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Sacajawea Memorial Area

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near Salmon, Idaho.
Returned to her homeland in this valley in 1805 as an interpreter for Lewis and Clark when they explored these mountains. When she was only about 14 years old, she had been captured by Indians in Montana, where her people . . .

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

Making Tracks

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Easton, Pennsylvania.
"It will give some idea of the magnitude of the business done at Easton (a place the existence of which was hardly known in New York until recently) to state there are, within three miles, a total of 49 large factories, and . . .

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

The Railroad Redoubt.

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
This salient redoubt was occupied, May 22, 1863, by a detachment of the 30th Alabama. Supported by two companies, under Major O. Steele, of Waul’s Texas Legion. The entrenchment in rear was held by the 30th Alabama, . . .

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

Landram's Brigade; Assault, May 22, 1863.

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
This brigade was formed, in support of Lawler's, for the assault of the Confederate Railroad Redoubt, behind the crest of the ridge about 380 yards in front of that redoubt, in lines of battle – the 77th Illinois on the . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lawler's Brigade; Assault, May 22, 1863.

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
This brigade was formed for the assault of the Confederate Railroad Redoubt, in the ravine immediately in front of that redoubt, in two lines -- the 22nd Iowa on the right supported by the 21st Iowa and the 11th Wisconsin on . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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near Laceyville, Pennsylvania.
In honor of Veterans of All Wars

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

Veterans Memorial

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Laceyville, Pennsylvania.
. . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, 2nd Iraq • War, Afghanistan) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Texas Johnston's Army

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Brig. General John Gregg 7th Infantry Col. H. B. Granbury Killed 22, Wounded 73, Missing 63, Total 158 Capt. H. R. Smith killed, Lts. J. C. Kidd J. K. Taylor and A. R. White mortally wounded Casualties, Raymond, May 12, 1863 . . .

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

Iowa

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Assault May 22, 1863 Sergt. Joseph E. Griffith, Sergt. N. C. Messenger and about 12 other enlisted men of the regiment entered this redoubt at its salient angle where a breach had been made by the Union Artillery. Remained . . .

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

Wyalusing Borough Historic District

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Wyalusing, Pennsylvania.
has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Listed September 15, 2003

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

Veterans Memorial

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Wyalusing, Pennsylvania.
Honoring Those Who Served [Armed Forces Branch Emblems]

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

Michael K. Fowler

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Brig. General U.S. Vols. Commanding 2nd Brigade 14th Division 13th Corps May 2 – July 4, 1863 _____ Capt. 3rd Ill. Inf. June 29, 1846 Hon. Mustered out May 21, 1847 Capt. Ind. Co. Ill. Mtd. Vols. July 19, 1847 Hon. Mustered . . .

(Notable Persons • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clark Cheniere

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Jean Lafitte, Louisiana.
Not far from Manila Village in Barataria Bay, another shrimping village was built by a group of Filipinos led by John (Juan Roxas) Rojas. This smaller version of Manila Village was called Clark Cheniere or Clarksville and . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anthracite Tidewater Canals

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Easton, Pennsylvania.
"Throughout the season of business, & this year [1832] is but the beginning of a navigation by Canal to tide; their business is expected to increase several fold, & so the employment for Hands." Josiah White, co-founder . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • War of 1812 • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

DeRidder - The Sawmill Hub

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DeRidder, Louisiana.
(center panel) Climbing roses and vine covered trellises, along with flowering plants adorned the yards of the 125 tenant houses that were built by the Hudson Lumber Com0any in 1903. The subsidiary sawmill was built by Long . . .

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

Newport Industries

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DeQuincy, Louisiana.
Between 1890 and 1930, large lumber companies moved into southwest Louisiana to harvest Longleaf Pine. After 1930, most of the companies ended logging operations, leaving thousands of acres of pine stumps. In 1919, W. Burns . . .

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

Hale Boggs Bridge

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Destrehan, Louisiana.
The Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement - 1984 Hale Boggs Bridge Awarded in a National Competition by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Henning Family

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Sulphur, Louisiana.
The Henning Family arrived in Calcasieu Parish in approximately 1875 and began to lay the foundation for a remarkable tenure as community, business and industry leaders. Reverend John Henning and Family, including son John . . .

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

First Mass in Natchitoches

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Natchitoches, Louisiana.
“The first recorded, formal Christian religious service conducted in Nathchitoches was a holy Mass celebrated in 1716 in the open air beneath a large wooden cross. The celebrant, a native of Valencia, Spain, was Venerable . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gerstner Field

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Holmwood, Louisiana.
First military air field in Louisiana. US Army signal Corps began training Nov. 1917. Gerstner had 24 hangars and 90 other buildings. Almost 500 fighter pilots and instructors were trained here for the World War I Western . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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