Cairo during the Civil War, the conversations may have surprised you. So many languages! Stroll the decks and you might have heard French, Danish, Russian, German, and accents from Ireland, . . .

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Full Steam Ahead!

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Steam-driven propulsion systems like the one you see here powered riverboats churning up and down western rivers in the mid-1800s. Cairo's engines and boilers are among the oldest and best surviving examples of this type of . . .

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